GT Chris
Birdie Member
Frolf, bad.
Folf, ok.
Folf = foot golf?
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Frolf, bad.
Folf, ok.
Folf = foot golf?
The bird feeder response actually made me laugh out loud. I only like frolf because it is easy to say.
The other good point is frisbee is a brand, which i totally get. I do now call it disc golf to anyone new but the friends I play with back home all call it frolf. They do know a hyzer from a howitzer but only a few of them lol.
I will gladly offer the compromise of Dilf.
The brand/sport distinction is a little silly if you blow your nose with kleenex, clean your ears with q-tips, have ever xeroxed something, taken aspirin, used cellophane, ridden an escalator, walked on astroturf, watched a videotape, sat in a jacuzzi etc. Trademarked brand names get used as generic terms constantly.
People buy Kleenex more than other things because people ask you to pick up kleenex. If it's avoidable, using the brand name should be avoided. People that are going to play frisbee golf are more likely to show up with an 80 mold than people going to play disc golf.
I use frolf just to PO other disc golfers who take **** way too seriously.
You're also ignoring the rest of the things I mentioned. Do you avoid calling moving staircases "escalators". How about aspirin, do you make sure to call that acetylsalicylic acid so people know you're not just referring to the Bayer brand?
I made a general statement that applies to all of those products.
I was that noob with an 80 mold.
I don't really think it does, but that's not all that important. Whether or not you think people should use those generic terms, just about everybody does. It's a little silly to worry about "frisbee" when things like hula hoops, yo yos and superballs are in the lexicon too.
Unless of course you're a really serious disc golfer, then it's really important to protect the trademark of a company that barely involves itself in the sport currently and that hasn't been an innovator in the field in decades. :|
I don't really think it does, but that's not all that important. Whether or not you think people should use those generic terms, just about everybody does. It's a little silly to worry about "frisbee" when things like hula hoops, yo yos and superballs are in the lexicon too.
Unless of course you're a really serious disc golfer, then it's really important to protect the trademark of a company that barely involves itself in the sport currently and that hasn't been an innovator in the field in decades. :|
it's just a word