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re: Product names that have become the common name for the item it actually is
Posted on 12/24/16 at 10:31 am to BoxmanTiger
Posted on 12/24/16 at 10:31 am to BoxmanTiger
I'll let you in on a secret.
You don't live in the south.
You don't live in the south.
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Posted on 12/24/16 at 11:03 am to BACONisMEATcandy
Sprite was called "green Coke" in my house by my sons when they were young. But, to my knowledge, they came up with that on their own.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 11:08 am to theantiquetiger
I'm going a little farther back...
to my grandfather all bleach was Sure-Clean. This remained for him even when Clorox started making inroads down here.
He worked for Swift in Harvey, but to him their Jewel Oil was his term for shortening. Most of us say Crisco, now.
Hoover is another. At one time it was like "google" and became both the term for any vacuum cleaner AND the act of vacuum cleaning the floor. "Hoover the floor."
Weed Eater for string-trimmers, that for a while was also a verb.
to my grandfather all bleach was Sure-Clean. This remained for him even when Clorox started making inroads down here.
He worked for Swift in Harvey, but to him their Jewel Oil was his term for shortening. Most of us say Crisco, now.
Hoover is another. At one time it was like "google" and became both the term for any vacuum cleaner AND the act of vacuum cleaning the floor. "Hoover the floor."
Weed Eater for string-trimmers, that for a while was also a verb.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 11:19 am to RedPop4
Formica is used when describing laminate kitchen counter tops.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 11:54 am to theantiquetiger
Kleenex
Posted on 12/24/16 at 12:27 pm to CBandits82
quote:
Polo Shirt
Polo Shirt actually is a generic term. Ralph Lauren trademarked it later to much controversy.
It's the type of shirt polo players wear.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 12:29 pm to theantiquetiger
Wonder bread
All bread is wonder bread
All bread is wonder bread
Posted on 12/24/16 at 12:42 pm to theantiquetiger
Bandaid and Kleenex win this
Posted on 12/24/16 at 12:44 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
I grew up in Baton Rouge. Is that the south?
Posted on 12/24/16 at 12:45 pm to BoxmanTiger
they call vacuums, "hoovers" in England...as that was the #1 brand for years.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 12:52 pm to theantiquetiger
Sawzall. I think they're made by Milwaukee now
Posted on 12/24/16 at 2:41 pm to theantiquetiger
In many places in the Midwest: Frigidaire.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 4:26 pm to BoxmanTiger
quote:
lived in the south my whole life
quote:
Florida
No, no you haven't.
ETA....Velcro is a big one that I don't believe has been mentioned yet.
This post was edited on 12/24/16 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 12/24/16 at 5:06 pm to theantiquetiger
Kleenex
Xerox
Coke (if you are in the south)
Sheet Rock
Xerox
Coke (if you are in the south)
Sheet Rock
Posted on 12/24/16 at 5:22 pm to theantiquetiger
Walmart bag
Weedeater
Weedeater
Posted on 12/24/16 at 5:27 pm to dewster
Cellophane
Posted on 12/24/16 at 5:31 pm to theantiquetiger
Uhaul when referring to renting a moving truck
Which is why renting a Uhaul tends to actually be more expensive than other companies(ex: Budget, Penske, etc). Guess they rely on people just naturally going to their company for a moving truck and not shopping around first.
Which is why renting a Uhaul tends to actually be more expensive than other companies(ex: Budget, Penske, etc). Guess they rely on people just naturally going to their company for a moving truck and not shopping around first.
Posted on 12/24/16 at 6:33 pm to lsunurse
Freon
Posted on 12/24/16 at 6:35 pm to theantiquetiger
Swiffer
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