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minus-squareShrubbery@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·3 days ago“Allen Key” is a trademark, “hex wrench” is the generic term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_(brand) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key
minus-squareMercury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoVery nice. Now let’s see Paul Allen’s key.
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoDoesn’t stop me from calling every set of motor-driven stairs an “Escalator”.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoDoes Velcro work in those?
minus-squareGerudo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoLet me put all these down on a Post-it note with my Sharpie
minus-squarejawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoOr every large metal trash container a dumpster, or every cotton swab a q-tip etc.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoMay be a trademark, but it’s a generic trademark
“Allen Key” is a trademark, “hex wrench” is the generic term.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_(brand) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key
Very nice. Now let’s see Paul Allen’s key.
Doesn’t stop me from calling every set of motor-driven stairs an “Escalator”.
Zamboni too
See you in the Jacuzzi
Does Velcro work in those?
Can you pass me a Kleenex?
Let me put all these down on a Post-it note with my Sharpie
Don’t forget the pork roll.
Let me google it
Or every large metal trash container a dumpster, or every cotton swab a q-tip etc.
May be a trademark, but it’s a generic trademark