Reply to post: Re: Wouldn't Happen Here

Never let something so flimsy as a locked door to the computer room stand in the way of an auditor on the warpath

Jeffrey Nonken

Re: Wouldn't Happen Here

"Xerox" as a generic verb has been a thing for a long time. Shorter and easier to say than "Photocopy." Other genericizations happen like "Kleenex", "Hoover", "Scotch tape".

I think the non-branded generic name for what we call "scotch tape" is "adhesive tape", though the correct name is apparently "pressure-sensitive adhesive tape". Can't imagine why people don't always call it that. :) I believe in England they prefer to call it "sticky tape".

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-taser-xerox-brand-names-generic-words-2018-5

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