LEGO

[leg-oh]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for interlocking plastic building bricks used as construction toys, and related products and services.

Lego

/ ˈlɛɡəʊ /

noun

1. a construction toy consisting of plastic bricks and other standardized components that fit together with studs

Word History and Origins

Origin of LEGO¹

First recorded in 1955–60; abbreviation of Danish leg godt “to play well”

Word History and Origins

Origin of LEGO¹

C20: from Danish leg godt play well

Example Sentences

Lego Store “brick specialists” at Downtown Disney are looking to assemble a union after taking their organizing efforts public.

From Los Angeles Times

About two dozen union organizers and Lego Store employees gathered Monday morning at the flagship location in Anaheim to present management with a union petition.

From Los Angeles Times

It marked the first time retail Lego Store workers in the United States have tried to form a union.

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“We love the Lego Group’s mission statement that ‘only the best is good enough,’” said Hunter Gulino, a brick specialist for the last three years.

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Lego responded by raising wages in accordance with the law and issuing back pay, but brick specialists — who engage with guests, work the cash register and stock Lego products in the store — claimed that management cut employee hours in the aftermath.

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