Definition of "Pokemon"

One caveat here-⁠–some products, such as Furbys and Pokemons are driven by a social process (as discussed in Chapter 7). For these products, purchase intentions will be understated because the survey is conducted in isolation from the social effects.

2001, Anne Marie Knott, Venture Design, [New York, N.Y.]: Entity Press, page 223

Having several times collected her goddaughter from Busy Lizzie’s after school and taken her to her once-a-week gym club, Mary recognised Poppy’s Nigerian gym teacher sitting in a side pew, and the delightful old newsagent from Holland Park Avenue where Poppy loved to stop on her way home and buy Pokemons and sweets.

2002, Nicholas Coleridge, Godchildren, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, page 436

He picked up my Pokemon pillow (revered for its status as the first and only prize I ever won at the Ex) and started punching it in the face. / “Do you mind?” / “Right, sorry,” he nodded, putting it back amidst my plushy and pillow collection, which suddenly seemed very little girlie. “Pokemons are people, too. […]”

2009, Jennifer Cowan, Earthgirl, Toronto, Ont.: Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, page 61