Conference back40::soapbox

tin foil - Reynolds Wrap
plastic wrap - Saran Wrap

    
    Kleenex
    Bandaids
    
    

    XEROX
    Chlorox

    
    Frisbee == flying disc
    Pop Tart == toaster pastry
    

    
    
    Channellocks-slip joint pliers
    
    

    Walkman

    digital -- having to do with technology that represents quantities
               numerically instead of by representations which are 
               based on similarity to other quantities

    
    Clorox  nnttm

    Ban Gay.  The official rub of the RR.

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    Which brings us to Preparation H, the best thing for a pain in the ass.

	Monastat 7

    Qtips = cotton swabs
    

    
    OK, I'll say it:
    
    	Kotex.
    
    

    Tee hee he said Kotex

	BVD's

    Thermos   = container keeping hot hot/cold cold
    Coke      = a cola soda
    Xerox     = a photographic copy
    Frigidare = ice box

    Aspirin  = acetylsalicylic acid.
    
    Oilite   = oil-impregnated sintered bronze bearing.
    
    DOS      = Disk Operating System, appropriated by IBM and Microsoft as
               PD-DOS and MS-DOS respectively, now returned to vernacular
               as DOS.  But OpenVMS, UNIX�, MacOS, NT, and CP/M are all
               DOSes.
    
    Victrola = mechanical spring-driven player for 78-RPM shellac disc
               records.  Obsolete.  :-)

re .14

Are you talking about the women engineering students at GaTech?

/john

    
    Pampers  =  disposable diapers

    VISE-GRIP

>    Aspirin  = acetylsalicylic acid.

    Was "Aspirin" a brand name/trademark (presumably owned by Bayer) that
    they lost to common usage?

    -- Dave

Yes.  It's still a trademark in much of the world.

 formica

    Formica.
    ^
    NNTTM.

 I was too lazy to hit the shift key.

    But not too lazy to do so in your explanation.  You, sir, are a
    conundrum.  :-)

 Why thank you, sir ;-)

I don't get it. He didn't capitalize, and you called him a condom. Is
this a no soap radio thing again?

    
    
    
    
    few back--
    
    
    Vise Grip ='s Locking pliers
    
    Roller Blades = Inline Skates
    
    

>    Was "Aspirin" a brand name/trademark (presumably owned by Bayer) that
>    they lost to common usage?

Believe the Aspirin trademark wasn't lost to common usage, but was appropiated
by the WW1 victors as reparations.

Vaseline - petroleum jelly
Vicks	 - rubby stuff
Horlicks - malt drink mix

    I thought, without having a bottle in front of me, that there were
    various "generic" brand Asprins out on the market. 

    -- Dave

There are, now.  After WW1 the allies told Bayer that their trademark was no
longer valid (just in the US? where else?) and anyone who makes drug-grade
acetylsalicylic acid may call it "aspirin" if they so desire. 

I don't know why this was done, as it hurt Bayer in particular, not Germany
in general.  Maybe Bayer made some evil war gas or something.

	Don't you know that asprin is out, Tylenol is in!

    
    
    
    Yes, aspirin gives Glen the wind something fierce!

| <<< Note 618.36 by MKOTS3::JMARTIN "I press on toward the goal" >>>

| Yes, aspirin gives Glen the wind something fierce!

	And it smells like roses, too! (not Rose's)

    
    Crescent wrench == adjustable wrench
    Dixie cup       == small paper cup
    Styrofoam       == polystryene foam, used for disposable cups and
                       dishes, packing noodles, box liners, insulation
    Zamboni         == ice resurfacing machine
    

    
    Oh, I've always wanted to drive the Zamboni.
    
    

    a good zamboni makes a nice pea soup.

Kodiak's - steel toed workie boots (regional to Canada perhaps?)

Trojan

Levi's

    Robertson=Screwdriver
    Stanley (sp)=Hammer
    Allen Key (sp)= That thing you can never find when you need it.
    
    
    
    joan

    
    Do you 'muricans even have Robertson screws & screwdrivers?
    

    Nope.

    Pat Robertson screws?

    
    Ohhhh, you don't know what you're missing.  They're FAR superior to
    Phillips or slot screws.  They'd be comparable to hex or Torx, except
    that you can't get wood screws in hex or Torx.
    
    The red robbie is my favorite tool (ooh err!).
    

| <<< Note 618.45 by SMURF::WALTERS >>>

| Pat Robertson screws?

	Hee hee hee!!!!

yeh...everybody knows he's in bed with the republicans!

    Kodak
    
    and a bit beyond brand names... how about
     faxes
     bobbitized
     dockers (pants)

    One that's been adopted in the UK is Hoover, the name of a vacuum
    cleaner maker.  To hoover is to use such a machine, regardless of its
    manufacturer's name, for its intended purpose.

    
    .50
    
    ...used correctly in the sentence:  "The Footlights Club was 
    so exclusive, they wouldn't allow HRH The Prince of Wales in 
    to hoover the carpets."
    

    But they did bend the academic rules in half to let him into the
    College.

    
    
    
    
    	Tupperware
    

    Thermos is to vacuum/insulated bottles as Kleenex is to facial tissue.

Except Thermos is no longer a trademark in the U.S. and Kleenex still is.

    The AHD says:
    
    Ther�mos.
    A trademark used for a brand of vacuum bottles and other insulated
    containers.
    

    Well I'll be.

    Dipped?

    
    	In doo doo?
    
    
    	Does that mean it IS used that way, or WAS used that way?
    	Maybe they lost the trademark recently, like after the dict-
    	ionary was printed.
    

    Raq - is this the topic you were looking for?

    
    thank you chris.... :>
    
    
    turns out, i guess this isn't what i thought it was.  plexiglass is
    what i was referring to, and i don't know if it was a name brand, but
    it is a registered trademark, and i am sure not every piece of plastic
    glass was made by rohm & haas company...
    
    :>
    

    .61
    
    Plexiglas, with one 's', is a registered trademark of Rohm and Haas
    Company for their clear acrylic sheet product.  R&H are not the only
    producers of clear acrylic sheet, but "plexiglass" is commonly enough
    used as a generic that it probably qualifies.

    (c) 1996:
    		the bob.
    is a registered trademark of no one. it is currently for sale, all
    rights to be surrendered upon payment of $50, and a bottle of mezcal.

    The thin air has gotten to you I'm afraid.

    
    Is there such a thing as fat air?
    
    

    Thick air, yes.

    
    This fog is as thick as peanut butter.
    

    > This fog is as thick as peanut butter.
    
    didn't I bump into you elsewhere in this conference?
    
    this fog's so thick I can't tell where I am/should be...
    
    BTW: "This fog is thick as sea poop"

    
    You eat what you like; I'll eat what I like.
    

    >    You eat what you like; I'll eat what I like.
    
    ya missed a .69!

    
    <raises eyebrow>
    
    

    raises bridge.

    
    
    >>all rights to be surrendered upon payment of $50, and a bottle of
    >>mezcal.
    
    
    mezcal!??!???!?!?  surely you jest???  why not ask for a can of varnish
    or turpentine....it's probably cheaper.  well, maybe not...
    
    

    .66
    
    Get an air shredder.

    re .73
    
        Speaking of Mezcal, does anyone know where to find that stuff in 
    Colorado.  I'm willing to travel to bordering states if need be.
    -ss

    fuzz-buster - generic name for radar detector

    
    	Not to be confused with the Fuss-Busters, who are called
    	into service when my two year old son is trying to get his
    	way.
    
    	

    
    Wooden spoon makers, no doubt.
    

    >	Not to be confused with the Fuss-Busters,
    
     Aka Nap Enforcement, Inc.

    
    	Actually, the "Fuss-Busters" specialize in tickling behind
    	the knee.  Andrew is stubborn, but if I tickle him, he forgets
    	what he was whining about.  Now, he just laughs when I say
    	Fuss-Busters!