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In UK English we use genericised trademarks in everyday speech, e.g.:

Could you hoover the carpet, please?

I've googled him

Was that your car they just announced on the tannoy?

I seem to recall there being a fancy, academic word for this "type" of word e.g. a something-onym.

Is there?

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  • @killingtime ~That is not a duplicate question in the slightest. This most definitely has not been answered.~ Actually, one of the lower down answers held the answer: Generonym! – Pod Feb 07 '20 at 15:16
  • Why is it essential that the term end in -onym? – jsw29 Feb 07 '20 at 16:44
  • I would always capitalise Hoover, Google, Tannoy, and although I say (and write) 'photocopy' I would write Xerox if I became American, I suppose. I might blow my nose on a Kleenex, and I write little notes on capitalised and hyphenated Post-Its. When I was a schoolchild in the 1950s and 1960s, we were not allowed to write with Biros. – Michael Harvey Feb 07 '20 at 19:02
  • @jws29 because I remember it ending with that :) – Pod Feb 10 '20 at 00:00

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