Aces@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agoBrand names that have become common wordslemmy.todayimagemessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1641arrow-down120
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minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·7 months agoI try to avoid using all these names and instead use the more generic names.
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·7 months agoWhat do you use for zipper, super hero, and trampoline?
minus-squareblakcod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 months agoI too would like to know. Fastener? Meta human? Bouncy springy thingy?
minus-squareMkengine@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoThe German word for zipper is literally “tear/rip fastener” (Reißverschluss)
minus-squareblakcod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoBecause like everything straightforward and self explanatory is German. Love it!
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 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-27 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-up9·7 months agoI believe of someone ever asked me to use my Rebound Tumbler I’d be forced to punch them in the face.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoXYCL (examine your clasp locker)
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·7 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.
XYCL (examine your clasp locker)
Okay, maybe not all of them but honestly that’s because I didn’t know they were brand names