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digdug

Portland, OR

OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 01:09 AM

someone told me tonight that TiVo doesn't want us to use their name as a verb.

so, i started to wonder what other brands have been transformed into verbs?

i can only think of:

Xerox
Google

auralpleasure

Mountain View, CA

February 2004

DEC 17, 2004 01:20 AM

Rollerblade

SupremePizzaMan

Seattle, WA

September 2003

DEC 17, 2004 01:41 AM

Kleenex

SupremePizzaMan

Seattle, WA

September 2003

DEC 17, 2004 01:42 AM

KEEP THAT TRADEMARK TIVO!!!

dirtypop

Green Bay, WI

June 2004

DEC 17, 2004 01:44 AM

What's that called? When you use a noun as a verb?

James_

United Kingdom

March 2003

DEC 17, 2004 01:44 AM

hoover

surface

Vancouver, BC

October 2002

DEC 17, 2004 01:45 AM

Kleenex doesn't count. Not a verb. Windex, however, is.

wings

I'm lost

November 2002

DEC 17, 2004 01:50 AM

Electrolux.

I say that shit all the time.

digdug

Portland, OR

OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 01:55 AM

rollerblade is good!!

but we don't use hoover, kleenex, windex, or electrolux as verbs.
at least not in the good ole' u.s. of a.!!

dirtypop

Green Bay, WI

June 2004

DEC 17, 2004 01:57 AM

Never mind. I was thinking of gerunds. Those are the opposite.

surface

Vancouver, BC

October 2002

DEC 17, 2004 01:58 AM

DigDug said:
rollerblade is good!!

but we don't use hoover, kleenex, windex, or electrolux as verbs.
at least not in the good ole' u.s. of a.!!

you mean you don't ever windex your mirrors?

digdug

Portland, OR

OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 02:20 AM

no sir!
i clean them

surface

Vancouver, BC

October 2002

DEC 17, 2004 02:25 AM

DigDug said:
no sir!
i clean them

i suppose it's unlikely then that you Q-tip your ears?

Hapworth

Morgan Hill, CA

December 2004

DEC 17, 2004 02:53 AM

DigDug said:
rollerblade is good!!

but we don't use hoover, kleenex, windex, or electrolux as verbs.
at least not in the good ole' u.s. of a.!!

In the backwoods part of the country I'm from, Orange County California, we've been known to use the word hoover as a verb, and I definately windex my mirrors.

But, let's not forget the best "Noun gone Verb" ...

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

ROCKADIVA

Houston, TX

March 2004

DEC 17, 2004 03:00 AM

Saran Wrap

ROCKADIVA

Houston, TX

March 2004

DEC 17, 2004 03:01 AM

DigDug said:
rollerblade is good!!

but we don't use hoover, kleenex, windex, or electrolux as verbs.
at least not in the good ole' u.s. of a.!!

In the backwoods part of the country I'm from, Orange County California, we've been known to use the word hoover as a verb, and I definately windex my mirrors.

But, let's not forget the best "Noun gone Verb" ...

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

whoa, totally

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA

September 2003

DEC 17, 2004 03:01 AM

This far w/out Xerox.

Hapworth

Morgan Hill, CA

December 2004

DEC 17, 2004 03:11 AM

Ebay

Added: Lewinsky (?)

[Edited on Dec 17, 2004 by Hapworth]

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA

September 2003

DEC 17, 2004 03:12 AM

Jeff_Fries said:
This far w/out Xerox.

You retard.

digdug

Portland, OR

OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 03:28 AM

jeff_fries = retard

and i have never eBayed, saran wrapped, q-tipped or MACGYVERED!!!!!

i know there must be others

VivaDeath

Jacksonville, FL

October 2003

DEC 17, 2004 03:41 AM

Adobe did the same thing asking people to stop using Photoshop as a verb.

digdug

Portland, OR

OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 04:06 AM

oh yeah, photoshop is a good one!

threejane

San Francisco, CA

November 2004

DEC 17, 2004 04:11 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark

Edit: of course, you could just Google it.

[Edited on Dec 17, 2004 by threejane]

Cash

USA

OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 04:18 AM

Febreeze

dem_z

United Kingdom

June 2004

DEC 17, 2004 04:46 AM

Guidelines for Third Parties who use Adobe Trademarks
(Fucking PDF)

Adobe trademarks must always be used as adjectives followed by a generic term (such as software), and never as nouns or verbs.

CORRECT: The image was modifi ed using Adobe® Photoshop® software.
INCORRECT: The image was Photoshopped.
CORRECT: Youll appreciate the PostScript® interpreters unique ability to provide fl exibility.
INCORRECT: Youll appreciate PostScripts® unique ability to provide fl exibility.

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