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lumpy
adjective
lumpier; lumpiest
filled or covered with lumps
characterized by choppy waves
having a heavy clumsy appearance
uneven and often crude in style



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My Pillow, Inc. (stylized as MyPillow) is an American pillow-manufacturing company based in Chaska, Minnesota.[2] The company was founded in 2009 by Mike Lindell, who invented and patented My Pillow, an open-cell, poly-foam pillow design. From 2004 to 2009, My Pillows were sold through Lindell's Night Moves Minnesota, LLC, and have been sold through My Pillow, Inc. since 2009.[3] My Pillow has sold over 41 million pillows, due mostly to TV infomercials.[4][5] The company started with five employees in 2004 and had 1,500 employees by 2017.[6]

My Pillow has sponsored conservative political activities. It has been fined and has settled multiple lawsuits related to misleading advertising, including a 2017 settlement in a class action lawsuit against their buy one, get one free promotions.[7][8] The company made scientifically unsupported claims that its pillows could cure insomnia and ailments such as sleep apnea, fibromyalgia, and multiple sclerosis.[9] In 2022, it was sued along with Lindell by election technology company Smartmatic for allegedly making false claims about Smartmatic voting machines in order to promote its products.

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Lindell invented My Pillow, a pillow filled with pieces of shredded foam that interlock, in 2004.[17] Lindell grew the business into a Minnesota manufacturing company.[14][18]

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) revoked accreditation of My Pillow in 2017, lowering it to an F rating, based on a pattern of complaints by consumers and the company's refusal to meet BBB standards. Among other things, My Pillow's "buy one, get one free" pricing was offered continuously, so that it became the normal price of the product, not a sale price or promotion.[19] Lindell said, "Naturally, I am terribly disappointed by the BBB's decision."[19]

Lindell named his son Darren as the company's chief operating officer in 2020, citing his own possible future political ambitions.[20]

Some major retailers stopped carrying My Pillow products in 2021. Lindell suggested this was a result of his claims relating to the 2020 United States presidential election results, although outlets like Kohl's and Bed Bath & Beyond have said it was due to market research and low customer demand.[21][22] In July 2023, MyPillow had auctioned off equipment and subleased some of their manufacturing space after more retailers, including Walmart and Slumberland Furniture, stopped retailing My Pillow products.[23]

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uneven or clumped filling
A lumpy pillow is a pillow that has uneven or clumped filling. This can be caused by the weight of your head and shoulders, which compresses the filling over time or by sweat and oils getting into the pillow, which makes the filling stick together. Lumpy pillows can also result from humidity and temperature changes, or uneven filling distribution.

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‘Kiss My Ass!’ Deposition Video Shows Belligerent Mike Lindell Cursing and Yelling at Lawyers
By Jennifer Bowers Bahney
Sep 8th, 2023, 6:42 pm

Newly-released deposition video shows a very tightly-wound Mike Lindell in full battle mode while being questioned in a defamation suit brought by a Dominion Voting Systems employee.

Eric Coomer, former director of product strategy and security at Dominion, sued Lindell for defamation related to his claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Among the allegations, that Lindell called Coomer a “traitor to the United States of America,” and used defamatory comments about Coomer while pitching My Pillows.

The March 8 legal questioning got off to a rocky start.

“Don’t sit and scold me already, Mister. I’ll do whatever I have to do,” Lindell said. “You’re just a lawyer. You’re an ambulance-chasing lawyer, so don’t start with me. I got all day. I’ll take as much time as you want, so let’s go. You’re not my boss. You’re just a lawyer, a frivolous lawyer. So go. Don’t start scolding me.”


Throughout the questioning, Lindell repeatedly called Coomer’s lawyers “disgusting,” “evil,” and “ambulance chasers.”

ATTORNEY: Why did you call me an ambulance chaser?

LINDELL: What?

ATTORNEY: Why did you call me an ambulance chaser?

LINDELL: Because you are! This is a frivolous case, and if you’re representing this guy and you’ve read this case, you are a disgusting lawyer, period. That’s my right to say. You want to sue me, too, Mr. ambulance chaser? Are you working on contingency or consignment with the guy? What are you — I can’t believe anybody would take this! This is absolutely disgusting, it’s a disgrace to our country, it’s a disgrace to you.


At one point, an attorney asked Lindell about “lumpy pillow calls” from concerned customers, which really set off the My Pillow Guy.

“No, they’re not lumpy pillows, that’s not what they call on! Ok? When you say ‘lumpy pillows,’ now you’re an asshole! You’re an asshole, you got that? You’re an asshole is what you are!”

When Lindell’s attorney attempted to step in, Lindell steamrolled him.

“No! He’s an asshole! He’s an ambulance-chasing asshole, that’s what you are. Lumpy pillows, kiss my ass!”

Coomer’s attorney’s repeatedly warned Lindell that his deposition performance might not sit well with the federal judge “who might be reading and watching this deposition.”

“You just let me worry about the judge reading this, Ok?” Lindell spat back.

He later added, “How do you guys sleep at night? You obviously don’t have a My Pillow.”

The attorneys later wrote they tried to depose Lindell three times, but that he was “vulgar, threatening, loud, disrespectful to Dr. Coomer’s counsel and the Court, evasive, and largely non-responsive to questioning.”

Watch the clips above.

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Here are some idioms and phrases that contain the word "pillow":

Cry into your pillow

cry pillow
When someone offloads all their emotional baggage onto you. They are using you as their cry pillow when they should be flinging themselves onto their bed and crying into a pillow like a little child. My best friend called me and started to unload all of her problems as if I were her cry pillow.

“Cry into your pillow” is an idiomatic expression that means to cry privately or secretly, usually to avoid being heard by others. People who cry into their pillows press their faces against the pillow to muffle the sound of their weeping  The expression is often used to describe someone who is upset or emotional and wants to hide their feelings from others.

Cushion the blow
Fly by the seat of your pants
Gentlemen please lift the seat
Glued to your seat
Hold on to your seat

Pillow Fight: A mock fight in which people hit each other with pillows.
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Why you should put a pillow under your hips during sex
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A humble pillow could boost your chances of orgasm (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Pillows aren’t just for resting your sweet head on.

They can also help make sex that bit more comfortable and pleasurable.

Though many already know this, a now deleted TikTok video sparked conversation around the ‘hack’ late last year.

Specific firm pillows, mounts and ramps sold as being for sex exist, but you can also just use your regular pillow to do the same trick.

So why use a pillow under your hips?

Firstly, it can make vaginal and anal sex more pleasurable.

By adding ‘lift’ to this part of the body, the angle at which penetration happens shifts slightly and can become deeper.

It can be particularly helpful in missionary and lying down doggy positions, tilting the body higher for easier penetration.

messy bedsheets and pillows
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Some experts say this can increase the possibility of people reaching the controversial G-spot.

It won’t work for everyone though, so it’s worth trying the ‘pillow hack’ with an open mind.

Aside from lifting the pelvis us, pillows in sex have other benefits.

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If you’re in a kneeling position and have weak knees – hip, neck and back aches – it can cushion your joints to eliminate pain.

Couples with a height difference can enjoy this too, by stacking a couple underneath the shorter person.

The extra height might bring you physically closer too, making sex more intimate, as it could improve eye contact, which studies have shown increases feelings of togetherness.

Just make sure you wash the pillow case afterwards.
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Pillow talk


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For other uses, see Pillow talk (disambiguation).


Pillow talk is the relaxed, intimate conversation that can occur between two sexual partners after sexual activity, usually accompanied by cuddling, caresses, kissing, and other physical intimacy. It is associated with honesty, sexual afterglow, and bonding, and is distinguished from dirty talk which sometimes forms part of foreplay and of sexual act.

Aspects
The content of pillow talk can include the sexual act itself, stories and confessions, expressions of affection and appreciation, often after 22:00,[2] and playful humour.[3] A line of research done on pillow talk has revolved around the hormone known as oxytocin; this "bonding hormone" is related to other effects, such as decreasing stress, decreasing perceptions of social threat, increasing bonding, and increasing the ability to read emotional cues.[4] This hormone has been known to increase in the body proceeding sexual activity between two people that have reached the point of orgasm. The individuals involved in this act of coitus can benefit from this process by opening up a sense of communication and trust. A study done by Amanda Denes (2012), shows that partners who orgasm are more likely to engage in the act of pillow talk versus partners who do not orgasm.

In addition, a meta-analysis done on the relation between couples' sexual communication and the various dimensions of sexual function found that sexual communication was positively associated with all domains of sexual function (desire, arousal, erection, lubrication, orgasm, less pain) and overall sexual function for both men and women.[5] In regards to desire and orgasm especially, associations with sexual communication were stronger for women than for men. The meta-analysis indicates that better sexual communication (i.e. pillow talk) is associated with greater sexual function.

Sexual afterglow, which is described as a time of heightened emotional connection, bonding, and relaxation following sexual activity,[6] may serve as the impetus for pillow talk, as partners experiencing sexual afterglow have reported feelings of greater partner connection,[7] which then may promote open dialogue and intimate conversation; it has been established that couples who engage in intimate behaviors (talking, kissing, and cuddling) following sexual activity report greater sexual and relationship satisfaction.[8]

In another study examining the effects of pillow talk on relationship satisfaction, men who were directed to double the amount of pillow talk (without any specific instruction regarding the content of the communication) reported greater increases in relationship satisfaction than men who were assigned to a control condition.[9] Notably, the women in the study did not report any significant effect on their relationship satisfaction when given the same task of doubling their pillow talk.

Spying
Pillow talk is conventionally seen as an opportunity for spies to obtain secret information. In espionage, a "honeypot is a trap that uses sex to lure an enemy agent into disclosing classified information"[10] Christine Keeler is said to have used this approach in the Cold War-era Profumo affair.[11] The Profumo affair was a British political scandal that occurred in 1961, when John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's government had a sexual encounter with Christine Keeler, who was 19 years old at that time. When the Profumo–Keeler affair was first revealed, public interest was heightened by reports that Keeler may have been simultaneously involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attach;, thereby creating a possible security risk.

Cultural examples
A couple's pillow talk session is often used as a plot device in works of fiction and drama, such as movies and television. It offers a convenient setting for a couple to discuss relevant plot events or reveal new information to each other.
A song and music video Pillow Talking recorded by American rapper Lil Dicky
A song Pillowtalk recorded by British singer and songwriter Zayn.
The 1959 Rock Hudson/Doris Day film Pillow Talk follows the screwball comedy format of a humorous battle of the sexes focusing on courtship, marriage--and therefore wished-for consummation and pillow talk.
References
 E. Raynor, The Happiest Woman (2011) p. 37
 A. Ramos, Enigma (2007) p. 70
 R. L. Weagley, Wallace (2011) p. 353
 Denes A. Talk: Exploring Disclosures After Sexual Activity. Western Journal of Communication. Vol. 76, Iss. 2, 2012/
 Mallory, Allen B.; Stanton, Amelia M.; Handy, Ariel B. (2 September 2019). "Couples' Sexual Communication and Dimensions of Sexual Function: A Meta-Analysis". The Journal of Sex Research. 56 (7): 882–898. doi:10.1080/00224499.2019.1568375. ISSN 0022-4499. PMC 6699928. PMID 30777780.
 Veenestra, M. (2007). Afterglow. In Malti-Douglas, F. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of sex and gender (Vol. 1, pp. 39–40). Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference
 Halpern, J., Sherman, S. (1979). Afterplay: A key to intimacy. New York, NY: Stein & Day Publishers.
 Denes, Amanda (1 March 2012). "Pillow Talk: Exploring Disclosures After Sexual Activity". Western Journal of Communication. 76 (2): 91–108. doi:10.1080/10570314.2011.651253. ISSN 1057-0314. S2CID 35132300.
 Denes, Amanda; Crowley, John P.; Winkler, Kara L.; Dhillon, Anuraj; Ponivas, Ambyre L. P.; Bennett, Margaret (2 July 2020). "Exploring the effects of pillow talk on relationship satisfaction and physiological stress responses to couples' difficult conversations". Communication Monographs. 87 (3): 267–290. doi:10.1080/03637751.2020.1726424. ISSN 0363-7751. S2CID 216501615.
 11 Terms used by spies. Available online at: http://people.howstuffworks.com/11-terms-used-by-spies1.htm. Accessed on 14 March 2014
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External links
Pillow Talk, AskMen
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hat is a "lumpy business"?
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I ran into a sentence from a Fortune article.

The point is that services are smoothing out an otherwise "lumpy business".

As the Oxford Dictionaries' definition of the adjective lumpy goes:

1 Full of or covered with lumps.

1.1 Nautical (of water) formed by the wind into small waves.

Neither really fits the sentence, nor in my opinion does Merriam Webster's additional usage having a heavy clumsy appearance. It seems to me bumpy would be a better word to collocate with business. What is a lumpy business?

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It's just a slightly metaphorical use of lumpy - the business is not smooth and even, but has bumps and irregularities. –
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 Apr 3, 2018 at 20:00
You really should post the entire sentence: The point is that services are smoothing out an otherwise lumpy business. This is a typical metaphor: you smooth out the bed cover when what's under it is lumpy. You smooth out dough [when making cake or bread], when it is lumpy. You smooth out the lumps in wet cement before it dries. You smooth out the earth if it is lumpy when you plant plants. Most business writing in sophisticated business publications are full of metaphors. –
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In the business world, lumpiness refers to revenues that come in big chunks at irregular intervals as opposed to in steady, consistent increments. I would not call this usage metaphorical, though it is certainly jargony.

Say you're a company that builds custom-ordered houses that each cost millions of dollars. Maybe you only sell 10 homes per year. In that case, your revenues are going to be pretty lumpy. You could try to tell your investors that you expect such and such an increase in year-over-year revenue for the upcoming quarter, but if one of your houses gets finished a week behind schedule and falls into the next fiscal quarter, you may end up coming considerably short of your projections for the current quarter and then considerably exceeding (previous) expectations for the next quarter on a percentage basis.

Contrast that against against the business model of the bank that your customers are using to get loans to buy your houses. Those banks give each customer a loan (a mortgage) and then sit back and collect the same payment on the same day of the month for years and years. It's the exact opposite of a lumpy revenue stream.

The article you're referring to talks about Apple and its increasing revenues from services.

The context is that Apple's sales are typically pretty lumpy because they will release a new product (most notably, a new version of the iPhone once a year); lots of people will go to buy that product on its release, generating billions of dollars for the company in the first couple months after the product release; and then sales will fall off until the next product is released. But with increasing revenue from ongoing sources like App Store purchases (which people make all year long) and subscriptions to Apple Music (which customers pay on a monthly basis), the company's revenues are smoothing out a bit because a larger percentage of those revenues are coming from reliable sources that are not as dependent on whether or not the company's latest product was a big hit. That means the company can be more confident in exactly how much money it'll have coming in for any given month or quarter or year.