Do you play tabletop role-playing games, or do you say you play Dungeons & Dragons?
People often use D&D as a catch-all label, even when they mean a completely different game. Call of Cthulhu gets described as “horror D&D.” Starfinder becomes “sci-fi D&D.” The name is so dominant that it can overshadow systems, settings, and publishers doing very different things.
That raises an interesting question: in trying to make D&D bigger and more profitable, has Wizards of the Coast (under Hasbro) also made the brand linguistically universal?
At this point, Dungeons & Dragons may be functioning as an eponymous term for the entire hobby, not just one game line.
If someone says they “play D&D” but actually means any TTRPG, is that just convenient shorthand, or has the hobby quietly accepted one brand as its common language?