Hey Pandas, What Object Do You Know By A Brand Name And Not By Its Actual Name? (Closed)

Some brands become so popular that we tend to call the objects by the brand name instead. Share the brand names that you use casually.

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Petroleum jelly aka white petrolatum is always just “Vaseline.”

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Donna Douglas

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Other than Kleenex being the most used name, I'd like to throw Tupperware for any food storage container into the pot.

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Ozymandias73

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Band-aid

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J Bo

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For the older ones among us: xeroxing for copying paper.

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trollingergirl

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Not an object, but "Google it". It's a verb now.

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QueerAxolotls

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"Dumpster" is actually a Brand, not the proper name of the Garage Bin.

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Strawberry Champagne

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Haven't seen anyone mention Scotch tape or Krazy glue.

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Brenda Rogers

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regardless of the fact that a brand named Hydro was the original Oreo, I will forever, undoubtedly, refer to the beautiful creation of black biscuits and white cream as Oreo.

And nobody can stop me.

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What_the_actual_sloth?

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Trampoline is a brand name. I think it was originally called a tumbling device.

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Teddy O'Malley

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Q-tips, I didn't know for decades that there was a other name for them. Same for Kleenex and Band-Aids.

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Cthulhu Kitty

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I usually refer to disinfecting wipes as Lysol wipes, and I've always said Lysol wipes regardless of what brand I buy.

Kind of more of a Canadian thing, I think, but I always refer to boxed Mac and Cheese as KD, or Kraft Dinner.

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I’m surprised that it hasn’t shown up here yet! Jacuzzi is just a brand, it’s a HOT TUB

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CrazyCatLady

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#13

scotch tape

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valyn

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Craisin. Specific brand of dried cranberries, but it's easier to say so I refer to all dried cranberries as Craisins.

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RedBadgerCan'tSwim

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#15

bandaid, even though they are just bandages

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8points

snakelovingmetalhead

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#16

All wet wipes are called Clorox, even though it's only a brand.
Same with Windex

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Allydog57

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#17

Escalator, that's actually a brand name
So are several other things. I think there's a word used to describe products commonly referred by a popular brand name

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SilverIsGold

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In UK
Sellotape
Hoover
Vicks (vaporub)
Lemsip
I'm sure there are more but I can't think of them.

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Julie S

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Sellotape. Though that might be genericised.
Allen wrench/key. Allen is the company that made hex wrenches.
Biro. Pretty sure Bic owns that.
Velcro. Common one there.
Super glue. Pretty sure that is trademarked.
Hoover. UK one there.
Comic con. SDCC owns that one, though ours uses the term and has no association, so maybe that is just an American trademark.

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Zia Barrett

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#20

Chapstick. Ain't never a day in my life where I've asked for a tube of lip balm.

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Jaiden

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A lot of people do not know that Heroin is actually a brand name.

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Nathaniel (He/Him) Cis Het.

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Hoover, their are other brands of vacuum cleaner

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luckmartin336

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Tempo. In Germany, that's a synonym for Papiertaschentücher a.k.a. paper handkerchiefs.

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trollingergirl

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In India every noodle is called Maggie, which is a specific noodle brand.

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Sanjneel

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#25

Dustbuster: It is a registered brand to Black and Decker. However, all small handheld vacuums are called Dustbusters.

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5points

Nikkie Nothing

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#26

To google for doing research in the internet.

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trollingergirl

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#27

I play ultimate Frisbee, buttechnicaply I play ultimate throwing disc.

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crowspectre (he/they)

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#28

Channellock Pliers they are water pump pliers. Vice Grips are locking pliers. Tylenol for the Pain Reliever Acetaminophen.

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Daniel Atkins

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#29

Swiss army knife.
(Think it's "Victornox" or something now)

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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad

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#30

Ohhh, and I love to eat Jell-O!

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Ozymandias73

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#31

Velcro. Thats just the brand, it's technically called hook and loop closure.

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Hollerfloozy

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"Ziploc bags" no matter what brand of plastic bags we have

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Robby (Ze/Zir)

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In much of south America and the Caribbean - "Pampers" for any diapers, "Jeep" for any small/medium SUV, and for Haiti specifically, "Gilette" for any razor blade.

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DeoManus Argentem

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#34

Kleenex and Jacuzzi

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Kim Shannon

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#35

I like to Swiffer my floors.

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kary On

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There's a shop that my whole family calls 'the bread shop' and I genuinely thought that was its name for my entire childhood. Drove past the other day, and turns out it's actually called Fruitcakes Bakery

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Rhianna Hollowaye

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#37

Cokes. want a coke? what kind? Sprite, diet, Dr Pepper...

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Tracye Weir

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#38

Kleenex; tupperwe….i cant spell; band-aids; lysol; anddddd scotch tape

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Jax Bugz

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#39

Still always say "Doing the hoovering" at home. We have never owned a Hoover vacuum cleaner. It's definitely a UK thing!

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Peej Maybe

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every food brand ever

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that_gay_snake

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#41

All my childhood I called toothpaste 'colgate' irrespective of the brand

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Howl's sleeping castle

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#42

Cola (Coke) for any brown lemonade / carbonated soft drink.

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trollingergirl

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#43

Tampax,

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Elchinero

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#44

sawzall!!

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Breeezy78

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#45

Tupperware. There’s the Tupperware Company containers, but everything else is technically just a container. I still call it a Tupperware though.

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3points

Cypress

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#46

So these are some from my childhood in Malaysia. Good times.
Milo = chocolate malt drink...I think Nestle made them. Ribeena = concentrated blackcurrant syrup that comes in this soy sauce shape glass bottle. You dilute like a spoonful in water for a grapey juice. Not sure who made them.
Sarsi = pretty much any coke/Pepsi ish sarsaparilla soft drinks
Dutch Lady = it's a condensed milk manufactured by Nestle I think.
All food. Haha... Good times. A tad melancholic too (Permanently in New York here).

Ooh, Vegemite too anyone?
Also... Not physical things... But how bout SoHo or Broadway?

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Wyatt Glovier

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#47

UHU for adhesives (Germany, again). :-)

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trollingergirl

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#48

Another german deonym: Tesa(film) for duct tape.

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trollingergirl

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#49

Fevicol. It's an adhesive or glue. But everyone says put Fevicol - Brand name

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Angel Red

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#50

All plastic grocery sacks are called “Walmart bags” in my family. (I don’t live where they are banned.)

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Vintage Books

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#51

I call any vacuum cleaner a Hoover, whether it's made by Hoover or not and a hand held mini-vac is a mini Hoover. :D

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mcborge1

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Velcro

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anne sane

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#53

Reynold's Wrap

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FourTrenchcoatsInaTrenchcoat

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-Febreeze, even if I’m spraying something else.
-Cerave instead of body wash.
-Tide or Downey regardless of what laundry detergent it actually is, and same with Dawn for dish detergent.
-Mio or Propel, not flavored water.

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HistoryLover(she/her)

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#55

hoover

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Harris Good

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#56

Almost forgot "Palm Pilot" for any PDA (obviously before "smart" phones.) And for many older folks, "Bitcoin" for any cryptocurrency, "Nintendo" for any video game console, and "Gameboy" for any portable gaming device.

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DeoManus Argentem

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#57

Thomas the train? It’s supposed to be Thomas the Tank Engine. Wait what’s the question?

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DP(the first)

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The trucks who came down your street with … farm fresh produce - fresh baked breads & cookies, Ice cream bars & popsicles = we didn't know their company names, they were all simply called "The Veggie Man" - "The Cookie Man! " "The Ice Cream Man!" Then there's the neighborhood Milk (Dairy) man, Postman & Policemen.
Reynolds wrap & Saran Wrap! Then Mayo: for them all … Mustard: for them all … Hot sauce: for them all. But... we do have our FAVORITES! And...the family grocery shopper knows them.

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