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submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/funny@lemmy.world

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[–] Donut@leminal.space 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is an interesting phenomenon called a proprietary eponym, where a brand name becomes synonymous with a product.

Just like walkman and disc man, in my language we call a car satnav a "TomTom" after the brand that popularised it here.

[–] mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Here is the scene from the Clerks cartoon about adhesive strips.