blanding

See also: Blanding

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Verb

blanding

1. present participle and gerund of bland

Etymology 2

Blend of bland +‎ branding

Noun

blanding (uncountable)

1. (marketing, informal) The development of a brand that is characterless and unappealing.
   • 2016, Dale Benjamin Drakeford, POWER POSITIVE Moments That Document Nicely Why You Must Invest Your Vote In Bernie Sanders, page 40:

     Regardless, we are left with the lesson that "Branding," not "Blanding" is what America voters want and hence your choice is really Rand Paul who brands libertarian values that represent American individual fortitude and people progress via social-political activities far better than conservative Power Prejudice.

   • 2002, Paula Scher, Make It Bigger, page 94:

     There would have been revisions, more testing, and more revisions until the joy and spontaneity would have been squeezed from the design: blanding as opposed to branding.

   • 2010, Jason Saul, Social Innovation, Inc., page 99:

     The Blanding of Branding
     Cause marketing isn't the only thing we see too much of today; we see too much of everything. A typical grocery store carries 61 varieties of sunscreen, […]

   • 2024, Alice Dallabona, Luxury Fashion Marketing and Branding: A Strategic Approach:

     Sometimes logos are refreshed to respond to new visual trends, as, for example, many elaborate visuals have been recently changed into more simple designs, leading to a situation known as 'blanding' and characterised by the adoption of less distinctive but more modern fonts which simplified logos, such as in the case of Balmain and Burberry.

Danish

Noun

blanding c (definite singular blandingen, indefinite plural blandinger, definite plural blandingerne)

1. mixture, blending

References

• “blanding” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From blande +‎ -ing.

Noun

blanding f or m (definite singular blandinga or blandingen, indefinite plural blandinger, definite plural blandingene)

1. (of metal) alloy, amalgamation, amalgam
2. mixture, blend, mix, amalgam
3. mixing, blending

Derived terms

• frokostblanding

References

• “blanding” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From blande +‎ -ing.

Noun

blanding f (definite singular blandinga, indefinite plural blandingar, definite plural blandingane)

1. (of metal) alloy, amalgamation, amalgam
2. mixture, blend, mix, amalgam
3. mixing, blending

References

• “blanding” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.