Brand vs. Generic Product Names

Here is a list of some brand name products and their generic equivalents.

BRAND NAMES	GENERIC NAMES
Band-Aid	adhesive bandage
Baggies	plastic sandwich bag
Brillo Pads	scouring pads
BVD's	underwear
Chap Stick	lip ice
Coca-Cola/Coke	cola
Cuisinart	kitchen helper?
Dictaphone	dictating machine
Xerox	photocopy
Dixie Cups	paper drinking cups
Fig Newtons	fig bars
Frigidaire	refrigerator
Frisbee	flying disc
Hi-Liter	underliner

Now you try. Can you provide generic names for the following products?

BRAND NAME	GENERIC NAME
Jeep
Jell-O
Jockey shorts
Kleenex
Kodak
Ko-Rec-Type
Levi's
Life Savers
Mack (truck)
Magic Marker
Novocain
Ping-Pong
Polaroid
Pop Tarts
Popsicle
Pyrex
Q-Tips
Sanforized
Sanka
Scotch (tape)
Sheetrock
Simonize
Slim Jim
Styrofoam
Technicolor
TV Dinners
Vaseline
Walkman
Wiffle Ball
X-Acto Knife

 
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