Televisiphonernetting
I was watching tv the other night and happened to tune in for one of Comcast’s commercials for their TriplePlay service. Most amusing was the coined product name they came up with to jokingly refer to the use of tv, phone, and internet all at the same time: televisiphonernetting. I love it and I’m going to use it as often as possible. I think it’s far more fun than “TriplePlay.” In fact, it’s so popular that the name has already found its way into the Urban Dictionary.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:38 am
It’s a shame that this atrocity comes on the heels of “Comcastic” (one of my all-time favorite neologisms). I wonder if the same creative source is responsible.
September 7th, 2007 at 10:02 am
[…] Following my recent post about televisiphonernetting, Maria forwarded me the following blog post. It appears that Goodby and Perfect Fools are the ones responsible for my new favorite term. They’ve also created a fun, interactive flash experience called TripleSlanguage It turns out televisiphonernetting is only one of many cute and clunky coined names in the new Comcast advertising campaign. My favorite part of the site is the television ads at the end. I especially like the quizjacking tv ad (mostly because I’ve been known to quizjack on occasion!). […]