I think I have coined a new term here, since I’ve never seen it in print before.
a⋅bom⋅i⋅no⋅tion
| 1. | a device or product that has little or no real use for sewing or crafts. |
| 2. | a “repurposed” item that is shamelessly rebranded and repackaged and overpriced. Headless cable tie passed off as a bias press bar is an abominotion |
| 3. | a device or product that is touted as essential to everyone’s sewing tool kit, but will never be used outside the class where the person purchased said item. |
August 19, 2009 on Darediva: Quilter Without Fear http://alicewithoutmalice.wordpress.com
Synonyms: piece o’ junk, waste of money
An abominotion is not to be confused with a gadget, a gizmo, a doodad, a doohickey, or a widget. Those can all be very useful and worthwhile.
Abominotions are something that you can find in a hardware store for pocket change for which someone discovered a secondary use, then decided to foist it on the unsuspecting artisan as a new and wonderful tool for that secondary use.
What separates good tools from abominotions is the fact someone is taking your money and laughing at you while they back that Brinks truck up to the back of their booth after the show. Then you discover that your significant other (or even you!) already have this wundertool laying fallow out in the garage or in the gadget drawer. Abominotions make you slap your forehead and wonder how someone else could sleep at night after selling that stuff. Not to mention how you feel if you actually bought one.
I’ll be talking about a lot of these in posts to come.
