• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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      3 days ago

      That’s pretty funny. Unfortunately for them, I and probably almost everyone else don’t really care about their brand identity, so I’ll keep calling it all velcro. I’ll also keep call all tissues Kleenex, and all adhesive bandages Band-Aids, and all the others that have become synonymous with their product. That’s what they get for being too successful, I guess.

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          2 days ago

          Kleenex, tissue. Band aid, bandage. Xerox, copy. IPad, tablet (some people call their android tablets iPads) Plucker, flosser.

          It’s not really that bad. Some are even shorter:

          Google, search. Invisalign, retainer.

          Some are iffy:

          Sharpie, permanent marker. (You could just say marker, depending on if you have any other markers in the house to disambiguate from.)

          And some are definitely shorter as brand names:

          Q-tip, cotton swab Velcro, hook and loop Sawzall, reciprocating saw

          (And if there was a shorter name for “oscillating multi tool” I would be so happy.)

          I can’t think of any others.