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Re:Cherry MX History by Nux on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:43AM (#17660384)
These are called eponyms, we also have "adidasi" in Romania to reference any kind of sports shoes. :)

Most languages have eponyms, an English example would be "hoover" which is sometimes used instead of "vacuum cleaner", especially in USA.

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Re:Cherry MX History by nasredin on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @09:56PM (#17668703)
Off Topic.

If one is interested in Romanian TV shows...

"Comrade Detective" was a pretty good show.

There's a dubbed version available on Amazon IIRC.

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Re:Cherry MX History by codfrantic on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @06:02AM (#17661101)
The UK is the champion at this.

Hoover

Biro

Transit van

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Re:Cherry MX History by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @08:33AM (#17661875)
Many, many more in the UK:

Cashpoint is probably the winner - I've never heard anyone use anything else. I don't even remember whose trade mark it once was.

Sellotape

Airfix for all model kits

JCB for all diggers

Tarmac

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Re:Cherry MX History by Nux on Friday August 03, 2018 @09:59AM (#17679873)
Let's not forget about "Sandwich" :-)
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