Both Uses
generic
in
The Reptile Room
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- Sunny shrieked, in a generic cry of frustration, and pounded her little fist on the floor.†
p. 74.3 *
- The word "generic" here means "when one is unable to think of anything else to say," and Sunny was not alone in this.†
p. 74.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(generic) 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
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, "generic" can mean: relating to, common to, or descriptive of all members of a genus (as in the genus and species of taxonomy). It is from this meaning that today's more common meaning probably originated.