[gumby]

> Velcro" wasn't a common word, and was not short for "hook and loop" when the company trademarked it. They coined the term.

You're arguing against a claim I didn't make. I simply said it's an abbreviation for a French phrase (the inventor was a French speaking swiss). Contractions of this sort are more common in French than straight acronyms, which tend to be more common in English. I didn't say it was some pre-existing word.