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* Brahma (beer): in Brazil
* Breathalyzer (A device used to measure blood alcohol content by analyzing exhaled breath): Originally trademarked by Smith & Wesson, now owned by National Draeger. Most people aren't even aware that this is actually a brand name.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110515215405/http://www.sealedair.com/bubble_home.htm Bubble Wrap] (inflated cushioning)
* Bubbler (drinking fountain)
* Camelbak (A large water container worn on the back, with a straw coming out that can be reached by the mouth): Popular with cyclists and others who engage in strenuous outdoors exercise in desert climates. The ripoff versions are almost universally called "camel backs", not helped by the lack of any other even vaguely non-awkward term.
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** In some parts of the American South, the use of the word "coke" has spread to mean any sort of soda, not just the cola flavors. As in "What kind of coke you got?" "Orange, grape, coca cola, pepsi, root beer."
** Very rarely is the pedestrian definition of "coke" used: The purified form of bituminous coal used for fuel. Steelmakers would know "coking coal", which is almost pure carbon, for use in making carbon steel alloy.
** Historically, the Coca-Cola Company had tried to own the word "cola", suing a long list of imitators including an "Afri-Cola". These suits ended when a "Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi-Cola" was thrown out of Food Court on the grounds that "cola" was now the generic term for
* Corn Flakes: Used to be a trademark of the Kellogg corporation.
* Crayola (crayons), and Cray-Pas (oil pastels)
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* M&M's (button-shaped chocolate candies)
** In Brazil, [http://img.americanas.com.br/produtos/01/02/item/5287/9/5287907GG.jpg Confeti]{{Dead link}} (helps that their world-famous Carnival uses lots of confe''tt''i)
* Modess (sanitary napkins): in Latin America
* Motrin or Advil (ibuprofen)
* Muzak (a music distribution system): Most often used to refer to the offensively inoffensive wishes-it-was-jazz music played over these systems rather than the system itself.
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