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- mishabear, on 10/10/2007, -0/+61Kleenex? Frisbee? I guess these weren't common enough?
- zrcochran, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27Q-Tip? Popsicle?
- 10001110101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23What the hell is going on in that Jello ad?
- CasinoJack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Darn it, I could swear that said "Nine Wonder Bras...(w/pics)"
- minorthreat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14my first thought was kleenex, so wtf?
- Joshul, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14No kleenex? no q-tip?
- akatherder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10How about google?
- tom2275, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Viagra? Prozac? OK, these brands may be in the dictionary, but I've never heard of anyone using Viagra as a generic term for all hard-on pills. Same with Prozac. People who take Zoloft or whatever don't say I use Prozac. Basically, people who take these drugs, or drugs like them, aren't talking about it.
- timusca, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Don't forget Dumpster.
Although I can't read the article... its blocked here. So I may repeating things. - goyney, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Escalator!
- jeffeb3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8port-a-potty? Zamboni? Coke?
- Desolite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Also, Elevator and Jacuzzi
- TjLAXattack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7August he left a word out
- davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6big girl wants some
- sparty1969, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I can't believe a single digger hasn't mentioned Vaseline.
That product basically launched the Internet (if you know what I mean). - tizz66, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Can anyone confirm these actually appear in the OED? Only reason I ask is that only a few of these are commonly-used brand names in the UK, so I'd be surprised if they appeared as words in the British English dictionary. I'm talking about Viagra, Jello, Xerox and Band-aid.
- MatthewBlack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5We ('the UK') say 'plaster' rather than 'band-aid'. Wasn't band-aid something to do with Bob Geldof?
- frepnog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6They forgot Coke. At least in the south, everything is a coke. Example - "Hey I am going to the store, want anything?" "Yeah, get me a Coke." "What kind of Coke do you want?" "Um, a Dr. Pepper." Silly, yeah, but everyone does it.
- ryodoan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4As I read this I am reminded of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the constant comparisons between the Official Dictionary and the Hitchhikers Guide.
In our modern world we have the Oxford Dictionary Vs. Wikipedia.
Oxford: Tells you what Jello is
Wikipedia: Tells you what it is, what its made of, how its made, and its history. - AriaStar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Velcro, Escalator, Super Glue and Crazy Glue, and Popsicle are more I thought would rank higher than Prozac and Viagra.
- AriaStar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4"Flying disk" is the generic term.
- plizard, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6lol @ i'm lovin it viagra
- wattznext, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8I june repeating things
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Kleenex? Coke? Jacuzzi? Digg?
- monkeyrun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I was just wondering did Viagra pay extra to be right next to McDonald's lol.
- jeffeb3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3people say tylenol instead of acetemenaphine, same thing happens with prozak. If people are buying generic they will call it the commercial name.
- Ramble, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Odd because we use the suggestions up above more than some of the stuff in the dictionary. For example, band-aid is a stupid word, we don't use that.
- jjk5, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's someone "xeroxing" their face...
- melonhedd, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Only idiots.
- MrSurge, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3How about: Velcro, Post-it Note, Aspirin, Personal Computer (PC)... just to name a few others
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Xerox is never used.
- PhilTheRed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah, but it would be changed back in seconds. That's the genius of Wikipedia
- cresswga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Viagra I can't comment on either way but I agree.
I read those and I was thinking it should be Jelly, Photocopy and Plasters. - hiro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It's a British list, no such thing as QTip there
- HeyBob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Ski-doo for us Canucks
- Lennalf, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Prozac and Viagra don't belong on the list. There are countless medicines that are often called by their best-known brand name. Tylenol? Advil? Plus, if you are taking an anti-depressant, are you going to refer to it as "Prozac" if in fact you're taking Wellbutrin, Celexa, Zoloft, or Effexor? I think not.
- gmc74, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I thought the one for Hoover would be "She sucks like a Hoover!"
- hiro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Q Tip and Popsicle are not words used in English, I think they're peculiar to American English. Come to think of it, the same is true for Jell-O, noone in Britain would know what you were talking about
- Philluminati, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3what about goatse?
It's digg's most used term. I fact I recon there should be a goatse category so i could filter it out (maybe) - BrettTheUser, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It says British Version of the dictionary in the article, so I'm guessing Brits don't necessarily associate the same brands with products that Americans do.
- maglob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2And we say jelly not jello
- gage006, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Frisbee is a brand? Really? Wow. So what's the real name?
- Berkana, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What about Jeep, Zipper, Nylon, Aspirin, iPod, Kleenex, Barbie, Windex, and Q-tip?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2UK doesn't say xerox either, it's just "photo copy"
- webcure, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Talk to Webster's dude. Don't shoot me, I'm only the digger!
- jschramm03, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Agreed
- jeffeb3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1poor blues...
- p2a1x7, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2When I saw the title, the first thing that came to mind was kleenex... I wonder why it wasn't on there.
- tnoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I thought Al Gore was the one to do that?
- MatthewBlack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You, Sir, need to get laid.
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