Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, May 09 2005
This Pillow Is Not For Breakfast
This past weekend I encountered an ad for something called a "breakfast pillow" and I had never heard of such a thing. It seems there's now a whole new vocabulary for bedroom decor. I kept thinking a breakfast pillow must be something big and cozy one would sink into to have breakfast in bed. It turns out that it's actually a very small pillow and seems to have nothing whatsoever to do with eating breakfast. I stand corrected.
I see from the vocabulary list that "chenille" and "pillow case" are still in use, but we've added a lot of extra species of pillows. No longer content to call them "throw pillows", the textile and design people have added terms such as "envelope pillow" and "European square" to the mix. That last one sounds more like an insult left over from the beatnik crowd.
posted at: 10:00 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
This past weekend I encountered an ad for something called a "breakfast pillow" and I had never heard of such a thing. It seems there's now a whole new vocabulary for bedroom decor. I kept thinking a breakfast pillow must be something big and cozy one would sink into to have breakfast in bed. It turns out that it's actually a very small pillow and seems to have nothing whatsoever to do with eating breakfast. I stand corrected.
I see from the vocabulary list that "chenille" and "pillow case" are still in use, but we've added a lot of extra species of pillows. No longer content to call them "throw pillows", the textile and design people have added terms such as "envelope pillow" and "European square" to the mix. That last one sounds more like an insult left over from the beatnik crowd.
posted at: 10:00 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
