8. Fuller also claimed the invention of words which were created by others
A significant aspect of Fuller’s work with domes were the concept of Dynamic Maximum Tension, which he labeled dymaxion. Fuller claimed that the word was a portmanteau of his creation to describe the goal of his research in geodesic dome construction, namely, “maximum gain of advantage from minimal energy input”. An example of a structure built using the principles stands in the Ford Museum, known as the Dymaxion House. Fuller used the term repeatedly and freely, as the name of a car he designed, housing units, a map of the world, and even to describe his habit of sleeping in only short naps, rather than eight-hour periods. He called it dymaxion sleep, and abandoned the habit after only two years.
He did not invent the term. When one of his designs was scheduled for display as a house of the future at Chicago’s Marshall Fields, the store hired a local advertising professional to arrive at a catchy and modern-sounding name. His name was Waldo Warren. Warren spent several hours with Fuller, listening to his often amusing and unusual use of words, and arrived at the idea of dymaxion as a description of the house. Fuller was impressed and agreed to the use of the term. He was so impressed, in fact, that he used it as the title of one of his journals when he prepared it for publication, titling it the Dymaxion Chronofile.