It's very common for the older generations to call any pain or fever medicine "aspirin" and for the younger generations to call it "Tylenol". I tend to be spec

It's very common for the older generations to call any pain or fever medicine "aspirin" and for the younger generations to call it "Tylenol". I tend to be specific, but I still use "Tylenol" instead of "acetaminiphen" because few people would know what I meant if I used the latter. "Ibuprofen" is commonly used enough that I use that term, but I've heard people refer to it as "Motrin" almost as often. Almost no one would know what I meant if I asked for "naproxen" instead of "Aleve". I live in the South, and the above may or may not be true elsewhere. It's definitely not limited to mediciations, either. Where I live if someone offers you a Coke and you accept, there's a good chance you're going to get a Pepsi, a Sprite, or some other arbitrary carbonated beverage.