+81 It bugs you when people call a specific product by the name of the brand that names it. Eg: calling a jacket a NorthFace or a Columbia, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No not really. I call my clothing by their brand names, such as my members-only, etc. I'm proud of my clothes. xD

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What do you call your Band-Aids? Adhesive bandages?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Kleenex...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I hate when people do that. But I do call them Band-Aids. I dunno what to vote now.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm about to throw on my Hollister and embark on a long day of prickness.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Blackberry and iPhone get to me the most, i don't say. "Oh hold on, someone is calling me on my Samsung"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What about iPod?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I always call my Doc Martens "Doc Martens", not just "boots". And I usually say "Ray-Bans" instead of "sunglasses".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I forget what the technical term is but it's when a product comes out and the dominating brand is what everyone refers to the product as. I've never heard anyone personally refer to their jacket as a "Northface" but it sounds stupid. I don't think Northface will ever take over the terms coat or jacket like Coke took over the word for anything that tastes like Pepsi, RC, or Coke cola.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, you're right about the big brands - like, you don't hear people say "Do you want a cola?" you hear them say "Do you want a Coke/Pepsi?"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Or cool whip.. I don't call it whipped cream haha

by Anonymous 12 years ago