21 Aug
Google doesn’t want people to google
This is stupid. Google is cracking down on people who use “google” as a verb (as in, I just googled the new guy at work.) Google says it has serious trademark issues.
The problem with that is, when I say I’ve Googled someone (as a verb), I really AM using Google!
Has Jell-O been hurt by people calling all generic gelatins by its name? How about Band-Aid and other bandage brands? Honestly, when you want to buy a box of Band-Aids, what is the first brand you think of? Band-Aid. Not Curad or Nexcare or whoever. (See? I even had to look up a third brand… I had to find Nexcare’s name on Drugstore.com!) So it’s more likely that it would help, rather than hurt, them.
Xerox, Kleenex, Velcro, and more at American Proprietary Eponyms
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