Re: Product names as adjectives?

Subject: Re: Product names as adjectives?
From: John M Forsyth <jmf -at- PSIONWORLD -dot- NET>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 13:59:17 +0100

> >An example that came immediately to my mind is Xerox. It's used
> >generically all the time, both as an an adjective ("Here, _xerox_ these
> >papers for the boss...")

Surely that's a verb?

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