Friday fun: Bywords!

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

This article about the most common bywords that we South Africans have adopted through the years, has reminded me to ask you guys about the bywords you're used to. Every culture and nation has their own, after all. Names that originally meant specific brands of products have become so commonplace that nowadays they denote the entire segment of products associated with that brand. In most cases, due to market domination of that brand in its relevant segment.

For example, in South Africa, the name Jik is colloquially used as a synonym to bleach, Sunlight for dishwashing liquid, Omo for washing powder, Band-Aid for plaster, Pritt for glue stick, etc. What about your bywords?

Comments

[merig00.livejournal.com]

Hmm well in fUSSR pampers were used for dipers and xerox (to xerox etc) for copy maching and making copies.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Same here in BG. Also, Vero for dishwashing chemical.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

What's a photocopier? (http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/identifying_photocopy_machine.html)

[oportet.livejournal.com]

I think Crock-pot is used more here than slow-cooker - I call my slow-cooker a crock-pot and it really isn't. I'll also say I'm drinking a coke or going to get a coke when I'm just as likely having a root beer or Dr. Pepper or maybe even sweet tea. We kinda use Clorox as a synonym for bleach. I buy the off brand ibuprofen but still call them Advil (same goes for Aleve).

also...

[oportet.livejournal.com]

solo cups and ziploc bags...

[nekhbet_love]

In Spain, Frigo for ice cream, Rimmel for mascara, I can't remember more but surely there are :)