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I might be going on a tangent here, but I can't help thinking there's something wrong with product names for the past few years. We're now naming things with in

• icebraining 14y ago
  With some exceptions, I don't think brand names are eclipsing the common definitions of the words, but just appending new definitions to them, which can easily be distinguished based on context - not unlike any other non-branded word with multiple definitions. And we also gain new common words from brands that become generic, like Tabloid or Bikini.
  • stonemetal 14y ago
    And we also gain new common words from brands that become generic, like Tabloid or Bikini. Bikini isn't a brand that became a generic word. It is a loan word from the native Marshall Islanders(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll), that was stolen for a brand then became generic. Which ironically proves his point.
    • icebraining 14y ago
      Bikini isn't a brand that became a generic word It is. The fact that the brand name itself was derived from an existing proper noun doesn't change that fact. And speaking of language abuse, I feel that some day the verb 'steal' will be synonymous with every possible offense. How does one steal an island name?