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by mojaam 3931 days ago
Oh well, what can you do? It's like how the Kleenex name has become genericized whereby "the popularity of the product has led to the use of its name to refer to any facial tissue, regardless of the brand. Many dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster and Oxford, now include definitions in their publications defining it as such." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleenex