The Dumpster Brothers? Their last fucking name was Dumpster? Wild that that was just a common last name with no connection to trash for centuries
84 5 ReplyZoom was actually a word before 2011
50 5 ReplyThe Jeep one has kind of fallen out of normal use. Like, I wouldn't call a Land Rover or a Bronco a jeep.
40 1 ReplyWho says "zoom" as a verb? People say "video chat" or, more realistically, "facetime" for all video chats.
42 5 ReplyHas 'zoom' become a generic term for video calling/conferencing? For example are people saying "let's zoom later on Skype" ?
35 0 ReplySuper Hero is trade marked??? That one was surprising.
31 0 ReplyI had no idea that a lot of those were brand names
31 0 ReplyNo Coke?
28 1 ReplyWhen was the last time you heard someone use the term 'Xerox?'
iirc, it's used as another word for clone in some 1980's science fiction.
30 3 ReplyI've never heard Google, Uber or Zoom used unless it meant the specific company. "Google" became a verb, but I've never heard of someone saying they googled something on DuckDuckGo, for example.
29 6 ReplyVaseline, Velcro, Mace and Styrofoam aren't generic? The fuck? I didn't even know those were trademarked names. Vaseline maybe, but the other three are common enough that I was sure they were generic.
23 0 ReplyI hope they lose Realtor
22 0 ReplyRealtor?
That's weirder than Duncan's claim on Yo-Yo getting rejected on a technicality, ninety-nine years late.
18 0 ReplyWait, who owns super hero?
15 0 ReplyI try to avoid using all these names and instead use the more generic names.
18 3 ReplyWait, are these the dates when the brand that eventually was deemed a "common word" were first trade marked? I was reading this as the years they were deemed common words.
Cause 2011 is WAYYYY too early for zoom to be common. If anything, that would've been Skype on 2011. Similar thing for Tupperware and zipper.
Also, wtf was heroin's common name before being branded heroin? Lol, also, I can't help but imagine heroin got its name as some kind of "there's a hero in every needle" marketing campaign.
18 3 ReplyIn the UK: Hoover is what everyone called their vacuum cleaner. Can't stop for tea, I have the hoovering to do at home
14 0 ReplyRoomba is a big one that is missing.
16 3 ReplyLosing yo-yo right before the centennial anniversary is pretty funny.
12 0 ReplyHoover
11 0 ReplyAspirin & Heroin: Bayer
lost rights to its trademarks as a result of WWI
Thanks Gavrilo Princip. Do you know how much potential revenue you erased from the Bayer balance sheet?
11 0 ReplyI'd maybe add Solo Cups.
12 2 ReplySomething I find interesting, lino was replaced by vinyl which was worse and plasticy but cheaper and the name carried over.
Most people when they think of floor lino thinka actually of vinyl rather than the actual original!
9 0 ReplyI'll take the low hanging fruit. Kleenex.
11 2 ReplyI'm surprised how long yo-yo lasted
9 0 ReplyI wish this graphic had the old name as well.
9 0 ReplyChapstick goes all the way back to the 1880's? Holy shit!
8 0 ReplyThat was a good almost 100 year run, yo-yo.
8 0 ReplyWhere is hoover
7 0 ReplyMissing Hoover
10 3 ReplyI suppose a tweet isn’t a Twitter.
6 0 ReplyI find it interesting how all but a few are two syllables. I don't think that's a coincidence.
5 0 ReplyThis is fucking hook and loop.
6 1 ReplyOnesie??? For real? All the others i already knew, but that one got me.
4 0 ReplyI'm surprised Kleenex isn't on here. I didn't know it by any other name until some time in elementary school when i was asked go grab "tissue paper"
1 0 ReplyJ'en ai compté 29 qui marchent aussi en français.
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