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    #51
    Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
    A weld?

    A rivet?

    A clamp?

    A bolt

    A cup

    Invariably fall down, not up.

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      #52
      I s'pose there's a difference between 'common usage' and 'generic', but I'd argue the case about a few of these. Pampers is very much the brand, surely? Unless asking specifically for the latter, new parents only really talk of either 'nappies' or 'diapers', don't they? ('Diaper' was the inventor's name though, was it not? In which case, add that.)

      I can remember hearing the trade name Elastoplast used on a kids' TV show (ie, instead of 'plaster') in the seventies and being fairly surprised, given the hoo-ha about surreptitious advertising on television programmes back then.

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        #53
        Stanley knife

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          #54
          Frisbee

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            #55
            Rizla

            Can't believe it's taken until the third page.

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              #56
              Q-tip
              Band-Aid

              Not here, obviously.

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                #57
                In Hungarian /Romanian "pampers" is the commonly used term for all disposable nappies

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by sw2borshch View Post
                  Rizla

                  Can't believe it's taken until the third page.
                  We were all stoned and, erm … forgot.

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                    #59
                    Kärcher?
                    Sellotape (sticky back plastic).
                    Baby Bio (UK).

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                      #60
                      Our facilities managers get stroppy here if I use the term "portakabin" to describe our temporary buildings, as portakabin is indeed a brand name (and not the brand we use either). The only problem is, use of it as a descriptor is so ingrained that if you use their preferred term - modular building - none of the staff know what the hell you're talking about.

                      Mrs b has started using the terms "iPhone" and "smartphone", and "iPad" and "tablet" interchangeably. As I regard Apple as a dangerous cargo cult, I'm not in agreement.

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                        #61
                        Logan, Kärcher makes all kinds of neat stuff, but is virtually unknown over here.

                        Are you thinking of their power washing equipment?

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                          #62
                          Yup, widely used in France and I assume elsewhere on the continent.

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                            #63
                            I would say that in the UK they're easily the best known manufacturer of pressure washers, without quite being synonymous with that type of machine. Domestic pressure washers are a comparatively recent thing here, compared to other items of garden/outdoor equipment.

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                              #64
                              Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                              In Hungarian /Romanian "pampers" is the commonly used term for all disposable nappies
                              Really? Okay, happy to stand corrected in my Pull-Ups.

                              Originally posted by Logan Mountstuart View Post
                              Sellotape (sticky back plastic).
                              It mightn't be what you're saying at all, but Sellotape and sticky-back plastic aren't the same thing: the latter refers to whole sheets of adhesive plastic as opposed to thin adhesive tape, ie, the former. (Perhaps the prolific usage of both by Val Singleton has seen them morph into one?)

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                                #65
                                It was "sticky tape" for Sellotape (or other transparent tapes) - "sticky-back plastic" probably referred to Fablon and similar

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                                  #66
                                  Yes, Fablon - that was the name I couldn't summon.

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                                    #67
                                    Frigidaire can be used to call a fridge in France instead of refrigerateur or the more common frigo

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                                      #68
                                      We were taught that frigidaire was the "proper" term in the early 70s.

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                                        #69
                                        Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post
                                        Really? Okay, happy to stand corrected in my Pull-Ups.

                                        Pull ups can be a type of loafer. Best to avoid any confusion on this before going about your business.

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                                          #70
                                          What, as in footwear?

                                          In what way might one ever 'pull them up'?

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                                            #71
                                            U-Haul (US)

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                                              #72
                                              Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post
                                              What, as in footwear?

                                              In what way might one ever 'pull them up'?
                                              No idea, the shoes concerned are the preppy Bass Weejun type but no obvious explanation springs to mind.

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                                                #73
                                                bubble wrap

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                                                  #74
                                                  Stetson
                                                  Leading on from Mac: Pac-A-Mac
                                                  Pritt Stick
                                                  Tarmac

                                                  I would love to say to that twat Dyson, "Oh, I think your Dysons are the best Hoovers there are"

                                                  Originally posted by Ginger Yellow View Post
                                                  Portakabin (as Private Eye loved to remind us)
                                                  A friend of mine used to pronounce it "Por-take-a-bin" because, you know, you can taken them (although they are not bins).
                                                  Last edited by Bored Of Education; 15-11-2018, 20:38.

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                                                    #75
                                                    Bubble wrap? Really?

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