2022-08-25 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – H – heroin & heroine

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2022-08-25

(151219-2) ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – H – heroin & heroine

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แสดงรายละเอียด จากตำราแต่ละเล่ม ที่เป็นหัวข้อ ต่อไปนี้:

 Ref.: http://www.gotoknow.org/posts/783656

 

Dictionary.com: 

ออกเสียง Heroin & Heroine = ‘HER-oh-in” 

 

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

heroin 

= highly addictive narcotic 

derived from morphine:

He had a hard time kicking heroin.

Not to be confused with:

heroine 

= courageous woman; principle female character:

The heroine of the play was a great actress.

 

Dictionary.com: 

USAGE NOTE FOR HERO & heroine 

In its earliest use, the word hero 

was applied almost exclusively to a man. 

The corresponding word heroine was–and still is–reserved for a woman. 

Hero is still sometimes used to refer specifically to a man: 

 

British heroes and heroines. 

But hero is now considered to be a gender-neutral word, 

and is also increasingly used to refer to a woman: 

a list of American heroes; 

Joan of Arc, a French hero. 

In the sense "the principal character in a story, play, etc.,

" a hero is male and 

a heroine is female: 

Margaret is the novel’s heroine.

 

Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary

Heroin is a highly addictive opium derivative;

the main female character in a narrative is a heroine.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Words at Play 

Heroin, Granola, & More: Products That Became Words

 

Heroin

In 1898, the German pharmaceutical company Bayer 

began marketing heroin

—whose name comes from the German word heroisch, meaning "powerful."

The product was marketed as a cough remedymade from a supposedly non-addictive morphine derivative.

It was also used as a cure for morphine addiction

—which unfortunately caused large numbers of users 

to become heroin addicts.

 

In part because of the growing population of "junkies"

(a term that may derive from the fact that 

some supported their addictions by selling scrap metal), 

Bayer eventually ceased production and lost its trademark.

 

In 1914, American officials 

began regulating opiates, 

including the generic, powdered version of heroin.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary: 

Heroin

There are many words in the English language 

(such as Band-Aid and zipper)

which started their lives as trademarks.

In some cases, 

the trademark owners fought desperately 

to keep the public from using their legally owned name. 

And then there's heroin.

 

Heroin was developed by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer

—the same folks who brought you aspirin

—as a cough suppressant. 

Bayer registered the name Heroin in June of 1898,

but it didn't take long before some people 

discovered alternate uses for the drug.

Bayer ceased production and lost the trademark.

Now anyone can use the word heroin

—though using the drug heroin is, of course, illegal.