Sorry about the delayed post. I got a little carried away with the first panel. Happy labour day!
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For the record, if the phrase "cappuccino frappe" seems like it would be awkward to say out loud, then your instincts are well-honed. There is, of course, a sort of contraction that is more colloquial, but while I was verifying its spelling I learned that it isn’t so much a word as is it a registered trademark. Now, that doesn’t necessarily place it outside the scope of the comic, but there is a principle here that needs some love and attention. In my opinion, too many of these pseudowords have supplanted their more onerous English counterparts, and so as I struggle through "facial tissue" even in a mucous-related emergency, so too will I attempt to integrate "cappuccino frappe" into my vernacular.
If they ever do grant my wish for an orange-mocha version of their product, though, I’d be willing to deal.
This kind of name-branding of general terms happens a lot in video gaming. Since the inception of a particular series of such games, all fantasy action games have been known as "Diablo-clones" despite the precedent for the genre being set long before then. The earliest Diablo-clone I can think of is Gauntlet. But that was then. This is now.
If your left-clicking finger is too tired to follow that link, let me get the summary out of the way: Diablo III will have an auction house where players can trade in-game items they have found for currency, much like they do in most MMO offering, but the currency they will be using is the one of their local government. What that means to me is that there is an opportunity for the most interested of players to inflate the system to the point of being able to earn a part-time living on this, if the illegal gold-farming industry of other games can be taken as a role-model.
What I envision is a dude or gal rolling up to E3 2014 in a Bugatti Veyron with some champion football or tennis player hanging off their arm. Flashes strobe their arrival. A fawning reporter intercepts them on the red carpet and asks how they became so rich and influential. “pH4t l3wtZ,” comes the only accurate response.
Ja.