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# 2025-12-09

## 2025-12-09 10:43

### Overgeneralization via Hyperspecification

#topic/ambiguity

Or "inappropriate synecdoche[^1]"

[^1]: **synecdoche:** Using the name of a part to refer to the whole, or vice versa.

Much of my issue with terminology
can be blamed on **overgeneralization via hyperspecification**,

[Proprietary eponyms](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proprietary_eponym)
(synonym: [genericized trademark](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genericized_trademark))
are usually[^2] an example of such,
and are prominent in electrical construction.[^3]

[^2]: I'm not a complete pedant, Cadweld is a perfectly unambiguous substitution.
    "Caddy", "Hilti", and "Vitalink" are my real complaints,
    where the word only gets me marginally closer
    to creating a concrete image in my head.

    The general acceptance of "band-aid"
    compared to the rejection of "coke"
    may be related.

[^3]: See [Database of American Proprietary Eponyms](https://www.searstower.org/rkrause/brands.html)
    for examples.

## 2025-12-09 10:52

In residential construction area classification,
what is the relationship between these two dichotomies?

* Owner vs. Tenant
* Finished vs. Unfinished