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Title: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: Mr. DS on October 22, 2010, 10:55:26 AM Do you ever buy a generic version of something and still refer to it as it's main brand counterpart? For example, no matter what lip balm I buy I refer to it as a "Chapstick".
Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: Jack on October 22, 2010, 12:50:28 PM Oh yeah, any window cleaner is Windex, and any furniture polish is Pledge.
Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: Flick James on October 22, 2010, 01:45:45 PM All movies are Plan 9 from Outer Space for me. Even the romantic comedies.
"Let's go see a Plan 9 from Outer Space this weekend." Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: AndyC on October 22, 2010, 03:06:46 PM Kleenex.
Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: Mofo Rising on October 22, 2010, 03:48:53 PM I've noticed that Xerox has lost its primacy. Now instead of people saying they need to "Xerox" something they use the word "photocopy."
Frisbee is used over "flying disc." Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: Rev. Powell on October 22, 2010, 03:54:06 PM Band-aid.
Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: Mr. DS on October 22, 2010, 07:43:43 PM To me a cotton swab will always be a Q-Tip.
Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: the ghoul on October 22, 2010, 09:53:18 PM All movies are Plan 9 from Outer Space for me. Even the romantic comedies. "Let's go see a Plan 9 from Outer Space this weekend." :bouncegiggle: :thumbup: That sounds like something I would say. And everyone would be looking at me blankly as I laugh at my own joke. :cheers: Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: Flick James on October 25, 2010, 02:26:19 PM All movies are Plan 9 from Outer Space for me. Even the romantic comedies. "Let's go see a Plan 9 from Outer Space this weekend." :bouncegiggle: :thumbup: That sounds like something I would say. And everyone would be looking at me blankly as I laugh at my own joke. :cheers: I got through to someone. Splendid. :cheers: Title: Re: Generic Brands Of Mainstream Items Post by: The Burgomaster on October 26, 2010, 03:50:10 PM I usually don't buy generic brands (I'm one of those fools who believes the television commercials). However, when I was a kid, I referred to any brand of cola as "Coke."
By the way, my ass knows when I wipe it with anything other than Charmin. |