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DigDug

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

auralpleasure

Mountain View, CA
February 2004

DEC 17, 2004 01:20 AM

Rollerblade

SupremePizzaMan

SupremePizzaMan

Seattle, WA
September 2003

DEC 17, 2004 01:41 AM

Kleenex

SupremePizzaMan

SupremePizzaMan

Seattle, WA
September 2003

DEC 17, 2004 01:42 AM

KEEP THAT TRADEMARK TIVO!!!

dirtypop

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_

James_

United Kingdom
March 2003

DEC 17, 2004 01:44 AM

hoover

surface

surface

Vancouver, BC
October 2002

DEC 17, 2004 01:45 AM

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

wings

wings

I'm lost
November 2002

DEC 17, 2004 01:50 AM

Electrolux.

I say that shit all the time.

DigDug

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

dirtypop

Green Bay, WI
June 2004

DEC 17, 2004 01:57 AM

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

surface

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

digdug

Portland, OR
OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 02:20 AM

no sir!
i clean them wink

surface

surface

Vancouver, BC
October 2002

DEC 17, 2004 02:25 AM

DigDug said:
no sir!
i clean them wink


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

Hapworth

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" ...

ROCKADIVA

ROCKADIVA

Houston, TX
March 2004

DEC 17, 2004 03:00 AM

Saran Wrap

ROCKADIVA

ROCKADIVA

Houston, TX
March 2004

DEC 17, 2004 03:01 AM

Hapworth said:

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" ...



whoa, totally

Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

DEC 17, 2004 03:01 AM

This far w/out Xerox.

Hapworth

Hapworth

Morgan Hill, CA
December 2004

DEC 17, 2004 03:11 AM

Ebay

Added: Lewinsky (?)

[Edited on Dec 17, 2004 by Hapworth]

Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

DEC 17, 2004 03:12 AM

Jeff_Fries said:
This far w/out Xerox.


You retard.

DigDug

digdug

Portland, OR
OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 03:28 AM

jeff_fries = retard wink

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

i know there must be others

VivaDeath

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

digdug

Portland, OR
OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 04:06 AM

oh yeah, photoshop is a good one!

threejane

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. wink

[Edited on Dec 17, 2004 by threejane]

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

DEC 17, 2004 04:18 AM

Febreeze

dem_z

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: You’ll appreciate the PostScript® interpreter’s unique ability to provide fl exibility.
INCORRECT: You’ll appreciate PostScript’s® unique ability to provide fl exibility.



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