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applicable to an entire class or group rather than to a specific thing; or a non-branded version of something such as a medication or grocery
- In different regions the same carbonated beverage is known variously as soda, pop, tonic, soft drink, or generically, whatever the flavor, a Coke.two — Changing Dialects: Dingbatters Versus Hoi-Toiders (32% in)
- Think, for example, of how you guys has now become a generic form of address: it is gender-, age-, and class-neutral, and decidedly informal.Introduction (45% in)
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