What Do These Words Have in Common?

27 Comments on What Do These Words Have in Common?

1. They all used to be trademarks but are now generics.

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2. Trademark names?

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3. I Googled™ it.

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4. I applied chapstick as I went up the escalator to jump on the trampoline then enjoyed a refreshing popsicle then disposed of the popsicle stick in a nearby dumpster.

   Oh, this wasn’t a “use all of the words in a sentence” exercise?

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5. Bandaid
   Kleenex
   Q tips
   Velcro
   Vaseline
   Sharpie
   Magic Marker

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6. Conservative Cowgirl 😂

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7. what is job descriptions for our VP during her career for a 100$, Alex

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8. things you shouldn’t insert into yourself for $200, Alex.

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9. Aspirin is also on the list.

   Funny how Xerox keeps saying that Xerox is a trademarked name, not a process. However, many movies list a”Xerographer” in the credits.

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10. Things that Joetato has either eaten or fallen on. (Or in.)

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11. They are all made with letters of the alphabet.

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12. Let me guess, they’re all considered racist?

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13. They don’t have Spanish subtitles!

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14. Secret Service Biden Family code names?

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15. Frigidaire

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16. Things that pertain to or are used by our vice-president?

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17. Easy.

    They all appear in this thread on iOTW!

    …what do I win?

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18. @Wyatt: Beat me to it.

    Trampoline; Lots of people have jumped on a trampoline.

    ChapStick: Lubes your lips before you give a BJ to Willie Brown,

    Escalator: Many people have gone down on an escalator

    Popsicle: A cylindrical hard thing you lick

    Dumpster, What a dumpster fire her life is

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19. The trampoline was first called the Jumpoline until your mom used it.

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20. Words that Biden cannot read from a teleprompter.

    That’s another example of a trade name becoming a noun.

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21. Jello

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22. Jim: There is a process in advertising called “co-op,” where manufacturers help pay for local advertising for local dealers of their product. There are specific requirements as to how the ads have to be worded in order to be eligible. If you hear a local comercial and it only mentions one brand, it is a safe bet that it is a co-op spot. Years ago I heard a commercial that had all the earmarks of a co-op spot. That is until it got to the end and the ad said “Come in for your Westinghouse Frigidaire today!”

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23. Grandma: Don’t plop on the Davenport.

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24. Sounds like a Frat party gone wrong.

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25. Crayon
    @general malaise
    And joetato has probably eaten these too.

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26. You can put ChapStick on a Popsicle licking Trampoline but she’ll never ride an Escalator out of the Dumpster.

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27. I invented all of them.