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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by George83728 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:21AM (#35842198)
I'm not talking about people who are unfamiliar with the term xerox, meaning 'photocopy' (which has been in use this way for decades.) I'm talking about people who object to the use of this term because the Xerox company hates it (they could in principle lose their trademark because of it, but that's not my problem.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox#Trademark

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by erikerikson on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:41AM (#35842429)
See also Kleenex
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by cronix on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:28PM (#35843461)
And for that, you can just "google it"
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by arrowsmith on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:08PM (#35843812)
The classic British example is "hoover".
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by detaro on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:38AM (#35842396)
Legos is another one of those which I never got why people were so insistent on quoting the corporate statements on it so vehemently.
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