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minus-square@lobut@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish21•2 months agoI know what you’re saying but at the same time, I’m living in the GTA. Everyone I know calls them timbits, correctly or incorrectly.
minus-square@Apepollo11@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish16•2 months agoGenericisation. It happens all the time! Other examples (that are at least used generically in the UK). Astroturf, bubble wrap, hoover, hovercraft, jacuzzi, rollerblades and tarmac.
minus-square@Mouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoAspirin (and bandaids in the US)
minus-square@Albbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 months agoKitty Litter ** heard this one on the podcast Under the Influence Spotify link.
minus-square@Infynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoKleenex, Frisbee (which was actually a pie company), Google
minus-square@Albbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 months agoDid you hear the podcast too? I forgot about the Frisbee pie company part of the episode.
minus-square@Infynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI’m not a podcast guy. That’s a certified Dad Fact™️ lol
minus-square@I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoRecently learned that “dumpster” is a brand name for a “skip bin.” “This skip bin fire of a government agency” just doesn’t have the same ring to it though.
I know what you’re saying but at the same time, I’m living in the GTA. Everyone I know calls them timbits, correctly or incorrectly.
Genericisation. It happens all the time!
Other examples (that are at least used generically in the UK).
Astroturf, bubble wrap, hoover, hovercraft, jacuzzi, rollerblades and tarmac.
Aspirin
(and bandaids in the US)
Kitty Litter
** heard this one on the podcast Under the Influence Spotify link.
Kleenex, Frisbee (which was actually a pie company), Google
Did you hear the podcast too? I forgot about the Frisbee pie company part of the episode.
I’m not a podcast guy. That’s a certified Dad Fact™️ lol
Recently learned that “dumpster” is a brand name for a “skip bin.”
“This skip bin fire of a government agency” just doesn’t have the same ring to it though.