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1) Kleenex 2) Google 3) Aspirin 4) Band-Aid 5) Jacuzzi 6) Post-It 7) Q-Tip 8) Sharpie 9) Taser 10) Xerox
by jeffmould 9y ago
1) Kleenex
2) Google
3) Aspirin
4) Band-Aid
5) Jacuzzi
6) Post-It
7) Q-Tip
8) Sharpie
9) Taser
10) Xerox
- delecti 9y agoI would argue that at least half of those don't qualify. Kleenex, Google, Band-Aid, Post-It, Q-Tip, and Sharpie are all in a dominant position in their respective product categories. Off-brand examples of all of them exist, but all of my Sharpies are Sharpie brand, I use Q-Tip brand Q-Tips, I only Google with Yahoo or Bing when Google itself is down, and My Band-Aids are Band-Aid brand adhesive bandages.
- badestrand 9y agoJust this weekend I heard a friend say they "googled somebody on Facebook", meaning they searched for them in the Facebook search form. So it may have become a synonym for "online search" for some. Also, I have used Post-Its all my life but did not even know until now that this was a company or product name.
- delecti 9y agoWhile I think Post-Its are a potential candidate, I think your friend is just weird. I've only ever heard or used "google" as a verb to mean "performing a search via a web search engine to search the entirety of the internet", and even then it almost always includes the unspoken assumption that it will be done using Google.
- ams6110 9y agoI am not surprised by that usage. The are a lot of people for whom the difference between Google, Facebook, and Internet are not well understood.
- JCharante 9y agoWhere are you? In new england I've never heard anyone call a tissue a kleenex.
- jessriedel 9y agoI hear it all the time around DC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks#List_of_protected_trademarks_frequently_used_as_generic_terms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericize...
- CptJamesCook 9y agoHmm. I've heard it in Maryland and California.
- psyc 9y agoI'm from Boston and I've heard Kleenex all my life. Tissue sounds highfalutin.
- ars 9y agoThat's hilarious because to me Kleenex sounds highfalutin, and tissue sounds normal. And I actually use Kleenex brand!