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Marmite in British popular culture: the verb, the meme, and the brand-name shorthand

Marmite in British popular culture: the verb, the meme, and the brand-name shorthand

It is hard to think of another food brand that became a word in normal British English. Hoover, in its day. Tippex. That is most of the list. Marmite is in it. If you describe a film, a politician, a footballer or a piece of new architecture as "a bit Marmite", everyone in the room nods.

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