10 Common Words You Didn’t Realise Were Brand Names

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10. Google

Sure, we’ll start off with the most obvious one. While Google might have changed its name to Alphabet nowadays, you’re still going to call it by the old name for quite some time. It’s a known fact that the company was never quite fond of the fact that its name turned into a verb (“let me Google that for you”) but that has never stopped anyone from using it.

In fact, you’re probably using the term even if you’re using Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo or any other search engine. That’s a statement to how well established Alphabet’s search engine has become over the years, as well as how efficient it is to bring back all those results you’re in need of.

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