Aces@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 months agoBrand names that have become common wordslemmy.todayimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI try to avoid using all these names and instead use the more generic names.
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoWhat do you use for zipper, super hero, and trampoline?
minus-squareblakcod@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI too would like to know. Fastener? Meta human? Bouncy springy thingy?
minus-squareMkengine@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThe German word for zipper is literally “tear/rip fastener” (Reißverschluss)
minus-squarezeroblood@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·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-up1·9 months agoI believe of someone ever asked me to use my Rebound Tumbler I’d be forced to punch them in the face.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoXYCL (examine your clasp locker)
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)
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)