Aces to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoBrand names that have become common wordsimagemessage-square184linkfedilinkarrow-up1680arrow-down123
arrow-up1657arrow-down1imageBrand names that have become common wordsAces to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square184linkfedilink
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·1 year agoI try to avoid using all these names and instead use the more generic names.
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 year agoWhat do you use for zipper, super hero, and trampoline?
minus-squareblakcod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoI too would like to know. Fastener? Meta human? Bouncy springy thingy?
minus-squareMkengine@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThe German word for zipper is literally “tear/rip fastener” (Reißverschluss)
minus-squareblakcod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoBecause like everything straightforward and self explanatory is German. Love it!
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year 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-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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-up10·1 year 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-up9·1 year agoMe inviting women to my rebound tumbler:
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoXYCL (examine your clasp locker)
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year 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