Crushing blow to the knowledge base.

[ashleybot]

The Japanese word for stapler, hochikisu, is named after the brand, Hotchkiss, rather than a word constructed as the onomatopoeia for the sound of a stapler in action, as I had presumed since learning the word 3 1/2 years ago. This is a new definition to the word "disappointment," which is not dissimilar to the sound of my head hitting a wall.

Comments

[yechezkiel]

That's really funny, because pronounced like Japanese would it does sound like an onomatopoeia.

I think I'm going to mutter it every time I use a stapler from now on.

[nathew]

wow, even i knew that.