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I'm not talking about people who are unfamiliar with the term xerox, meaning 'photocopy' (which has been in use this way for decades.) I'm talking about peopl
by George83728 3y ago
I'm not talking about people who are unfamiliar with the term xerox, meaning 'photocopy' (which has been in use this way for decades.) I'm talking about people who object to the use of this term because the Xerox company hates it (they could in principle lose their trademark because of it, but that's not my problem.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox#Trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox#Trademark
- detaro 3y agoLegos is another one of those which I never got why people were so insistent on quoting the corporate statements on it so vehemently.
- erikerikson 3y agoSee also Kleenex
- cronix 3y agoAnd for that, you can just "google it"
- arrowsmith 3y agoThe classic British example is "hoover".