imipolex

[Jane Sweet]

Let me get my rusty latin lex legs. 

Imipolex is kinda like PVC, the finger tip eating Poly, or
Formica. 

Formica (the kitchen, I got some in my kitchen, keeps the
ants away, better than cedar. 

formication (for-mih-KAY-shun) 

No, not what you think, californication dreaming, it means
"an abnormal sensation that 
ants are crawling over one's skin." 

Formication is the product of Latin for mica, or "ant." 

No? 
 
Let me go ask the linguistic ants in my  
Formica kitchen countertop. Formica plastic laminate was
invented in 
1912 as a type of insulation for electrical wiring, and
quickly 
replaced mica, the natural substance that had been used for
this 
purpose. Its inventors called this new synthetic material 
Formica because it was a substitute for mica.

http://www.formica.com/north_america/company/history/history.jsp?mode

http://www.formica.com/north_america/company/press/fact_sheets/formica.jsp?mode