FWIW, I just learned that escalator and kerosene started as trademarked brand names.
Comment on The plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 months ago
I call them “tissues.” Calling all tissue Kleenex is like my mom calling all video games Nintendo.
kirkoman@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So did Frisbee
lime@feddit.nu 11 months ago
insisting on calling all tissues kleenex is how the company loses the rights to the name