That’s actually pretty common too. Just off the top of my head: Cleanex, Xerox and Nintendo have all had to do similar things to protect their trademark.
And those are brand names. This is just a generic promotion of a common product on a particular weekday. Which day is obvious because it alliterates with the food. Surely most people were surprised to hear anyone claimed to own the concept. Has it not been occasionally present at every cafeteria throughout their life?
They really started padding it towards the end to get to 50 but the first half or so of this listicle has a lot of good examples, quite a few that I didn’t know
That’s actually pretty common too. Just off the top of my head: Cleanex, Xerox and Nintendo have all had to do similar things to protect their trademark.
And those are brand names. This is just a generic promotion of a common product on a particular weekday. Which day is obvious because it alliterates with the food. Surely most people were surprised to hear anyone claimed to own the concept. Has it not been occasionally present at every cafeteria throughout their life?
Escalator was once a brand name.
They really started padding it towards the end to get to 50 but the first half or so of this listicle has a lot of good examples, quite a few that I didn’t know
https://www.impactplus.com/blog/50-everyday-words-that-started-as-brands-and-trademarks