What are some product names that have snuck (sneaked?) into our vocabulary?

Kleenex, Xerox

Since you said mace, i’m gonna say “to taze” from taser.

Q-tip

Scotch tape, Band Aid, Bacardi (that one’s for you Gimmedat).

I’m a GIRL!!! :(

Oh shit!! My bad!! Let it be known that Poofandmook is a girl.

I sorry

lmfao!

Pop Tarts

@trumi: I assumed by your name that you’re a guy. Am I wrong?

I’m actually Jesus, so I’m kind of half and half…

Hoover and slowly getting there, iPod. I find alot of people use the term ‘iPod’ in order to describe any portable media player (mp3 style, not CD/Tape/Whatever)

@skyrail: Totally, everything says ‘iPod/Mp3 Player Accessible’. I would say Swiffer is on a similar path. Also used as a verb, like Mace.

@trumi: ...

Crisco for shortening, Pam for non-stick spray

“Can you Google something for me?”

He’s trying to loosen iPod’s strangle hold on the iPod market

@niki; what?

I see where niki is coming from, Google has become a household word, if you want something, Google it, even with the plethora of other search engines provided my Microsoft, Yahoo, Ask, Altavista etc. people just tell you to Google it. I guess it’s also used in placement of check the internet, instead of that…just Google it.

Walkman. But that’s kind of dated now.

Band-Aid

Sellotape and Post-its are two examples.

Windex.

Oh, sorry. I didn’t get what Niki was saying.

Google, yes, good one.

How about Coke? esp. in the southern states.

Coke (to describe a soda), Chapstick, Sharpie, Speedo (which I have no personal experience with), TiVo (relatively new), and Frisbee (any type of flying saucer), just to name a few.

Yeh, Coke is a good one, and sellotape and post-its, I just don’t think about it when I say them, I bet very few people do, well until you sit here and think about it.

Chapstick is a good one, and I always forget Speedo!

Purell for hand sanitizer sometimes.

Vaseline.

Bounty (paper towel brand)

@PnL I still call them paper towels (not Bountys).

@Marina – i think its a regional thing. My cousins in Texas don’t get it at all.

@skyrail, i loved that show by craig ferguson. ive seen it so many times

Popsicle

Jello, Drumstick

Fridge. This started out as a nickname for Fridgidaire and not for refrigerator. My mom hates it when I refer to her refridgerator as a fridge since it’s a Kenmore.

@Astrochuck, nice ones! I didn’t know either of them.

Krytonite for u-shaped locks
Advil for all brands of ibuprofen
Tylenol for all brands acetaminophen

Actually I call all ibuprofen Motrin.

Ziplock.

@ AC ~ well there you go… a double :0)

Velcro, Styrofoam, Pogo Stick, Escalator, Hula-Hoop, Ping Pong…..theres a whole bunch of them on Wikipedia, just type in genericized trademarks.

I Tivo everything even though I have cable DVR.

Photoshop when referring to photo editing in general. As in, “that picture of Lindsay Lohan in the Enquirer is totally photoshopped.”