Mr. Pither barátunk kifejezett kérésére egy gyors bréking:
Levi's, Kleenex, Wellingtons, Hula Hoop, Walkman, és még sokan. Mindennap használjuk őket, és már el is felejtettük, hogy sokszor bizony nagy koponyák, vagy egyéb vicces dolgok állnak a háttérben, mint névadók.
Íme, egy kellemes kis lista ezekről:
* Adidas (pl. adidaşi) – in Romania and Poland, any kind of sport shoes. In Romania it is not uncommon to hear people say 'adidaşi Puma', meaning 'Puma sport shoes'.
* Aqua-Lung – scuba equipment
* Armco – highway and racetrack crash barriers
* Artex – textured interior wall and ceiling coating
* AstroTurf – artificial grass produced by AstroTurf, LLC
* Autocue – broadcasting script teleprompting system
* Band-aid – adhesive bandages
* Baggies – food bags
* Bake-off – any kind of contest where a product is created from scratch; although registered as a trademark by Pillsbury, the term is commonly used in computer science programming competitions
* Beer Nuts – sweet and salty glazed nuts, historically peanuts
* Birkenstock – Clog shoes
* Biro (UK) – ball-point pen
* Bisleri - Packaged drinking water (used extensively in India)
* Bobcat (US) – Skid loaders; Bobcat Company owns trademark registrations worldwide for the Bobcat® trademark and actively enforces misuse of its trademark as a generic term.
* Blu Tack – pressure-sensitive adhesive, used in Australian and British English
* Bowser – a mobile tanker, originally the trademark of the S. F Bowser company.
* Breathalyzer – breath alcohol analyzer made by Draeger Safety, Inc.