Name Brand descriptions.

[JamesCoste]

Lady Fish's recent post about "old time words" made me think of something. It is funny how certain name brands take over for the description of the product/action.<br /><br />Not everyone will agree with these for various reasons. Some people of different countries use different words to describe similar items.<br /><br />A few examples<br /><br />Item --> Name Brand<br />-----------------------------------<br />Facial Tissue --> Kleenex<br />Flying Disc --> Frisbee<br />Soda Pop --> Coke<br />Clean the upholstery in car --> Armor All the car<br /><br />Can you think of others? I know there are more examples.

 

[CN Spots]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

WD 40 : Any spray lube<br />FuzzBuster: Radar detector<br />Pop Tart : Any square breakfast pastry<br />Try ordering chicken nuggets w/o calling 'em McNuggets<br />If it's a chair, rocks and has a footrest, around here, it's a LazyBoy<br />...<br /><br />spots

 

[QC]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

In the UK:<br /><br />Hoover = vacuum<br />Hoovering = vacuuming<br />JCB = backhoe

 

[KeltonKrew]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

xerox for copying machine<br /><br />down here in the south everything is a Coke

 

[rottenray6402]

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Any camera used to be a Kodak, any reuseable container was Tupperware

 

[rottenray6402]

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Any camera used to be a Kodak, any reuseable container was Tupperware

 

[bh357]

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Band Aid<br />Q Tip

 

[Chief101]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

Man, you guys are sucked into commercials.

 

[ndemge]

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Post-Its<br /><br />Used to be any computer that wasn't a mac was an "IBM" no matter who made it

 

[rwise]

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roun here coke is a white pow,,, never mind

 

[ndemge]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

Weed-Eater

 

[JamesCoste]

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Pizza with various meats --> "Meat Lovers" (Pizza Hut brand)

 

[ufm82]

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Any brand of Skid Steer Loader is automatically a BOBCAT.

 

[ob]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

Freon.Duponts patented name for refrigerant.

 

[michael-lagrange]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

You guys have absolutly nothing else better to do?

 

[ob]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

Originally posted by hammer/time:<br /> You guys have absolutly nothing else better to do?

Apparently ,you don't either.

 

[QC]

Re: Name Brand descriptions.

Yugo = POS