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Post-Its
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Band-Aids.
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Band-aid Q-tip Coke Post-it Crazy Glue Elmers ohtheres gotta be more
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elmers glue
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Allen wrenches Crescent wrenches Bondo (auto body filler) Coke (in southern Indiana everyone calls a soft drink a Coke regardless of the brand)
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Hoover, Elastoplast (Band-Aid in the US I think), Sellotape (UK equivalent of Scotch Tape I suppose).
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Sharpie
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I call pretty much all window cleaners "Windex." Also DVR's have become "TiVo."
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Styrofoam, Krazy Glue, Velcro
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G'day Nuttsky, Thank you for your question. You have already received some good answers. However, I would like to add google as in "I googled it on the Internet". It has now been added to the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster. You often hoover when you vacuum or rollerblade when you go skating. Genericide is the term used for when a product name becomes a generic name for the item. Items that fall into that category include zippers, baby oil, brassieres, trampolines, thermos, cellophane, escalator, elevator and dry ice. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards Reference Wikipedia Google (verb) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_%28verb%29 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3006486.stm Googleblog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/do-you-google.html Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401536.html
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Frigidaire Google
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BVD's
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Cold Stone Starbucks
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Aspirin "The brand name Aspirin was coined by the Bayer company of Germany. In some countries the name is used as a generic term for the drug rather than the manufacturer's trademark. In countries in which Aspirin remains a trademark, the initialism ASA (for acetylsalicylic acid) is used as a generic term." and Zipper "The B. F. Goodrich Company coined the name Zipper in 1923 for the line of rubber overshoes that it made using the fastener. The name slowly came to be associated with the fastener itself, and eventually acquired generic status" Source: Wikipedia. Also, Google is even considered a verb now: ("I Googled it for my homework") and to say I-pod instead of "portable digital file player" is much easier, regardless of the manufacturer. :)
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Tampax, whiteout, Vaseline
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white out people do say i drive a car they tell you what kind of car. I say in need some tide not laundry soap. i don't say tennie shoe I say schecker(sp?)
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Polaroid, iPod, Saran Wrap
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visegrips duct tape ski-doo
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tampax
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Ziploc bags; Tylenol; Polo shirt
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Velcro, Evian, kleenex, nokia, selotape, blu tac, hoover, dyson (ones with the cylender bit), George (forman grills, even when its not a george), Slinkey, Play doh, Beanies, No more nails, Prit stick, tip ex, biro, Wrigleys, Pot noodle, Impulse, ... i could go on but im sure you dont want me to do you??
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Apparently this is a Southern California thing, but this company that provides portable toilets for construction sites, concerts, outdoor fairs, etc. was so ubiquitous that my friends and family pretty much started calling such a commode an "Andy Gump". http://www.andygump.com/
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Biro, instead of ballpoint
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X-acto knife; Handi-Wipe
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Nowadays, the doctor always says "take 2 Advils" when he means ibuprofen. I think most people probably still call all ibuprofen "Advil".
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Tupperware!
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In Australia we have a Thermos ( a container for hot drinks) and an Eski ( a box for cold ones) A Hoover (for a vacuum cleaner) a Victa (for a lawnmower) were common when I was a child, not so much now, as was Mortein (fly spray). Baygon is still pretty much used for hardcore bug spray. Domestos for any bathroom cleaning fluid.
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Jet-ski instead of Personal Water Craft.
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McNuggets; Lunchables; tylenol; zippo
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Duck Tape Asperin
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yoyo
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Trojans
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Formica Brillo Pad (even if it is not Brillo brand) Ace (Here in Puerto Rico, that's how many people call laundry detergent) Clorox (could be the cheap supermarket brand, but people say "Clorox" anyway) Flit (It used to be a home insecticide, like Raid, sold in this area in the 50's and 60's....the name stuck and now it means "spray insecticide") Osterizer - for blender
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every macaroni and cheese is,Kraft dinner to me. all portable clip on type tape machines are Walkmans,
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tampax kotex
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popsicle
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Frisbee
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1) In France: - "kleenex": tissue - "scotch": glue tape In Germany: - "Tempo": tissue - "Tesa": glue tape 2) Some other: aspirin, cellophane, celluloid, escalator, heroin, kiwi fruit, lanolin, laundromat, linoleum, petrol, thermos, trampoline, yo-yo, zeppelin, zip code, zipper Here the source, a more complete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks Here a list with foreign languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-English_generic_and_genericized_trademarks
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Rollerblades instead of in-line skates. I was surprised I didn't see that in the list. -- At least I'm pretty sure it wasn't there. I hope I'm not mistaken.
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Jello! ^.^
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Bandaid is the biggest one :)
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Q-Tips Jello Xerox
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Xerox, Fed Ex
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Clorox
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Hoover
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Vaseline, band-aid, thermos.
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Ban-Aids (I was GOING to say Jellow too but Sheryl got it.)
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Chapstick.
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Jet Ski (Personal Watercraft) Popsicle (Frozen Juice Treat?) Bobcat (Skid Steer Loader) Band-Aid (Self Adhesive Bandage)
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Escalator DumpSter Jell-O PC?
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