Aces@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 months agoBrand names that have become common wordslemmy.todayimagemessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1609arrow-down121
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minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down3·9 months agoI try to avoid using all these names and instead use the more generic names.
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·9 months agoWhat do you use for zipper, super hero, and trampoline?
minus-squareblakcod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·9 months agoI too would like to know. Fastener? Meta human? Bouncy springy thingy?
minus-squareMkengine@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoThe German word for zipper is literally “tear/rip fastener” (Reißverschluss)
minus-squareblakcod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoBecause like everything straightforward and self explanatory is German. Love it!
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 months agoBLAKENHOVEN! I have no idea what word was said in the TikTok video but the lady was so serious saying it!!
minus-squarezeroblood@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoFrom Wikipedia: A zipper, zip, fly, or zip fastener, formerly known as a clasp locker Trampoline: The generic term for the trademarked trampoline was a rebound tumbler
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoI believe of someone ever asked me to use my Rebound Tumbler I’d be forced to punch them in the face.
minus-squareSwallowsDick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoMe inviting women to my rebound tumbler:
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoXYCL (examine your clasp locker)
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·9 months agoOkay, maybe not all of them but honestly that’s because I didn’t know they were brand names
I try to avoid using all these names and instead use the more generic names.
What do you use for zipper, super hero, and trampoline?
I too would like to know.
Fastener? Meta human? Bouncy springy thingy?
The German word for zipper is literally “tear/rip fastener” (Reißverschluss)
Because like everything straightforward and self explanatory is German. Love it!
BLAKENHOVEN!
I have no idea what word was said in the TikTok video but the lady was so serious saying it!!
From Wikipedia: A zipper, zip, fly, or zip fastener, formerly known as a clasp locker
Trampoline: The generic term for the trademarked trampoline was a rebound tumbler
I believe of someone ever asked me to use my Rebound Tumbler I’d be forced to punch them in the face.
Me inviting women to my rebound tumbler:
XYCL (examine your clasp locker)
Okay, maybe not all of them but honestly that’s because I didn’t know they were brand names