Hallmark
Distinguishing quality stamp
Hallmark is an American greeting card company, also known for its television channel featuring sentimental films, particularly romantic and holiday movies.
A Hallmark movie has become shorthand for predictable, wholesome romantic fare: It's got the plot of a Hallmark movie—small-town girl meets city guy at Christmas. (Lowercase hallmark means a distinguishing characteristic.)
Kansas City
Twin-state metro area
- cardStiff paper rectangle
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- occasionNotable event or moment
birthday · holiday · Christmas · Valentine · Mother's Day · greeting · keepsake · ornament · gift wrap · stationery
- Greeting Card BrandsPapyrus, Gibson
- media companiesDisney, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Viacom
- TV NetworksABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, CNN
- Valentinesvalentines, hearts, red roses, love notes, be mine
- private companiesstartup, Ltd, LLC, partnership, sole proprietorship
- Flooring BrandsShaw, Mohawk, Armstrong, Bruce, Bigelow
quality indication
Hallmarkflaw
Imperfection in something
defect · blemish · shortcoming · failing · red flag
distinctiveness
Hallmarkanomaly
Departure from the expected
aberration · exception · outlier · deviation · irregularity
- Hallmark movieFormulaic festive romance film
- Hallmark ChannelCable channel featuring feel-good programming
- Hallmark momentIdealized sentimental scene
- hallmark holidayCommercially invented occasion