That happens a lot with trademark items. Two that come to mind are Xerox and Roller blades. Both refer to brand names of the items they represent (photo copiers and inline skates) but a lot of people think that that is what the item is called not realizing that while all xerox's are photo copiers not all photo copiers are Xerox's.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
"Kerosene" was originally a trademarked brand name. Perhaps paraffin might have been the original "generic" name, and kerosene the brand name of the trademark holder? That's a pure guess, though!
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