Talk:Nurdle (bead)
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Should this be a Wikipedia entry?
[edit]Nurdle is undoubtedly a word in common use, and so should be in a dictionary, but is a nurdle really a thing and should it be a Wikipedia entry? As someone who worked in the plastics industry for many years, I've never heard plastic pellets referred to as nurdles - they're always granules or pellets. Other plastics industry people commenting on language blogs and forums - for example, https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=47728 - are of the same opinion.
The use of the word nurdle appears to be almost exclusive to discussions and articles about marine plastic pollution, suggesting someone in that sphere has picked up or been given the word and used it incorrectly (or as a joke). If the nomeclature is incorrect or the industry doesn't use the term, should there be a Wikipedia entry for it at all, or should it more properly come under granule or pellet, with a paragrapch commenting on the use in this context? 2A00:23C8:A739:E01:ACD1:D18B:C818:2209 (talk) 22:01, 17 December 2022 (UTC)