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CajunCenturion

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The following common nouns are all commonizations: aspirin, zipper, nylon, and teflon.

How many commonizations can you identify? It would be interesting to identify the corresponding eponym and why the commonization occurred.

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JUST DON'T REFER TO YOUR CELL PHONES AS CELLS!!!!

Sorry, couldn't resist!

In the US we use scotch tape as a generic for cellophane tape, even though 3M corp has a copyright on that name.

Teflon is another commonization.

Bic pen is pretty close if not there already.

Melamine used to be a trademark, now used for almost any hard plastic dishes.

Sanka is used by a lot of people to mean decaffienated coffee.

Spam is a commonization, but the product it refers to has changed.



Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard. [dragon]
 
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fridge...Frigidare? I thought fridge after freeze, never Frigidare, how cool!!!
And what were Kleenex called before?

Yeah, what is the best Pampers? Huggies!
And cheapest? Luves!
 
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The proper term is Kleenex Tissues. Generically they are called "facial tissues" (to distingiush them from toilet tissue).

Here's a couple more: nylon, spandex



Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard. [dragon]
 
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SantaMufasa
"Hoover" is going out of fashion, "Dyson" is coming up rapidly, as in "the carpet was dirty, so I dysoned it". I can't find it in a dictionary, but I hear it used..., so it can't be long.

Oh, and from a UK perspective, "Fos-tuhs" is Australian for something that is most certainly NOT beer. The UK description would, most probably, get this post RF'd.

Rosie
"Never express yourself more clearly than you think" (Niels Bohr)
 
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The grilling product endorsed by a former heavyweight boxing champ

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[COLOR=white]the George - George Foreman grill[/color]

--Paul

cigless ...
 
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I always thought "clean ex" had something to do with alimony...

Timster's Onion
 
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