Really, who gives a shit about nomenclature. "Rubber" is firmly ensconced in the vernacular.
"What'cha gonna do? Shiiit . . .
I got a pocket full of rubbers and my homeboys do , too."
It's like the word "cunt". How did it get such a bad rap? Go read a little Chaucer and get the fuck over it. It's a perfectly good and useful word. Like tallywhacker.