Products that are call by the original makers name, not the real name.

[tnt_motorsports]

Kind of off topic but has anyone ever owned an actual weed eater? I wonder if they can compete with the rest.

I had one about 15-18 years ago. It was the "$99 special" curved shaft. It did what I wanted but I gave it away when I bought a new Ryobi straight shaft with the expanded components for the end.

just my $0.02

 

[14Accent]

Maybe not a brand name, but I grew up calling aluminum foil "tin foil". I realize that pre-WWII, there actually WAS foil made from tin instead of aluminum, just not sure why it kept being referred to by it's original name. Could be a Midwest thing, who knows.

 

[ironman_gq]

I had one about 15-18 years ago. It was the "$99 special" curved shaft. It did what I wanted but I gave it away when I bought a new Ryobi straight shaft with the expanded components for the end.

just my $0.02

My brother picked one up at a garage sale for $10, loved it because it only weighed 5 pounds and worked. It died on him after a couple seasons and he realized he couldn't get parts for it and you needed three hands to take it apart.

 

[Sonic]

I’m guilty of saying McNuggets when referring to chicken nuggets pretty much from anywhere. My kids do too. We don’t even get them that often but they learned it from me.

 

[nomas]

I had an original WeedEater back around 1981 . When I say I burned it up I'm not kidding . Smoke came out and it was too hot to touch . That was my last electric string trimmer .

 

[vavavroom]

Maybe not a brand name, but I grew up calling aluminum foil "tin foil". I realize that pre-WWII, there actually WAS foil made from tin instead of aluminum, just not sure why it kept being referred to by it's original name. Could be a Midwest thing, who knows.

Before tin foil, there was lead foil. Terms are often carried over and make now little sense. Does a modern vehicle really have a "dashboard" like a horse-drawn carriage did and do we "Hit the hay" at day's end? Have you recently actually "hung up" a phone?

 

[PimTac]

Before tin foil, there was lead foil. Terms are often carried over and make now little sense. Does a modern vehicle really have a "dashboard" like a horse-drawn carriage did and do we "Hit the hay" at day's end? Have you recently actually "hung up" a phone?

C’mon now you’re yanking my chain.

 

[14Accent]

Before tin foil, there was lead foil. Terms are often carried over and make now little sense. Does a modern vehicle really have a "dashboard" like a horse-drawn carriage did and do we "Hit the hay" at day's end? Have you recently actually "hung up" a phone?

All valid points! I never thought of it that way. I still refer to a vehicles instrument panel as the "dash" (I shorten it).

 

[aquariuscsm]

Kind of off topic but has anyone ever owned an actual weed eater? I wonder if they can compete with the rest.

Yep, a Weedeater Featherlite. It was indestructible!! Always started on the first pull.

 

[Donald]

High test gas. (Premium gas, high octane).

 

[Pablo]

High test gas. (Premium gas, high octane).

Ethyl. Yeah no tetraethylead

 

[doitmyself]

Round Up = glyphosate

Bayer = aspirin

Tylenol = Acetaminophen

 

[BMW Dom]

Does dumpster count?

 

[cwilliamsws6]

This one is oddly specific, but I used to work at a car dealership, and in the shop we had an old master tech who's been there since the place opened in the 70s. He'd refer to any kind of refrigerator as a "Fridigaire".

Does dumpster count?

Yep, Dumpster was originally a brand name itself: Trademarked by Dempster Brothers, Inc. in 1963, dumpster is originally a portmanteau of the word dump and the last name Dempster.