Billgar
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adhesive stripsDid you eve notice that band-aid is a brand, not a product?
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Koku
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yes. it is much like the cool aid phenomenon. The brands got so large that we now call the product by those names.
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Beanbaker
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thats the same for "kleenex" or however you spell it. i had a teacher who always used that, but she had a lisp.
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Constantine
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Similar to Kleenex, Scotch tape, Saran wrap (not tape as I had earlier claimed XD), Velcro, Xerox..... The list continues ^_^
And look at that, I edited my mistake rather than posting it XD
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Beanbaker
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stove top, hamburger helper, clorox, and the head-on stuff
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Koku
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that is just starting to name brands. I hear stuffing a lot, as well as cleaner, and as for head on, II just call it placebo.
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Beanbaker
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yeah true. "head on, apply directly to the forehead. head on, apply directly to the forehead."
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Billgar
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Isnt there a word for this phenomenon.
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Lord_Obagon
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Frisbee is a brand name, it is really a flying disk.
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archaicmessiah
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According to wikipedia, the term is genericized tradmarks. Heres a list of the most popular ones.
* Astroturf (artificial grass)
* Aspirin (A.S.A. tablets, a type of pain relief medication)
* Band-Aid (adhesive bandages – USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, India)
* ChapStick (lip balm)
* Coke (carbonated soft drink - areas of the US, primarily the South[1])
* Dremel (high-speed rotary tool)
* Dumpster (large trash receptacle)
* Esky (cooler) - Australia
* Ex-Lax (laxative)
* Flit (insecticide)
* Frigidaire (refrigerator)
* Frisbee (flying disc)
* Gillette (razor)
* Hoover (vacuum cleaner – UK & Ireland)
* Jacuzzi (spa, hot tubs) (mostly UK)
* Jello (gelatin - USA, Canada)
* Jet Ski (PWC, Japan)
* Kitty Litter (absorbent material for disposal of cat waste)
* Kleenex (facial tissues – [[USA, Canada, The Netherlands and Belgium)
* Linoleum (flooring)
* Molex connector (connects power to internal computer parts)
* Pampers (diapers)
* Photoshop (photo manipulation, as a verb: "to photoshop an image")
* Popsicle (ice pops – USA, Canada)
* Pop Tarts (toaster pastries)
* Q-tips (cotton swabs – USA, Canada, Germany, Norway)
* Rolodex (index file) (North America)
* Sellotape (clear self adhesive tape) (UK, Japan, Serbia)
* Scotch Tape (clear self-adhesive tape)
* Sharpie (permanent marker)
* Sheetrock (gypsum wallboard)
* Slurpee (slush drink – USA, Canada, Australia)
* Tannoy (public address system – UK)
* Tipp-ex (correction fluid) (UK)
* TiVo (digital video recorder) (USA)
* Thermos (vacuum flask – USA, Scandinavia, Russia)
* Tupperware (plastic food storage container)
* Tylenol (pain relief medication)
* Velcro (hook and loop fastener)
* Waverunner (PWC, Japan)
* Windex (glass cleaner)
* Wite-Out (correction fluid)
* X-Acto (utility knife in scalpel form)
* Xerox (photocopying – USA, Canada, Brazil, Romania, ex-USSR countries)
* Zamboni (ice resurfacing machine)
* Ziploc (self-locking/sealing plastic bag)
* Zipper (slide fastener)
* Zippo (lighter fuel, naphtha)
Yay wikipedia!
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Koku
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a few of these are good, others show why sometimes wiki fails. I call me refrigerator a refrigerator, and laxatives as laxatives. Some others are stretches.
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Koorlic
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i dont really refer to anything by its original name anymore
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Koku
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I do. I apparently refer to things by their original names more often than most people do...
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Beanbaker
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"aww, y did i take that ex-lax before i got into the jacuzzi? darn, now im hungry and i need some pop tarts. crap, im gonna miss glamour girls!!! better tivo it. if i forget i might as well drink some windex. well, if im gonna make it to the bathroom, might as well wear some pampers just in case. if i dont, itll get all over the linoleum and ill slip and pull the hoover out of the wall and die..."
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Koku
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Well done, nice use of a million examples. I hate ex-lax, I still call it laxative.
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Beanbaker
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laxatives (or ex-lax) are the type of the things that you have different thoughts about. some jerk friend of yours would dump the stuff into your drink (you'll hate the laxative and your friend) but  when you really need it, its like a drink from heaven. too bad i never have it when i need it, and too much when i dont
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Koku
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Wow that just deviated from the topic at an alarming rate, and for something very disturbing. +1 point, but lets try to get back to brand names used for general items. I did not check the list, but is Ipod on it. I know older people do not call mp3 players by their names, just Ipods.
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Beanbaker
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yeah ipod should be on there (its not in the list) heck ive seen people call mp3 players that arent of the ipod brand ipods
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Billgar
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Ipods are used as generic names, but only by the ignorant.
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archaicmessiah
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Yeah I have a zune and I never call it an ipod. In fact, every time that I refer to it I make sure to stress that it is a zune and not the ipod that everybody has.
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Beanbaker
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well if the zune mp3 player was as popular as the ipod is today, would it be hard to imagine everyone saying "zune" for mp3 player?
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Billgar
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I think a zune is worse because it is by M$. Anyways, a dell jukebox is the way to go, but i dont know if they still gots those, and archaic, you dont call it an ipod because you are not ignorant about that stuff.
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archaicmessiah
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This much is also true billgar. And even though it is by microsoft.. it redeems itself because its easier to put on "borrowed" music and videos, plus it has games now.
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Billgar
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y is it hard to put borrowed stuff on an ipod, i aint got no troubles.
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archaicmessiah
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Thats just my ignorant excuse to hate Ipods, aside from the fact that everybody and their dogs have one.
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Koku
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Hey I do not have one, does that mean I am not human nor dog. I hear a lot of people call mp3 players just i pods and it gets to the point of ridiculousness. Oh, and Zunes are not harder, it is easy to put downloaded songs onto your I tunes to download.
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