World of Misnomers

An 8-year old kid in the heart of urbs prima of India searching for a correct word. There were 3 different spelling used in the locality :XEROX, ZEROX, ZEROH(the last one used by one shops in a slum area).He dint ask anyone ,rather he wanted to find it out all by himself(as he usually does). After analyzing various possibility he thought it would be ZEROX(as it was how the word was pronounced).

Few years later i find that none of them meant what it was supposed to mean . The correct spell ling was XEROX but it was not the actual word after all. The word photocopy has been completely replaced by the word XEROX. In fact most ppl don't even understand if we use the word photocopy. XEROX was probably one of the 1st companies to introduce the photocopying machine. But before the word photocopy became famous, the company`s name became famous. That is why ppl started calling it a XEROX machine rather than a photocopying machine. The word is so famous that some local dealers advertise like this
"10% off on HP xerox machines" or "with every CANNON xerox machine get 5MP digicam free!"
In India Parle argo`s "Kaccha Mango Bite" candy ran a tagline claiming "Kacche Aam Ka Xerox" which means "Xerox of the raw mango". The tag was later modified to "Kacche Aam Ka Copy", which means "Copy of the Raw Mango." Many dictionaries mention the use of "xerox" as a verb!!

XEROX is not the only company to have done it. JCB is another common misnomer. And it worse than the previous one. In India 99% of ppl refer to it as JCB(because JCB sells 2 out of 3 backhoes sold in India!). And the term is so popular that one of my friend said JCB is actually "jammer cum bulldozer"!!(Oh my god). JCB stands fo Joseph Cyril Bamford ,who founded this company which produces distinctive yellow-and-black-coloured excavators. The actual term "backhoe loader" is used very rarely.

Some of the commonly used misnomers are :
BISLERI for packed drinking water(Bisleri is a product of Parle Agro ltd)
METADOR for travel van(Metador is a product of Bajaj Tempoo ltd)
TEMPOO for Light commercial vehicle(Tempoo originates from the company name Bajaj-Tempoo ltd)
JEEP for off-road/police vehicle(Jeep is an american company belonging to Chrysler group)
cable channels were earlier called as SUN TV in many parts of Tamil nadu.
VOLVO BUS for Luxury buses in India
AIRBUS for any luxury buses(Airbus is a European aircraft company)
PARKER PEN for any costly pen
CADBURY for chocolates
i-POD for music player with display
WALKMAN for audio cassette player(Walkman is a trademark Sony corp.,Japan)
DISCMAN for CD Player(discman is a trademark Sony corp.,Japan)
and so on.....