Can you think of any brands that have so sucessfully cornered a market that we refer to all products of that type by the brand name?

Hoover.

Search engine- Google
Glass Cleaner – Windex
Powdered cleanser – Ajax

Weed Eater
Tupperware
Formica

I didn’t know Lysol is used that way.

@thorninmud just took mine, Tupperware.

Scotch tape
Saran Wrap
Frigidaire

Popsicle
Keds
Spandex

Oh my gosh . . . Coke. I realize this might be confined to the southern states, but I grew up hearing any soda pop called a Coke.

Polaroid
RayBan
Levi
Polo (shirt)
iPhone

Band-Aid

Coke.

iPod. Walkman.

@zenvelo Powdered cleaner=Comet. Comet, it makes your teeth turn green, Comet, it makes you hair turn green. Comet. It makes you vomit. So buy some Comet and vomit today!!!

Heroin

@Dutchess_III I always think of Ajax as the name for scouring powder!

I think of Comet….could be a Geographical thing.

Ajax, it makes your mouth turn blue, Ajax, it smells like Elmer’s glue…oooh, maybe Elmer’s is another answer?

I grew up with Comet in the house also, but I knew what Ajax was and we had a patty cake song for both.

BVDs men’s underwear.

You can shake and shake all you please, but the very last drop goes in your BVD’s. ~ My Dad. And he only had us 3 girls, no boys, but I guess he felt it was important to know this!

Kotex

Tampex.

Durex
Sellotape
Blu Tack

Bandaid

PC or Personal Computer – It was IBM’s original nickname for their model number 5150.

Bengay = muscle rub.
Dr Scholl’s = any shoe insert.
Kool-Aid = any powdered drink mix.
Twinkie = any blonde snack cake.
Katsup = any tomato sauce/paste.

You’re right, @Tropical_Willie, but I checked—it was never a registered trademark.

Kleenex
Victrola
Frigidaire
La-Z Boy

@Pachyderm_In_The_Room It wasn’t trademarked but the IBM 5150 was known as the “IBM PC”.

Velcro

Sharpie

Jeep!

Solo cups.

Pam

Wow really great answers guys. I didn’t realize there were so many examples of this…

Saran Wrap
Pop Tart
Tylenol
Chapstick

Trojans
Sharpies
Cuties (clementine oranges)
Scotch tape
iPod