Dymaxion

The word Dymaxion is a term that Buckminster Fuller associated with much of his work — prominently his Dymaxion House and Dymaxion Car. The word is a portmanteau of the words dynamic, maximum, and tension

A name was needed for the display of Fuller's first architectural model, later to be known as the Dymaxion house, at the Marshall Field's department store in Chicago. To create the name, wordsmith Waldo Warren was hired by Marshall Field's and spent two days listening to Fuller, getting a feel for his idiosyncratic use of language — later playing with the syllables typical of Fuller's speech until he and Fuller agreed on the word "Dymaxion".