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Dpizz450 
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2011
3214 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:08 am to genro)
Bobcat.
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HarryBalzack
Member since Oct 2012
6283 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:15 am to Kafka)
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Dixie Cupps
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Pectus 
New Orleans Saints Fan
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
38691 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:17 am to genro)
Chapstick.
It's only southerners that refer to things as their brand name. It's our culture though.
In fact, I play a little game with myself to name things by their generic name.
And this thread has been done wayyy too much.
This post was edited on 1/30 at 8:18 am
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CarpeDiem
LSU Fan
Member since Dec 2011
214 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:30 am to genro)
Twinkie
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JLSIX
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans, LA
Member since Apr 2010
15382 posts
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| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:40 am to genro)
Escalator
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papt99
LSU Fan
south louisiana
Member since Jun 2007
523 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:45 am to JLSIX)
i'm going with pampers. ooohh and weedeater. everyone's got one but they are actually string trimmers. am I right?
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BOSCEAUX
LSU Fan
Smooth up in ya!
Member since Mar 2008
24478 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:46 am to JLSIX)
Kool-aid
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EA6B 
Navy Fan
TX
Member since Dec 2012
245 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:48 am to genro)
Teflon, the DuPont brand name for tetrafluoroethylene which has become the generic term to describe any non-stick surface. In the engineering and technical world, the chemical is usually just called TPFE, and is produced by many manufacturers.
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THEdeathvalley
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2010
2214 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:06 am to yurintroubl)
Glock
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LikeABaussCat
LSU Fan
Greeley, CO
Member since Jul 2012
1439 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:10 am to genro)
tyvek
eta: sonotube.
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Broke
LSU Fan
AKA Buttercup
Member since Sep 2006
49454 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:13 am to genro)
Sheetrock
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Jimbeaux
LSU Fan
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
10664 posts
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| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:15 am to Pectus)
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It's only southerners that refer to things as their brand name. It's our culture though.
I don't agree with that statement whatsoever.
Different areas may have different brands and words for things, but I haven't seen any more brand name usage oin the south than in the north. Besides, as every year goes by, the differences in cultures from region to region are slowly fading away. Personally, I think that's a sad thing.
Here's some more:
Vice Grips
Most medications - Tylenol, Advil, etc
(Although just for fun, my wife and I will use the walmart and walgreens names for some meds, like "Walzyr" for Zyrtec)
Pam (cooking spray oil)
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DriveByBBQ 
USA Fan
Willard's Garage
Member since Jan 2011
3869 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:34 am to Broke)
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Sheetrock
Came here to post this...
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Ric Flair
LSU Fan
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
6351 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:43 am to genro)
Off (for spray on insect repellant)
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BrownBear
LSU Fan
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2013
120 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:47 am to genro)
colgate
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fishcityrube 
Alabama Fan
Member since Mar 2011
58 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:47 am to Ric Flair)
Zamboni - The thing used to resurface the ice in hockey.
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LSUintheNW
LSU Fan
Here and there
Member since Aug 2009
20410 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 9:50 am to fishcityrube)
Camelback
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AlexLSU
LSU Fan
Member since Jan 2005
23530 posts
| re: Brand names that have become the generic term for an item (Posted on 1/30/13 at 10:04 am to genro)
Jumbotron
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