The point wasn't that it meets the legal criteria, but rather that people use it as a general term. According to that graph Kleenex isn't genericized either, but it's still widely used. It makes just as much sense to say roller blading as it does to say Kleenex.

You should be as clear as possible when you speak. If you mean In-line Skating you should say so.

Hey, are you listening music on your "ipod" (no, it's a generic mp3 player)
Hey, pass me the kleenex, my nose is runny (sorry, it's generic brand facial tissue...)
Hey, I need a Q-tip to clean my ear (sorry, I only have this cotton swab on a stick...)

This **utterly** childish notion that "name brands" do not become synonymous with a specific type of object/activity is just another example of closed mindedness on the part of our favorite webdip GRINCH....

For someone that supposedly reds the dictionary to amuse himself, Putin is *woefully* ignorant of the ebb and flow of modern language, and ill-informed about the manner in which new words are added to our language.

But that's OK - every time he makes yet another obvious demonstration of his general lack of intelligence, it get's that much easier to simply dismiss everything he says.

Putin33 confuses his opinions with cosmic laws.

Actually, Lando, if I said "I'm going in-line skating" MOST people would ask me what that is. I would then reply "roller blading" and they would say, "Oh, why didn't you just say so."

The CLEAREST demonstration that rollerblading is the obviously the generally accepted terms is the fact that ALL of you know what it is when I use it. therefore, it is *part of the accepted language*. You fail, completely and utterly, in your argument.

Just because your brain is a billboard of marketing garbage doesn't mean mine has to be.

Yes, your refusal to communicate using terminology that is widely used by 99% of society makes you soooooooo superior. That's why people make grimacing faces at you and walk away when you talk to them, by the way. Just a hint, Putty-baby - nobody is impressed. Nobody.

What other word do you use for escalator, Putin33? Or bubble wrap?

You speak for the masses now when you're not inline skating do you?

"What other word do you use for escalator, Putin33? Or bubble wrap?"

Escalator is generic. Bubble wrap is package cushioning.