The Scarcliff Dictionary of Branding » K http://www.scarcliffdictionary.com Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:15:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 kenning http://www.scarcliffdictionary.com/2007/12/kenning/ http://www.scarcliffdictionary.com/2007/12/kenning/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:22:01 +0000 Brent http://www.scarcliff.com/dictionary/2007/12/kenning/ Definition | Meaning

  1. A name created from a poetic, compound metaphor.

Example | Illustration

  • The Rain Bird Corporation, an American manufacturer of sprinkler systems, contains a kenning for ‘sprinkler’.
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