Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. North America A generic term for any type of disposable tissue.
Etymologies
- From the name of brand of tissues trademarked by Cellucotton Products Company (now Kimberly-Clark) in 1924–25. Alteration of clean + -ex. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She also regularly wraps things small things in kleenex and shower curtains from the various hotels they stay at.”
Common Household Items Make Packing Easier | Lifehacker Australia
“Five knuckles and a kleenex is much more edifying than seeing her 'O'-face, I can tell you”
“After a week of drowning in kleenex and misery a girl re-emerges with a strong desire to get back to her old self.”
“I don't know if sitting here spitting into a kleenex is helping or if the vodka is clearing out my mucusy throat, but all I really want is to get back to sleep.”
“That might do to Google what the word kleenex does to Kleenex, legos to LEGO, or saran wrap to Saran.”
“For now I'm going to go back downstairs to where the kleenex are and maybe attempt to look at the words in a book, or write a few words, or something, for a while. miles to Dunharrow: 25”
“We buy "kleenex" by the case at Costco, and now that I've discovered that Costco sells tuna in 7-oz cans while the rest of the world has been shorted into 5-oz cans I'll be stocking up on that as well.”
“Huzzah for OC comforts such as kleenex, pantyliners, energy drinks, tick removers and gel soles.”
“And I'll be ALL too happy to pass 'em a "kleenex" to wipe the tears away .........”
“In fact, it was like "kleenex" then -- brand name as generic product name: "Pass the Coppertone.”
The Huffington Post: Val Brown: Baby Boomer Brands: A Sniff Down Memory Lane
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kleenex’.
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genericized trademarks
Trademarked names that people use to refer to the thing in general, regardless of maker.
xerox, saran wrap, play-doh, silly putty, jell-o, crapper, band-aid, sharpie, biro, bic, zippo, thermos and 81 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, adware, airbus, alnico, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, atebrin, atebrine, autocue, autoharp and 774 more...
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Brands Turned Words
We all know brand names that have been turned into common words...for example, Kleenex. Feel free to add.
kleenex, coca-cola, sharpie, snickers, listerine, saran wrap, q-tip, google, facebook
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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Monovocalics
Words that have only one of the vowels. On this list I include only words with at least three vowels. When I first started the list, if a word had several forms, I generally listed only the one wit...
syzygy, mirific, cumulus, homolog, monocot, bedewed, jezebel, referee, bikini, minikin, locomotor, terebenthene and 2359 more...
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Genericide
Trademarks that have lost their character as indicators of source to become a general term for a product or service.
cellophane, aspirin, butterscotch, escalator, heroin, kerosene, thermos, yo-yo, zipper, dry ice, email, freeware and 106 more...
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the physical experience
wank, snog, tendon, sinew, sauce shelf, pet, arse, astigmatism, bisexual, brassiere, breast, climax and 186 more...
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trademarks
kleenex, xerox, hoover, google, styrofoam, dumpster, frisbee, band-aid, klaxon, teflon, nalgene, hula-hoop and 15 more...
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The Flu
influenza, puke bowl, barf, hurl, moan, death wish, ginger ale, popsicle, sputum, gag, kleenex, projectile vomit and 18 more...
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Barbarismos
Linguistic imports of the kind that give the good scholars at the RAE (Real Academia Española) conniptions.
plum-cake, hacer footing, top-model, body-fitness, el parking, hacer puenting, gim-jazz, hacer camping, feelings, sandwichs, lunchs, el catering and 16 more...
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uncle wiggly
fouled, baby, camel's-hair, kleenex, soiled, highball, wuddayacallit, dopey, unwashed, marvellous, gimme, holy and 16 more...
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TT3 Lesson 28
asylum, bath, booth, boxing ring, commited, congress, creativity, deer, driveway, English muffins, eggplant, essay and 42 more...
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A Household Name
Brand names that have become part of the everyday lexicon.
xerox, band-aid, hoover, kleenex, breathalyzer, white out, dacron, dumpster, magic marker, rollerblade, scotch tape, velcro and 6 more...
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Wordie-naming: Fran's Names-as-Nouns ...
People, things or trademarks that have an intrinsic meaning even better known than the real thing.
Personas, cosas o marcas que tienen un significado intrÃnseco incluso más conocido que el v...matusalén, fitipaldi, calleja, kleenex, albal, danone, nocilla, cola cao, chupa chups, adonis, picio, abundio
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Trade Names
rollerblade, zeppelin, kleenex, band-aid, tabasco, jell-o, trojans, rooty-tooty fresh..., xerox, google, velcro, coke and 39 more...
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trademarks
Tweets
Looking for tweets for kleenex.
hernesheir My mentally-challenged little sister calls Kleenex "Clean-us-es", which endears me to her every time I hear it. Makes perfect sense to her - function and plural because there are lots in a box. Aug 28, 2009
treeseed Tradename for a large line of paper products that includes cleansing tissues
Jan 23, 2008