Is bimini a "real" english word, a trade name like Kleenex,
or something else?

Also Sprach Gary Warner :

Is bimini a "real" english word, a trade name like Kleenex,
or something else?

It's the name of an island in Bahamas. Kind of like how the bikini top
was named after Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Dan




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Heisenberg may have been here.

"Marshall Banana" wrote in message
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It's the name of an island in Bahamas. Kind of like how the bikini top
was named after Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.


Makes sense.

It's just that when I look up "bikini" I find the
bathing suit defininition as well as the geographical.
But with "bimini" I can't seem to find anyplace that it's
actually defined as other than the geographical.

Gary Warner wrote:
"Marshall Banana" wrote in message
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It's the name of an island in Bahamas. Kind of like how the bikini top
was named after Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.


Makes sense.

It's just that when I look up "bikini" I find the
bathing suit defininition as well as the geographical.
But with "bimini" I can't seem to find anyplace that it's
actually defined as other than the geographical.




Bimini is not in the Oxford English Dictionary.

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We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

Also Sprach Harry Krause :

Bimini is not in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Go figure... but it is in Merriam-Webster. And I always considered the
OED to be authorative.

Dan

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If you took away everything in the world that had to be invented,
there'd be nothing left except a lot of people getting rained on.

-- Tom Stoppard

Marshall Banana wrote:
Also Sprach Harry Krause :

Bimini is not in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Go figure... but it is in Merriam-Webster. And I always considered the
OED to be authorative.

Dan

It's not in the annual updates, either. It might make it into the 3rd
edition, which is being compiled but will not be released for a few years.

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We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the
son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah.

What, me worry?

I think it came from sunshade covers used on small fishing boats and covers
that covered tuna towers that were popular in Bimini. ( located in the
Bahamas 50 miles off of Miami)




"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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Is bimini a "real" english word, a trade name like Kleenex,
or something else?

Could it be a description?
bi-mini
2 part - cover and frame, mini -small ?

Steve

"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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Is bimini a "real" english word, a trade name like Kleenex,
or something else?