The term was invented in a conversation at Clinton Dining Hall at SUNY Plattsburgh about the arbitrary nature of an object'
s assigned word.
Dave- Why is a
fork called a
fork? Why isn'
t it called a stangle?
Justin- Uh, because it's a fork?
Dave- But it's so arbitrary. All right, from now on I'm going to refer to any fork as a stangle.
Justin- Dude, you're weird.