# "Generic" packaging ca. 1980 - your memories and thoughts about it

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**Created:** [September 20, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-packaging-ca-1980-your-memories-and-thoughts-about-it/971941 "2022-09-20T22:54:13Z")\
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> [@digs](#):
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> A good friend tutored kids at Cabrini Green (“The Projects” in Chicago), and one grade school kid got pushed, and to retaliate turned and insulted the bully with "You’re just… just… _generic!"_

I remember “generic” being a pretty common insult (whether applied to people or things).

Whatever else I have to say, I already said in this previous thread:

> [@Are there any (non-pharmacy) generics still sold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-non-pharmacy-generics-still-sold/932414):
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> From the thread [Favorite fake product names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fake-product-names/932158/58) I wondered if there are any generic products still being sold in the United States or around the world. I don’t mean private label products, which have some branding even if it’s not widely recognized.

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