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lousaysthings
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Post #1
Products you call by their brands?
As discussed briefly in the 'Weird smells you like thread', which products do you call by their brand name, rather than their description?
Examples of ones for me are Hoover for a vacuum cleaner and Velcro for
hook-and-loop fastener
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Brando
Member Since: 8/3/2012
Posts: 19,910
Post #2
Frisbee
Bubble Wrap
Ping Pong
Escalator
Popsicle
Aspirin
Chapstick
Jacuzzi
Zipper
Band Aid
Xerox
BlooRiverAnimal
Member Since: 8/4/2012
Posts: 37,267
Post #3
Lysol, Febreze.
Solaris
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 3,144
Post #4
Gasoline
RihRihRoman
Banned
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 14,663
Post #5
Vaseline instead of Petroleum Jelly
k.money
Member Since: 1/7/2014
Posts: 1,532
Post #6
Kleenex instead of 'facial tissue'
Saran, instead of 'plastic wrap'
Rihinvention
Member Since: 4/3/2014
Posts: 19,477
Post #7
Coke. Even if it's pepsi, it's coke. I've never heard anyone say "could I please get a cola?"
Rihinvention
Member Since: 4/3/2014
Posts: 19,477
Post #8
Quote:
Originally posted by
Brando
Frisbee
Bubble Wrap
Ping Pong
Escalator
Popsicle
Aspirin
Chapstick
Jacuzzi
Zipper
Band Aid
Pretty sure none of these are brands.
k.money
Member Since: 1/7/2014
Posts: 1,532
Post #9
Quote:
Originally posted by
Rihinvention
Pretty sure none of these are brands.
Popsicle
Aspirin
Chapstick
Jacuzzi
Zipper
Band Aid
These ones are.
Rockstar101
Member Since: 11/5/2009
Posts: 5,253
Post #10
Taylor Swift.
k.money
Member Since: 1/7/2014
Posts: 1,532
Post #11
Quote:
Originally posted by
Rockstar101
Taylor Swift.
HA! I see what you did there.
Rihinvention
Member Since: 4/3/2014
Posts: 19,477
Post #12
Quote:
Originally posted by
k.money
Popsicle
Aspirin
Chapstick
Jacuzzi
Zipper
Band Aid
These ones are.
Ok but they're still the products' actual names.
k.money
Member Since: 1/7/2014
Posts: 1,532
Post #13
Quote:
Originally posted by
Rihinvention
Ok but they're still the products' actual names.
Not technically
Popsicle (Ice Pop)
Chapstick (Lip balm/lip chap)
Jacuzzi (hot tub)
Zipper (clasp locker)
Band Aid (plastic bandage)
Example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popsicle_%28brand%29
ReginaPhalange
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 12,199
Post #14
Quote:
Originally posted by
k.money
Not technically
Band Aid (plastic bandage)
No, they're actually called sterile strips
and this entire thread seems so pointless
k.money
Member Since: 1/7/2014
Posts: 1,532
Post #15
Quote:
Originally posted by
ReginaPhalange
No, they're actually called sterile strips
and this entire thread seems so pointless
What thread isn't pointless if you REALLY think about it?
I find it entertaining tbh.
Lautner_90
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 2,750
Post #16
ATRL
Romantica
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 7,772
Post #17
Quote:
Originally posted by
ReginaPhalange
No, they're actually called sterile strips
and this entire thread seems so pointless
No, not at all. In fact it is very interesting from a lingustic perspectiv.
PromKing
Member Since: 5/21/2012
Posts: 13,571
Post #18
Speedos ... when it's a brand but I use to describe any brief-like swimwear.
Damita Jo
Member Since: 2/2/2014
Posts: 395
Post #19
Q-tip instead of cotton swab
Kleenex instead of tissue
Bounce Sheets instead of static free things... what is the actual name for those things anyway? Anti static fabric softening sheets?
Windex instead of glass cleaner
VPM
Member Since: 4/24/2012
Posts: 1,978
Post #20
Quote:
Originally posted by
Brando
Frisbee
Bubble Wrap
Ping Pong
Escalator
Popsicle
Aspirin
Chapstick
Jacuzzi
Zipper
Band Aid
Xerox
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