1) The act of generically defining a subject.
2) Software: the process of re-writing code so it is generic and re-usable for many projects. i.e. Forming a template.
The process of genericizing the myriad implementations of the project was long and arduous.
A unique marketing predicament where a particular brand of a product becomes so common or dominant, its brand name becomes the generic term for the entire product category. Examples include Kleenex, Vaseline, Xerox, Windex and WD-40. Some trademarks have actually lost their legal protection in the U.S, including Aspirin, Thermos and zipper.
#1: "Hand me a Kleenex, would you please? I'm all stuffed up."
#2: "These are Puffs. Shouldn't you say 'facial tissue'?"
#1: "I just say Kleenex for all of them. The brand has committed genericide. Now just give me the damn Kleenex already, my nose is dripping!"
The wierd and unnatural shit that scientists do with living organisms in order to create new kinds of living organisms that could make them and the corporations that they work for more money.
'Dude... this tomato tastes like lightning bug guts!'
'Yeah... they genetified it with lightning bug DNA so that it would glow in the dark so they could have migrant workers pick them at night!'
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.