[Ads-l] tumbler

[Jonathan Lighter]

It's more rationally called a "travel mug." Not that that will stop anybody.

JL

On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 7:16 PM Dan Goncharoff
<00001bc983129c8b-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> 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:
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> > 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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