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In the UK: Hoover is what everyone called their vacuum cleaner. Can’t stop for tea, I have the hoovering to do at home

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Vaseline, Velcro, Mace and Styrofoam aren’t generic? The fuck? I didn’t even know those were trademarked names. Vaseline maybe, but the other three are common enough that I was sure they were generic.

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Petroleum jelly, hook and loop, pepper spray, and polystyrene.

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polystyrene-foam

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I’ve never heard Google, Uber or Zoom used unless it meant the specific company. “Google” became a verb, but I’ve never heard of someone saying they googled something on DuckDuckGo, for example.

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“Google it” means look it up on the Internet. My kids don’t use Chrome, they use Google (probably call it that because it’s the homepage of Chrome).

I’ve heard people say they’re going to uber home. They sometimes use Lyft.

And I’ve definitely heard people say they were on a zoom call even when it was Microsoft Teams or Google …what is the Google one called again? I don’t remember anymore because people will say Google zoom call!!

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Citing a comment I’ve recently seen, it’s amazing how humanity managed to produce only one generation actually competent with computers.

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Something I find interesting, lino was replaced by vinyl which was worse and plasticy but cheaper and the name carried over.

Most people when they think of floor lino thinka actually of vinyl rather than the actual original!

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Wait what? Peoole call pvc flooring linoleum?

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No Coke?

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Do people really use coke generically? I’ve always thought coke to refer solely to coca-cola. Maybe it’s just a regional thing.

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What’s the generic term in your area?

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You just say what you want. If you want to refer to all then it’s soda.

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