Aces@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 months agoBrand names that have become common wordslemmy.todayimagemessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1670arrow-down123
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minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 months agoIn the UK: Hoover is what everyone called their vacuum cleaner. Can’t stop for tea, I have the hoovering to do at home
minus-squaregordon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoHave you ever hoovered schneef?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoNope, had to wet-vac it up cuz people spilled their Tim’s on it
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI think it used to be more of a generic word for vacuuming in the US. I used to know a dog named Hoovie. Not sure why that seems to have lessened.
In the UK: Hoover is what everyone called their vacuum cleaner. Can’t stop for tea, I have the hoovering to do at home
Have you ever hoovered schneef?
Nope, had to wet-vac it up cuz people spilled their Tim’s on it
Allegedly
I think it used to be more of a generic word for vacuuming in the US. I used to know a dog named Hoovie. Not sure why that seems to have lessened.