What is Commonym?
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A trademarked term used to identify all products of the same type, such as the word "Kleenex" used to describe any facial tissue, or "Vaseline" as a term for a competing petroleum jelly. Other commonyms include, Band-Aid, ChapStick, Popsicle, and Q-tip.
Some former trademarks have become generic terms after a long life as commonyms, such as aspirin (formerly trademarked by Bayer) and escalator (a former trademark of the Otis Elevator Company.)
If Apple doesn't protect it's trademark, iPod will become a commonym for an MP3 player.
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the best way to end a conversation about a conflict or something stupid.
guy1: A tomato is a fruit not a vegetable.
guy2: No its a veg..
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A peanutbutter dispensing establishment, a place to acquire, purchase, or consume peanutbutter.
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The act of becoming no longer hungry.
I'm need to go eat something to unhungrify myself.
Okay, I had a banana and now I'm un..
