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pc:
> I agree that "generic" might be misleading.  Is it your term or mine 
> -- or And's?  

I introduced it into the discussion, but it's standard in linguistics
for "Beavers/The beaver/A beaver build(s) dams" type cases. AFAIK
it hasn't been applied to the "need a box", "resemble a sofa", etc.
cases we've been discussing, though.

--And.