@[email protected] to Cool [email protected]English • 8 months agoBrand names that have become common wordslemmy.todayimagemessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1661arrow-down122
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•8 months agoI try to avoid using all these names and instead use the more generic names.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•8 months agoI too would like to know. Fastener? Meta human? Bouncy springy thingy?
minus-squareMkenginelinkfedilinkEnglish8•8 months agoThe German word for zipper is literally “tear/rip fastener” (Reißverschluss)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoBecause like everything straightforward and self explanatory is German. Love it!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-28 months agoBLAKENHOVEN! I have no idea what word was said in the TikTok video but the lady was so serious saying it!!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-28 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-square@RampantParanoia2365linkEnglish8•8 months agoI believe of someone ever asked me to use my Rebound Tumbler I’d be forced to punch them in the face.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•8 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.
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