• MxM111
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    1711 months ago

    What do you call Tupperware? I thought any plastic container for food is that. Not necessarily newly bought.

    • Jo Miran
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      2711 months ago

      Tupperware is a brand. Calling all containers Tupperware is like calling all tissue paper Kleenex or all cotton swabs Q-Tips. Sure, many people do that, but it’s not correct.

      Also, Tupperware is expensive.

      • @[email protected]
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        1211 months ago

        Kleenex is actually now the correct term according to the dictionary since it’s so commonly used.

        • @[email protected]
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          1711 months ago

          Same thing happened to Trampoline. Trampoline was the brand. The generic name is rebound tumbler.

          • TWeaK
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            911 months ago

            Velcro, Hoover (in the UK), Band-Aid; there are tons of them. I’d say Tupperware is at that level, even if not officially so. I’d even argue Coke is - even if I know a palce only does Pepsi, I’m still going to ask for a Coke.

            • Troy
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              711 months ago

              There are parts of the US where they use soda; parts that use pop; and parts that use coke. In the latter, the following conversation is normal:

              Server: what kind of coke would you like?

              Me: root beer.

              • ALQ
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                511 months ago

                Being from a “soda” location, this conversation makes my brain do a double take.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 months ago

          This is quite common in some languages. In Dutch they call plaster plates gyproc, tilt windows velux, a stick of glue pritt and there are countless other examples where an item is named, if not officially at least commonly, after a brand. And of course, also kleenex.

    • @[email protected]
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      311 months ago

      Plastic food containers that are intended to be reused are tupperware; containers that are intended to be disposable are not