Aces@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 months agoBrand names that have become common wordslemmy.todayimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoZoom was actually a word before 2011
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoTrademarks are context sensitive, and zoom was not used as a term for video calls before that. It is interesting that that’s the only one on the list that isn’t also a made up word
minus-squaremx_smith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoIsn’t google a real thing in numbers.
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoTrue, but it has gained additional meaning and uses. Before 2011, you could not “join a zoom”, for example.
Zoom was actually a word before 2011
Trademarks are context sensitive, and zoom was not used as a term for video calls before that. It is interesting that that’s the only one on the list that isn’t also a made up word
Isn’t google a real thing in numbers.
No gogol is a number
True, but it has gained additional meaning and uses. Before 2011, you could not “join a zoom”, for example.