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    What words were originally trademarks but have become ordinary words that are now found in dictionaries?

    Question #55721. Asked by MrsAce. (Mar 07 05 10:28 AM)


    Arpeggionist

    		"Band-aid", "xerox" come to mind.

    Mar 07 05, 10:30 AM
    elizabethmc

    		'Hoover' is another

    Mar 07 05, 10:43 AM
    peasypod

    		Kleenex.

    Mar 07 05, 11:06 AM
    coolio_daniel_uk

    		sellotape

    Mar 07 05, 11:10 AM
    peasypod

    		Escalator.
    Asprin.
    Jeep.
    Thermos.
    Frisbee.
    Velcro.

    Mar 07 05, 11:20 AM
    peasypod

    		Here's a whole heap of em.

    http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words1.html

    Mar 07 05, 11:22 AM
    MrsAce

    		That's where I got the question from, peas. I didn't realize there were so many.

    Yay to everyone!

    Mar 07 05, 1:20 PM

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