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a "popsicle" (trademark of Good Humor)
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05-28-2003, 09:21 PM
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"white out"
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05-28-2003, 09:22 PM
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although no longer as common,
a "xerox"
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05-28-2003, 09:22 PM
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a little more modern...
a "post-it"
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05-28-2003, 09:23 PM
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"styrofoam"
owned by Dow Chemical
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05-28-2003, 09:24 PM
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"thermos"
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05-28-2003, 09:24 PM
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"escalator" (Otis Elevator Co.)
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05-28-2003, 09:25 PM
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"Jell-O"
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05-28-2003, 09:26 PM
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"hi-liter" (Avery Dennison Corporation)
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05-28-2003, 09:26 PM
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"walkman" (SONY corp.)
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05-28-2003, 09:28 PM
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seeing as might have a lot of useless info in my head I could try to take credit for knowing all of those... but, no... I'm just not that bright  I found a lot of these at http://www.prairienet.org/~rkrause/brands.html, though many I had though of before finding the site
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05-28-2003, 09:30 PM
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05-28-2003, 09:31 PM
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"cellophane"
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05-28-2003, 09:33 PM
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"frisbee" (this part is from personal recollection of a story told to me) originates from the Frisbie baking company and the forms that the pies were delivered in, the delivery guys would toss them around... heck, I even found a reference to it: http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa980218.htm
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05-28-2003, 09:34 PM
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"laundromat" - apparently owned by Westinghouse
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