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- Hasan-MJune 2019
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vincentJune 2019 Hello, Interesting question! in English, a very famous brand name can be used as a verb, like for Google : "just Google it" = "Just search for it using Google". It's just a shorter sentense. It's the same here "Just FedEx it to Rome" = "Just send it to Rome using the FedEx express delivery service". Those brands are so famous that they become part of the language! I hope this helps
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DovalJune 2019 They call themselves FedEx: https://www.fedex.com/en-us/home.html
vincentJune 2019
TaceJune 2019 By the way, the full name of the company is Federal Express. People just call them FedEx.
Hasan-MJune 2019 very good!
voltronJune 2019 Think of it as slang. not really slang but just means did you mail it by a private courier. Fedex is a private mail service. A long time ago the name of the company was federal express but they changed their name to fedex because they are a private company and not affiliated with a federal government. The statement is not a proverb, just a marketing ploy that was used years ago. Another example was Xerox. Can you xerox it? it meant can you photo copy it. Xerox was a popular company that made copy machines, Fed Ex is a popular private company. like ems, ups, etc. |