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People at my job refer to any embedded, auto playing video as a gif. It's so hard to continue functioning as a civil adult.

Aspirin, sharpie, jet ski, post-it, trampoline, etc. used to refer to a specific brand. CompuServe GIF is joining the list.

Is sharpie not still brand specific?

If you can “film” videos without film, why not post a GIF without a .gif?

Film is disambiguated by verb vs noun context, gif isn't

I watched a film last week. I shared a gif last week.

I filmed my brother's wedding last week. I... giffed a funny cat last week?