Bing, Facebook, frape, Twittersphere & FaceTime added to Collins Dictionary. Trademark blow?

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Bing, Facebook & FaceTime are among host of new words added on Monday to the Collins Dictionary.

I'm surprised it wasn't already there - but Microsoft's trademark lawyers might not be happy. This sort of thing shows that the word "bing" isn't a trademark but in common usage. Back in 2006 Google blogged to try and avoid a similar fate. Brands like Zipper, Baby Oil and Trampoline have fallen foul of this trap in the past.

I'm certainly surprised to see Facebook in there. FaceTime with a capital T is interesting as well.

We also saw;

• Bashtag
• BMM (which may have been suggested by BlackBerry themselves)
• Crowdfunding
• Cyberbully
• Cyberstalking
• Data Cap
• Facebook
• FaceTime
• Frape
• IM
• liveblog
• Telecon
• Tweetup
• Twitterer
• Twittersphere
• webapp

I can see some agency favourites in the list too; "verbal diarrohoea", "photobomb", "impactful", "faff" and WPP's "frenemy" too.