socyberty.com — Some brand names become so popular that the name itself becomes identified as much with the product as with the company. These popular brand names have become so integrated into our language, that Oxford has decided to include them in its dictionary.
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caerwynSep 6, 2007
Yup. I grew up in Pensacola, FL- had to break myself of this habit when I left the south. "Want a coke?" "Sure, what kind do you have?"
hiroSep 6, 2007
It's a British list, no such thing as QTip there
volitor8555Sep 6, 2007
Dumpster-brand trash bins are top-of-the-line. This is just a Trash-Co waste disposal unit.
jimbob3636Sep 6, 2007
but i could change a page on Wikipedia myself, and then in an essay, reference the page to that specific time before it is removed. i could use wikipedia to prove literally anything.
jimbob3636Sep 6, 2007
It used to be in the 80s and early 90s when it was the Microsoft of printers. Now people don't say it anymore because it's not as big as it used to be and to differentiate between the different jobs printers now do.
keelykaptureSep 6, 2007
I totally agree. Generic names should be used for the OED. Not actual brand names.
cayfoxSep 7, 2007
I think you may have hit on the difference between a dictionary and an encyclopedia there...