Making a buck

[Xavier_Onassis]

And the tiny punched out pieces of paper that are produced by your Chadwick are called......

Freds? Bobs?  Sams? Chucks?

[Amianthus]

And the tiny punched out pieces of paper that are produced by your Chadwick are called......

Freds? Bobs?  Sams? Chucks?

Now they're called chads. Apparently they weren't when this stapler was invented, and for many years afterwards. Matter of fact, they weren't called "chads" until after WWII. Why would it take from before WWI (when the Chadwick stapler was invented) until after WWII (when it started to be used to refer to the waste from computer punch cards) for the term to become used? And why was it initially used for something completely unrelated to the device you claim gave it it's name?

[Xavier_Onassis]

Language and the derivation of words are very often a mystery. All words come from somewhere, but the source is not always logical, nor is the dissemination rapid.

Take the word "tawdry", which comes from St. Audrey.
All that stuff from Cockney rhyming slang, like "raspberry" for the sound phhhht!

[Amianthus]

Language and the derivation of words are very often a mystery. All words come from somewhere, but the source is not always logical, nor is the dissemination rapid.

And, interestingly enough, all the sources I've looked at list several other derivations of the word "chad" except yours. The one you claim I can find no mention of anywhere else. And the Scottish one seems the most plausible one to me.

[Xavier_Onassis]

So believe that one, already. It's allowed.

I do not believe that this is a topic of even minor transcendental importance.

[Amianthus]

So believe that one, already. It's allowed.

No problem. So, you're more than likely wrong.