Just doing a little thinking in the shower today. I know that many of us use words for products and to describe behavior. Actually all of us do, but the specific words that describe the behavior or the products may have been altered by brand names. For example: KETCHUP, that was actually a HEINZ name for the product, it is really CATSUP. Jello, is really gelitain. BOZO is someone who is acting in an innapropriate manner or who is a little deficient in the brain department. BOZO was actually a clown, for those of you who aren't old enough to remember him.
The list could go on and on. I am simply amazed at how these popular names have crept into our language. They have become staples in our vocabulary.
Ok folks, now it is your turn: What product names do you regularly use to describe everything in that category, and what words do you use to describe behavior that represent an icon or a product? Feel free to post them here.
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Kleenex and aspirin are two that come to mind right away.
And I do remember Bozo the Clown.
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