Spot the ImPASTA
Manicotti, mineola, mostaccioli
Mineola
In lowercase, it's a tiny town. In uppercase, it's the name of a Shakespeare play.
hamlet/Hamlet
Instead of searching for it, you might say you'll do this for it.
Alfred Mosher Butts, who was out of work during the Great Depression, used his copious free time to develop Criss Cross Words, a letter tile-based board game.
Scrabble
To assume a dramatic role, or a law passed by Congress
Act
Tortiglioni, tortellini, tortoni
tortoni
In lowercase, it's a citrus fruit. In uppercase, it's the most spoken language on Earth.
mandarin/Mandarin
The trademark for this facial tissue was registered in 1924.
Edwin Perkins' successful mail-order business delivered many household products to customers via the postal service. One popular item was Fruit Smack, a powdered juice product that could survive the shipping process and be mixed with a pitcher of water at home.
Kool-Aid
To search thoroughly, or an implement used to groom hair.
Comb
Campanelle, cavatelli, calamanco
calamanco
In lowercase, it's a substance used to make things shiny. In uppercase, it describes a citizen of Warsaw.
polish/Polish
Because the public began using this word to refer to all moving staircases, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office removed its trademark status and declared it a generic term in 1950.
Escalator
While visiting Titusville, PA in 1859, chemist Robert Chesebrough became intrigued by the fact that the petroleum oil drillers there smeared the jelly-like residue of the drilling process over their burned or irritated skin. Sensing he had the next great home care product, he spent years developing a purification process to sell the goop commercially. The result: Wonder Jelly.
Vaseline
To enhance food’s flavor, or a quarter of the year
Season
Conchiglie, consigliere, cappelletti
consigliere
In lowercase, it's an aromatic plant like parsley or sage. In uppercase, it's what President Hoover's friends might have called him.
herb/Herb
I'll stop by this place to use a coin-operated washing machine, though its name was originally registered as a trademark by Westinghouse in the 1940s.
Laundromat
Frank, Anthony, and Sam Dorsa capitalized on the frozen food market in the fifties by offering pre-cooked frozen waffles, or Froffles.
Eggo
To complete a task, or the aftertaste of wine.
Finish
Farandole, fideo, farfalloni
Farandole
In lowercase, it's a type of artwork made of tiles. In uppercase, it's an adjective referring to a Biblical figure.
mosaic/Mosaic
This trademark became synonymous with an agent that helps you buy or sell a house.
Realtor
After seeing his wife create a makeshift cotton swab by wrapping cotton balls around toothpicks to use on their baby, Leo Gerstenzang formed the Leo Gerstenzang Infant Novelty Company in 1923 and named his leading product Baby Gays, presumably for the joy they would bring to children.
Q-Tips
To express disapproval, or the recipient of an action.
Object