[Ads-l] tumbler

[Dan Goncharoff]

Wikipedia identifies 10 different kinds of tumblers, not including
"oversized tumbler" used in a picture caption.

DanG

On Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 10:44 AM Jonathan Lighter <
00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> MAW has:
>
> "a drinking glass without foot or stem and originally with pointed or
> convex base"
>
> All very true, but a current TV commercial for  Custom In.
> specifically uses the word to refer to a tall plastic cup, wider above
> the middle, bearing a corporate or other logo.
>
> Of course, the clever MW def. could refer to any kind of stemless
> drinking glass or cup.
>
> But these tall plastic cups do seem to require a special name.
>
> JL
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