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

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

Hoover, their are other brands of vacuum cleaner

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

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

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

To google for doing research in the internet.

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

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

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

Ohhh, and I love to eat Jell-O!

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

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

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.

Kleenex and Jacuzzi

I like to Swiffer my floors.

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

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

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

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

every food brand ever