Elastics

[nq:1]In a TV commercial (ad) this morning, what I call "rubber bands" were called "elastics." (Later in the same commercial, they were called "rubber bands.") Is "elastics" a new name for rubber bands? An older name? Is it, possibly, a regional name?[/nq]
In the commercial rubber business (tires and the like), rubber compounds are generically classified as "elastomers." I've even heard "elast

[nq:2]In a TV commercial (ad) this morning, what I call ... bands? An older name? Is it, possibly, a regional name?[/nq]
[nq:1]In the commercial rubber business (tires and the like), rubber compounds are generically classified as "elastomers." I've even heard "elastomerics." "Elastics"? That's pushing it.[/nq]
I don't find anything strange about "elastics" for "rubber bands". Google doesn'

[nq:1]In a TV commercial (ad) this morning, what I call "rubber bands" were called "elastics." (Later in the same commercial, they were called "rubber bands.") Is "elastics" a new name for rubber bands? An older name? Is it, possibly, a regional name?[/nq]
Are you familiar with the term "elastic band"? That's what they were called in our household, long before I'd ever heard the term "rubber b

[nq:2]In the commercial rubber business (tires and the like), rubber compounds are generically classified as "elastomers." I've even heard "elastomerics." "Elastics"? That's pushing it.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't find anything strange about "elastics" for "rubber bands". Google doesn't either: a search on elastics, brings up lots of sites about orthodontics

[nq:2]I don't find anything strange about "elastics" for "rubber bands". ... "hair elastics" finds many references to bands for securing ponytails.[/nq]
[nq:1]I won't quarrel with the specialized or technical uses "elastics" seems to have acquired, but "rubber band" seems to have stood the test of time. Using "elastics" here seems akin to calling those garbage bag wire ties "nonelastics."[/nq]

[nq:2]I won't quarrel with the specialized or technical uses (of) "elastics" ... but ... Using "elastics" here seems akin to calling ... wire ties "nonelastics."[/nq]
[nq:1]Where I come from, "rubber bands" were called "elastic bands" ...[/nq]
I don't come from there, but I must admit there's no substitute for hands-on experience.

Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of

[nq:1]In a TV commercial (ad) this morning, what I call "rubber bands" were called "elastics." (Later in the same commercial, they were called "rubber bands.") Is "elastics" a new name for rubber bands? An older name? Is it, possibly, a regional name?[/nq]
I thought that elastics are what's at the top of panties and such. Rubber bands just wouldn't do, would they? Well, maybe for a severely an

[nq:2]In a TV commercial (ad) this morning, what I call ... bands? An older name? Is it, possibly, a regional name?[/nq]
[nq:1]In the commercial rubber business (tires and the like), rubber compounds are generically classified as "elastomers." I've even heard "elastomerics." "Elastics"? That's pushing it.[/nq]
Bootsy Collins and his Elastics? Well, yeah, it has a certain draw to it.
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[nq:1]In a TV commercial (ad) this morning, what I call "rubber bands" were called "elastics." (Later in the same commercial, they were called "rubber bands.") Is "elastics" a new name for rubber bands? An older name? Is it, possibly, a regional name?[/nq]
A rubber band is an "elastiek" in Dutch.

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[nq:2]"Elastics"? That's pushing it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Bootsy Collins and his Elastics? Well, yeah, it has a certain draw to it.[/nq]
Isn't that Kinky Freedman, etc.?

Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
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