CBC: Kleenex maker says famous tissues to be wiped out of Canada soon, citing 'unique complexities'
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Growing up in Canada we did not refer to tissues as tissues. We called them Kleenex. It's one of those weird Canadian-isms.
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Xerox, linoleum
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What’s the generic for linoleum? I wasn’t aware that this was a brand name
I had to look this up. The inventor never trademarked the name and it was used by a competitor almost immediately. He lost a lawsuit over linoleum becoming a generic term 14 years after it's invention. There were other brand names but linoleum became a generic term almost as soon as the product was widespread.