A list of 51 words by chained_bear.
- rollerblade appears on 10 other lists
- zeppelin appears on 35 other lists
- kleenex appears on 15 other lists
- band-aid appears on 8 other lists
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- jell-o appears on 4 other lists
- trojans appears on 1 other list
- rooty-tooty fresh and fruity appears on just this list
- xerox appears on 17 other lists
- google appears on 80 other lists
- velcro appears on 13 other lists
- coke appears on 14 other lists
- klieg appears on 8 other lists
- ipod appears on 21 other lists
- crisco appears on 2 other lists
- klaxon appears on 43 other lists
- klieg eyes appears on just this list
- post-it appears on 4 other lists
- q-tip appears on 7 other lists
- fig newton appears on 1 other list
- zamboni appears on 27 other lists
- hoover appears on 19 other lists
- keystone kops appears on just this list
- keystone cops appears on 1 other list
- naugahyde appears on 11 other lists
- bvd appears on just this list
- mimeograph appears on 13 other lists
- spam appears on 60 other lists
- biro appears on 11 other lists
- blu-tak appears on just this list
- blue-tak appears on just this list
- steadicam appears on 1 other list
- gammadyne appears on just this list
- dumpster appears on 8 other lists
- thermos appears on 11 other lists
- panadol appears on 1 other list
- nylon appears on 17 other lists
- jacuzzi appears on 7 other lists
- polaroid appears on 15 other lists
- styrofoam appears on 8 other lists
- bakelite appears on 12 other lists
- linoleum appears on 24 other lists
- crock pot appears on just this list
- laundromat appears on 10 other lists
- bikini appears on 12 other lists
- mercurochrome appears on 5 other lists
- campho-phenique appears on 1 other list
- salvarsan appears on 1 other list
- kodachrome appears on 2 other lists
- samsonite appears on 2 other lists
- pop-tart appears on 2 other lists
kalayzich BVD is a brand of men's underwear, Aug 15, 2012
kalayzich Trojan was a contraceptive sheath
First registered as a proprietary term in the U.S. on 26 Apr. 1927. Aug 15, 2012
kalayzich U.S. Patent 0,621,195, "Navigable balloon". 14 March 1899. Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin.
That zeppelin was referred to as a Navigable balloon.
Aug 15, 2012
hernesheir I took umbrage at your laziness to look up Frisbee, dontcry, but then started flinging around a pie tin with the name Frisbee on it and forgot all about it. Inside my house. Aug 28, 2009
Prolagus Extremely lazy: four lines under your comment would've been enough! Aug 28, 2009
dontcry Frisbee? Did anyone say that yet? *too lazy to look* Aug 28, 2009
Prolagus Hacky Sack? Aug 28, 2009
reesetee Here are a few oldies: moxie, Ouija, Allen wrench, brassiere, Play-Doh, dry ice, weedeater, granola, jungle gym, hula hoop, spandex, lycra, astroturf, rolodex, and frisbee. Newer ones: FedEx, tupperware, teflon, DayTimer. Somebody stop me! Dec 5, 2008
chained_bear Crud. I must have missed a ton of comments here--sionnach was the first to point out thermos... Sheesh. I need to keep up with list maintenance. Dec 5, 2008
bilby Thermos. Dec 5, 2008
plethora Panadol. Jul 14, 2008
chained_bear I thought it was cellotape...? Thanks S! Jul 13, 2008
sionnach Hmmm. klaxon and klieg seem so delightfully early 20th century, don't they? More 1908 thatn 2008. A simpler era, when the young lady you were walking out with was a Gibson girl.
(Not to be confused with those new-fangled Kelly girls).
zipper, escalator, tarmac, thermos, nylon, yo-yo, trampoline, jacuzzi, polaroid, styrofoam, bakelite.
We say biro in Ireland as well. But Scotch tape is known as sellotape. Jul 13, 2008
chained_bear Wow, bilby, those are strikingly Australian!
re: spelling, I found two main spellings of blu-tak/blue-tak, so I listed them both.
Thanks for the additions, guys. Jul 13, 2008
bilby Biro I hear too often. Re-useable adhesive putty is referred to as Blu-Tak by everyone I know, though I'm not sure if it's Australian or international. Jul 13, 2008
Prolagus Spam! Jul 13, 2008
chained_bear I usually hear Hoover in the context of eating something really fast, like, "Damn! Chris hoovered the pizza already!"
In which usage, I think it's hilarious. Nov 12, 2007
reesetee In the United States, too--at least in my neck of the woods. Nov 12, 2007
yarb Hoover is standard in the UK for a vacuum cleaner. Nov 12, 2007
abraxaszugzwang antonomasia when a trademark is used as a generic term. Feb 25, 2007
reesetee How 'bout zamboni? (Thanks to Collage's "Hodgepodge" list.) Feb 21, 2007
amcd56 BVDs and fig newtons Feb 17, 2007
reesetee Oooh, with the purple ink that smelled good?
Guess I just showed my age. ;-) Feb 17, 2007
oroboros mimeograph (for all you teachers of a certain age out there.) ;-P Feb 17, 2007
reesetee Oh, and Q-tips! Feb 17, 2007
reesetee Here are a few: linoleum, aspirin, crock pot, laundromat...oh, and bikini. And heroin--originally a pain reliever made by Bayer, described as a "heroine" in the war against pain. Feb 16, 2007
chained_bear There's also that. I don't like it enough either. ;) Feb 5, 2007
reesetee You kidding? I hear that all over the place. Tampax almost made my list of words I don't like, except I don't even like it enough to put it on the list of words I don't like. Feb 5, 2007
chained_bear Weeeeell... I was thinking of words we use as substitute nouns (or verbs, as the case may be). I don't know that anyone says "Got a tampax?" when they're in a public restroom (for example). You're right about iPod and Coke though. Feb 5, 2007
reesetee Klaxon *used* to be a trade name, I believe. Feb 5, 2007
reesetee Coke. Tampax. And iPod, damn near. Feb 4, 2007