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hirofumi
23 mar 2017

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  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)
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What are some of the VERBS that actually came from the name of the company, brand, product etc? For example, google can be a verb, like "google it," right? And taser is also the name of the company that sells tasers, but it also can be used as a verb, right? What else can you think of that you can use in your daily conversation?

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Samantha_
23 mar 2017

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

"Facebook me" = find me on Facebook or send me a message on Facebook. "Let's FaceTime" or "FaceTime me" is another.

Aeon1969
23 mar 2017

  • Inglese (Regno Unito)
  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

These are Australian and kind of old:
To sellotape
To hoover (use vacuum cleaner)
To Breville (to use toasted sandwich maker)

Very old:
To Japan (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanning)

jamesavery98
23 mar 2017

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

-To rollerblade
-To weed eat (the weed eater)
-I'm going to go jet skiing on the lake (jet ski: name of product by Kawasaki Heavy Ind.)
-To bubble wrap/to be bubble wrapped
-To breathalyze someone (comes from "breathalyzer")
-Wite out or white out, Idk (*meaning to apply wite-out)
-to xerox something, meaning to photocopy something ("zeer-ox")
-I hula hooped for hours (the hula hoop)
Hope this helps:)

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miar
23 mar 2017

  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)

To snap someone (message someone on Snapchat)
To Kik someone (message someone on Kik)

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