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by tuetuopay 901 days ago
Don't forget

- bic for a ball pen

- scotch for duct tape

- kalxon for a car honk

- rubalise for the white-and-red tape used in streets

- mobylette for that very specific old style scooter

- pédalo for the floating thingy on the beaches with pedals

As for cellophane I always called it "film plastique" or just "plastique", but this varies a lot from region to region and family to family.

As for Durit, it's actually a bit more interesting as the brand was genericised to "durite". It's so prevalent that we have expressions using it like "péter une durite" as a way to say "going crazy".