right. I totally don't consider it a disease.. but I'm not really 'afflicted'. Only happens when I'm too sleepy to be up, and then it's enjoyable. I'm just surprised that it's actually a condition! I thought it was normal.
That's just brand name recognition at work. In a lot of cases, those brands are so worked into the vernacular that I think I would be pained to call things by their real names i.e. facial tissues, adhesive stripes, pop or soda (instead of 'coke'. 'pop' sounds so prickishly northern to me - no offense, yanks.
), cassette tape player, etc. Didn't know the etymological root of 'fridge' though. I had always assumed it was shortened from refridgerator...
Hey, what do we call Kool-aid when it's not Kool-aid?... Is 'Cool-aid' the generic term? Maybe it's like Coolade (you see? The 'ade' part comes form lemonade type beverages. the 'cool' part denotes that it's utterly artificial.) maybe it's just drink? drink mix? I don't know even know if the stuff has a name apart from the brand identity...
("what is this 'juice'? I want some 'drink'!")
Anyways, calling all mp3 players iPods sounds dumb to me (I guess I'm stuck up enough to take offense still. No offense, iPod owners. I hear they're finally very nice this generation and with some mods
). Maybe it's just more apparent since we're in on the ground floor on this one.
(actually, I bet I would totally have an iPod if I had the disposable income for one)