I like the way people still say Tupperware even though its probably not Tupperware they're using

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And I do it too.

(and Im old enough to remember actual Tupperware)

Pyrex. There's another!

I'm English. I've lived a long time and never heard anyone use 'Colgate' for toothpaste.

As another child of the 60s/70s I can remember my mum and her friends having Tupperware parties. We kids loved it because there was always a nice buffet supper afterwards and if we had behaved and not made a nuisance of ourselves we could have some nice stuff from the buffet.

Never could understand as a child why they were all so interested in plastic boxes. However, as an adult I had a similar love affair with Lakeland. Oh and for a while we were keen geocachers so cunning little plastic containers became very desirable.

I agree with you there. Toothpaste is called toothpaste.

But Vaseline is more generic to me.

An awful lot of people use 'iPhone' as a catch-all when they just mean 'a smartphone' - as though Android phones couldn't possibly achieve the same basic tasks.

It's a bit like specifically telling people that you're driving off on holiday in the BMW; or that you put your Miele washing machine on for a cycle before you left home this morning.

Me neither!

I do use petrol instead of diesel though, I guess from calling it ‘the petrol station’.

Teflon is another brand name used (instead of polytetraflouroethylene or PTFE) although funnily enough doesn’t tend to come up in conversation!

The petrol one is a factoid I have been carrying around for 30+ years, since visiting the Beamish museum probably. I have never questioned it. Anyway a quick search found this:

https://www.haltermann-carless.com/stories/petrol-how-haltermann-carless-invented-the-world-famous-name

It's not exactly a brand name but it was an invented word to market the newly invented product for the company.
As an example it's not as clear as sellotape
May I have half a point?

I don’t call all plastic boxes Tupperware, but I do use biro, hoover, and fairy liquid for generic items . It’s the sort of thing that you can get taken to court over, hence if you ask for Coke in a restaurant you will often be told “”it’s Pepsi or rola cola or whatever “

Levi's wouldn't really be used for jeans, but Kleenex, bandaids and chapstick are definitely standard usage.

I knew an older lady who had a few pieces of real Tupperware, it was like concrete compared to the flimsy stuff you get now.

I've heard "marigolds" and "fairy liquid" for generic rubber gloves and washing up liquid.

I also like hearing the different brand names that have got into general use in different countries. In Cairo, I have heard "Coleman" for cool box, "Datsun" for any pickup truck and "Chipsy" (Walkers equivalent) for crisps.

I'm South African.

There are more, but I am sure you would not get those as they are local brands. Any other Saffers on the thread will know exactly what I mean when I say Chappies, when I am referring to any bubblegum.

You need to come and visit me.

If you ask in the store what section you will find pants, they will direct you to the trousers department.

Much the same as if you ask for Colgate, they will just direct you to the general toothpaste section. 😂

Sellotape - for any brand of sticky-tape

Vaseline is another. No one says must get some petroleum jelly for my chappped lips, dry cuticles etc.

Surely that's just referred to as a Ewbank?

Levi's wouldn't really be used for jeans, but Kleenex, bandaids and chapstick are definitely standard usage.

Bandaid in the US but when I was younger it was always Elastoplast here.

50 year old orange Tupperware still going strong in our house - it was quality stuff!

I googled it on safari (or other web browser)

😂😂😂

Yes, I have a Tupperware Cupboard, With hardly any actual Tupperware

Ihf well yeah but surely colgate,will be in the general toothpaste section anyway?

I've just finished sharking my house.

Allders? You sound suspiciously South London to me.

Guilty!!

@squashyhat hook and loop tape here...