S/O S/O Tupperware: Name brand name vs generic brand name?

Kleenex and Band Aid arw 2 where the beand has taken over the generic name.
I do think if you say Tupperware, someone would know that you mean a plastic reuseabel storage container.
I say Gladware for disposables even though I use the ziploc brand.

Most people use Band Aid for all skin adhesive bandages
Kleenex for all tissues
Chapstick for lip balm tubes
Jucuzzi for hot tubs
Crock Pot for slow cookers
Instant Pot for electric pressure cookers
Post-Its for sticky backed paper notes
Onesies for baby body suits
Q-Tips for ear swabs
Rollerblades for inline skates
Scotch Tape for adhesive tape
Weed Eater for yarn trimmers


My next door neighbor also used to say "The Frigidaire" for the refrigerator, but my family always said "the refrigerator"

I say plasters, not bandaids. I don’t think we have a brand name that has been taken over in that way.

I definitely use Hoover instead of vacuum.

Tissues are paper tissues, I don’t say Kleenex.

Google has become a term for internet search generally too.

Yes to all of these.  Also, all resealable bags are Ziploc bags no matter the brand.  

These are all ones I say. Plus "velcro". 

But I do not say Kleenex or Tupperwear, nor do I say Hoovering or Xeroxing.  And I only say "Coke" for actual Coca Cola.

Maybe elastoplast instead of plaster occasionally?

Hoovering definitely gets done here to the extent I would say get the vacuum out and do the hoovering.  

Tissues are tissues.  

Google is a general search here too.  

Fridge which I always assumed was short for refrigerator not Frigidaire.

Ziploc styled bags are ziplocs to me 

Even if buying a Chapstick brand, it's lipsalve to me.

Sellotape is any clear adhesive tape

Xerorxing is age based I think. The younger teachers at my work say copier. There is only one teacher besides me who says Xerox. I actually got asked what that meant by a few young teachers when I said it to them for the first time.

I use soda for drinks like Dr. Pepper and Coke
But I use the word toast for any kind of bread put in the oven or toaster, in fact I recently got rid of my toaster.
I use the word "chips" for potatoe chips, tortilla chips, and the like. I may even use it for cheetos or cheese puffs.
An alarm clock may also be called a timer, plastic wrap my be called saran wrap, but wax paper is always called wax paper no matter what the brand. the word liquor is used for rum, whiskey, tequila, or vodka - -they all are used for the same purpose for me. Cleanser is the word used for comet or any other kind of cleaner that is slightly abrasive and comes in powder form.
Other terms I use include Windex, China, Silverware (even though there is no silver in my silverware) roach for any kind of bug that invades my house (we have issues with stink bugs and crickets here), and the list goes on. No wonder English as a language is so hard for others to learn.

Yes, because in our house, we need to distinguish it from all the different tapes we have - masking, duct, packing, electrical, washi.

I was going to say Scotch Tape. Otherwise it could be masking, duct, packing, etc.

I say Rubbermaid container, we weren’t a Tupperware house 🤣 I was thinking of another one, but I’m having a brain blip right now and lost it! My DH says one sometimes, and I can’t think of it either. It’s late and I need sleep apparently, lol.

Saran Wrap for any plastic food wrap, chapstick for any lip balm, and probably Kleenex and Bandaid are my biggest name drops.

My Grandma used to always say she was going to run the sweeper, instead of vacuuming or hoovering.

This is something I have never understood, when people call any flavor or kind of a soda/pop a “Coke.” Sorry, but no. Only Coca Cola is a Coke. Not Sprite, not orange, not Pepsi, not Dr. Pepper, not 7-Up, not root beer, not cream soda.

I pretty much do call any bandage a Bandaid, any tissues are Kleenex. But Tupperware is only Tupperware. Other stuff is just a container.

It's a southern thing. All soda is "coke", then you say 'what kind of coke'. It's just one of those regional things that we grew up with, or adapted to if you're not southern by birth.

My family is in the Midwest where Krogers is huge. I picked the word up from my siblings when I was still in high school.