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Post by malibou on Sept 23, 2024 22:48:40 GMT
My family is in the Midwest where Krogers is huge. I picked the word up from my siblings when I was still in high school. When I was much younger, Kroger did an add that said “Let’s go Krogering,” and I always assumed that’s where the term started, but it could have just been Kroger using an already popular slang term. This ad is from 1982: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMfijBxgw9M&pp=ygURTGV0cyBnbyBrcm9nZXJpbmc%3DThat has to be where that came from. How funny! That ad ran while I was in high school. |
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Post by lbp on Sept 24, 2024 14:01:59 GMT
In my southern, country familly any carbonated beveridge is a Coke. I had to work really hard to quit that habit and sometimes I still do it.
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Post by karenk on Sept 24, 2024 15:13:19 GMT
Back in the 60s our local drug store ran a newspaper ad for Kleenex. My father went to buy some, and they told him, no, it was for the store brand. My father stood his ground and they gave him the Kleenex. 60 years ago!
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Post by gar on Sept 24, 2024 15:19:30 GMT
No not really. I say plasters, cotton buds, fizzy drink, slow cooker, sticky tape, skates, tissues, plastic container, vacuum cleaning, vacuum flask. I'd probably say Baby-Gro which is a brand name, mainly because I can't think of another word for that, and Post-Its because that's what we use. My personal peeve is hearing people talk about Tesco's, Lidl's and Aldi's. They aren't. They're Tesco, Lidl and Aldi. We do have Sainsbury's though. That’s because I’m basically saying “I’m going to a Tesco’s shop, to Aldi’s store” Its unsaid but understood that you’re going to one branch of the supermarkets belonging to them, hence ‘s. |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Sept 24, 2024 18:40:26 GMT
No not really. I say plasters, cotton buds, fizzy drink, slow cooker, sticky tape, skates, tissues, plastic container, vacuum cleaning, vacuum flask. I'd probably say Baby-Gro which is a brand name, mainly because I can't think of another word for that, and Post-Its because that's what we use. My personal peeve is hearing people talk about Tesco's, Lidl's and Aldi's. They aren't. They're Tesco, Lidl and Aldi. We do have Sainsbury's though. That’s because I’m basically saying “I’m going to a Tesco’s shop, to Aldi’s store” Its unsaid but understood that you’re going to one branch of the supermarkets belonging to them, hence ‘s. Yes, even though it's wrong with modern shop names. I suppose it's a throwback from when we used to say the baker's, the butcher's etc. |
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Post by gar on Sept 25, 2024 12:30:09 GMT
That’s because I’m basically saying “I’m going to a Tesco’s shop, to Aldi’s store” Its unsaid but understood that you’re going to one branch of the supermarkets belonging to them, hence ‘s. Yes, even though it's wrong with modern shop names. I suppose it's a throwback from when we used to say the baker's, the butcher's etc. I don’t consider it wrong, I think it’s just a quirk of every day language. |
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Post by MsChiff on Sept 25, 2024 18:15:32 GMT
I say Tupperware or Rubbermaid. All mine is either one brand or the other. No cheap plastic storage in this house.  |
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Post by Gem Girl on Sept 25, 2024 18:25:13 GMT
Vaseline for petroleum jelly. Generic Post It's are "sticky notes."
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Sept 25, 2024 18:35:42 GMT
I don’t think “Hoovering” is very common in US speech. At least I don’t hear it. I agree with most of what has been already motioned. Also “xeroxing” has become common for a photo copy. Xeroxing is what I thought of, too. When I worked for Xerox, they discouraged the use of the name for copying because they were concerned about protecting their identity/trademark. |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Sept 25, 2024 22:26:21 GMT
Yes, even though it's wrong with modern shop names. I suppose it's a throwback from when we used to say the baker's, the butcher's etc. I don’t consider it wrong, I think it’s just a quirk of every day language. No, I see what you mean. |
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