You use brand names all the time without thinking twice, but half of them weren’t even meant to be used like that. You’re not “googling,” you’re doing a web search on Google™. And you didn’t blow up a bouncy house, you pumped up an inflatable trampoline. It’s called genericization—and yeah, some brand names and services got so popular, they just became part of our everyday vocabulary. Here […] The post Genericized Trademarks That Became Part of Everyday Vocabul...
