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After cutting your finger do you ask for a bandaid or an Adhesive Medical Strip? There's a benefit to turning company names into Nouns or Verbs

150 years ago, I may have asked for a bandage or first aid. Perhaps those terms helped give an idea to the marketing team.

Being more accustomed to medical terms now, sometimes I call it a “dressing” which is also two syllables.

“Adhesive Medical Strip” sounds one of those database categories someone invented for a store or clinic, once Band-Aid had competitors.