Hostile Takeover [BB282]
31 October, 2010
Rival brands have usurped familiar niches in the dictionary. Oil giant Mobil has lost out to its rival Shell, as the word ‘mobile’ now appears as ‘shelle’. Just as sardine has morphed into ‘sarwhiskas’, with one catfood brand usurping another. Only cold-blooded execs will be able to identify every case of commercial seizure below.
plfiatt
disaplux
exsunsilkise
upbmortein
afomole
omegary
coont
ocsharpn
anagaussie
gribmd
mopumar
noatariy
rupilotund
Care to suggest any more re-incorporated words?
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