Brand name is synonymous with product

[Maister]

I don't do it that often these days, but still I occasionally slip....and I just got some odd looks when I announced "I'm going downstairs to Xerox this [document]". Once upon a time the name Xerox was synonymous with the word photocopy but that has changed over the years as other competitors have come to the fore.

I'll bet most of you use Kleenex and Scotch tape...or do you actually say "I need some facial tissues" or "pass me that clear cellophane adhesive tape"

Any other brand names you use that are synonymous with products or services?

Now if you'll excuse me I need to search the internet for information and have to Ask Jeeves the history of the Xerox Company....

[wahday]

Bandaids!

[jsk1983]

Rollerblades

[btrage]

Kleenex

[WSU MUP Student]

Bandaids!

Band Aid always calls themselves "Band Aid Brand" in print and TV ads these days because they want to remind folks that Band Aid is a name brand, and, more importantly, if they lose that brand recognition other brands of bandages can legally begin to market themselves as band aids. They are actively fighting becoming truly synonymous with the product.

[btrage]

Band Aid always calls themselves "Band Aid Brand" in print and TV ads these days because they want to remind folks that Band Aid is a name brand, and, more importantly, if they lose that brand recognition other brands of bandages can legally begin to market themselves as band aids. They are actively fighting becoming truly synonymous with the product.

I'm not even sure what the generic term is for Band Aid.

[ofos]

Coke. In many parts of the South, it's synonymous with soft drink.

"Good morning Sugar, what kind of drink would you like?"
"I'll have a coke"
"What kind, Sweetheart?"
"Dr. Pepper"

[Veloise]

Q-tips
Jell-o
Kool-aid

[Planit]

Coke. In many parts of the South, it's synonymous with soft drink.

"Good morning Sugar, what kind of drink would you like?"
"I'll have a coke"
"What kind, Sweetheart?"
"Dr. Pepper"

That is so true

[dvdneal]

Coke has always been the word for me when it comes to any soda or pop (does anyone still use pop?).
My wife might be one of the few people who still uses generic terms like tissue and clear tape, but a band-air is still a band-aid.

[WSU MUP Student]

I'm not even sure what the generic term is for Band Aid.

I had to think about it and guessed at "bandage". I know that in our house any band aid is a band aid regardless of whether or not it's a Band Aid.

[Zoning Goddess]

I'm not even sure what the generic term is for Band Aid.

I think in Britain, they're called "sticking plasters".

The British also use Hoover as a catch-all name for vacuums.

[Hink]

This is one of those things that has always intrigued me...

Popsicle.
Jacuzzi.
Frisbee.
Hula Hoop.
Chap stick.
Brillo Pads.
Crock-pot.
Jet Ski.
Onesies.
Q-Tips.

[Blide]

Guess a Segway would be one since I have no idea what those things would be called.

[Veloise]

Coke has always been the word for me when it comes to any soda or pop (does anyone still use pop?).
...

http://www.popvssoda.com/

[Blide]

http://www.popvssoda.com/

I find it funny how strong a boundary state lines are in that map. I'm skeptical that that's actually the case in reality.

[Zoning Goddess]

I find it funny how strong a boundary state lines are in that map. I'm skeptical that that's actually the case in reality.

I find it odd that one of the most thinly populated areas of Florida, with tiny towns populated by people 4th or 5th generation (or even further back) to that area, shows up strongly for "pop".

Also because I went to college in Massachusetts, and most of my fellow students from New England, Philly, NJ, or NY used "pop", but that whole area shows on the map as "soda".

[ofos]

I find it odd that one of the most thinly populated areas of Florida, with tiny towns populated by people 4th or 5th generation (or even further back) to that area, shows up strongly for "pop".

Also because I went to college in Massachusetts, and most of my fellow students from New England, Philly, NJ, or NY used "pop", but that whole area shows on the map as "soda".

My grad school friends from MA & PA called it either "soder" or "pawp", except for the ones who said "tawnic".

[mgk920]

Jacuzzi
Zamboni
Dumpster
Jake Brakes


Outside of the USA:

Aspirin ('ASA' in Canada)

Mike

[Maister]

My grad school friends from MA & PA called it either "soder" or "pawp", except for the ones who said "tawnic".

Were these the same kids who used to pahk their cahs in the yahd at the pahty?

[ofos]

Were these the same kids who used to pahk their cahs in the yahd at the pahty?

And laugh at the way we said "garage" and "roof".

[Dan]

When I was a kid, I got a kick out of commercials like this on Canadian TV.



For old people, Davenport and Barcalounger.



Did every man smoke a pipe in the 1950s?

[JNA]

Check out this list -

The Top 100 “Genericized” Brands (Synonomous With Their Product Categories)
http://robdkelly.com/blog/marketing/...icized-brands/

[Coragus]

It isn't common, but I have heard carbonated non-alcoholic beverages referred to a coke since getting exiled to Kentucky.

As in, "What kind of coke do you want?" Again, I'm not quite far enough south for it to be common, but I have heard it a few times.

[Blide]

It isn't common, but I have heard carbonated non-alcoholic beverages referred to a coke since getting exiled to Kentucky.

As in, "What kind of coke do you want?" Again, I'm not quite far enough south for it to be common, but I have heard it a few times.

Can't say I've ever heard that living in the south. People always ask "what do you want to drink?" since sweet tea obviously doesn't fit into the soft drink category.