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If it becomes a commonly used name for a type of operation. But "googling" and "tweeting" are such weird words, I feel as if they can never become generic, unlike "to xerox", which comes from "xerography".

Now... on the other hand... "X" is aaall over the place in brands, in words, in phrases...



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