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I like the way people still say Tupperware even though its probably not Tupperware they're using

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soupyspoon · 10/08/2025 14:37

And I do it too.

(and Im old enough to remember actual Tupperware)

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Auburngal · 11/08/2025 20:07

One thing with tuppaware and their other competitors is that tomato sauce stains them.

RainbowZebraWarrior · 11/08/2025 19:54

wilmer1974 · 11/08/2025 19:03

Ketchup for all red sauce

Ketchup isn't a brand name though. Its just short for Tomato ketchup which some people call 'red sauce'

x2boys · 11/08/2025 19:23

wilmer1974 · 11/08/2025 19:03

Ketchup for all red sauce

Yes and all Brown sauce is just Brown sauce ,wether is HP, Daddies,Asda,s own.

wilmer1974 · 11/08/2025 19:03

Ketchup for all red sauce

CalzoneOnLegs · 11/08/2025 18:55

Tupperware and any other plastic item will survive for ever / or a very long time, that is why we have such a problem with plastics, they don’t biodegrade. Yes some of the cheap ones like the Chinese take away boxes will split but the plastic will never go away and also old Tupperware has been made with toxic substances.

realsavagelike · 11/08/2025 18:51

@BMW6 - Michele invented those

realsavagelike · 11/08/2025 18:48

@squashyhat hook and loop tape here...

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soupyspoon · 11/08/2025 18:43

NeverDropYourMooncup · 11/08/2025 18:36

Allders? You sound suspiciously South London to me.

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Guilty!!

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 11/08/2025 18:36

soupyspoon · 11/08/2025 08:21

I did not know this.

So I could have had proper tubberware all this time but instead kept buying things from BHS (RiP), Alders and then QVC

I wonder why they went out of business given theres quite a bit plastic tub market.

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Allders? You sound suspiciously South London to me.

Fetchthevet · 11/08/2025 17:49

I've just finished sharking my house.

x2boys · 11/08/2025 17:39

isthismylifenow · 11/08/2025 11:02

You need to come and visit me.

If you ask in the store what section you will find pants, they will direct you to the trousers department.

Much the same as if you ask for Colgate, they will just direct you to the general toothpaste section. 😂

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Ihf well yeah but surely colgate,will be in the general toothpaste section anyway?

KoalaBlue1 · 11/08/2025 13:50

Yes, I have a Tupperware Cupboard, With hardly any actual Tupperware

Tedsnan1 · 11/08/2025 13:44

JaninaDuszejko · 11/08/2025 11:36

Surely that's just referred to as a Ewbank?

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😂😂😂

autienotnaughty · 11/08/2025 13:12

I googled it on safari (or other web browser)

NImumconfused · 11/08/2025 12:15

50 year old orange Tupperware still going strong in our house - it was quality stuff!

JaninaDuszejko · 11/08/2025 11:45

Levi's wouldn't really be used for jeans, but Kleenex, bandaids and chapstick are definitely standard usage.

Bandaid in the US but when I was younger it was always Elastoplast here.

JaninaDuszejko · 11/08/2025 11:36

soupyspoon · 10/08/2025 21:07

Is she thinking of a carpet sweeper?

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Surely that's just referred to as a Ewbank?

user1497787065 · 11/08/2025 11:36

Vaseline is another. No one says must get some petroleum jelly for my chappped lips, dry cuticles etc.

SunnyPrague · 11/08/2025 11:21

Sellotape - for any brand of sticky-tape

isthismylifenow · 11/08/2025 11:02

Tedsnan1 · 11/08/2025 10:13

I'm English. I've lived a long time and never heard anyone use 'Colgate' for toothpaste.

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You need to come and visit me.

If you ask in the store what section you will find pants, they will direct you to the trousers department.

Much the same as if you ask for Colgate, they will just direct you to the general toothpaste section. 😂

isthismylifenow · 11/08/2025 10:55

Leilaandtheloggerheads · 11/08/2025 09:46

Again, where and which country?! I’ve never, ever heard this mentioned. Are you American or something?

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I'm South African.

There are more, but I am sure you would not get those as they are local brands. Any other Saffers on the thread will know exactly what I mean when I say Chappies, when I am referring to any bubblegum.

SayDoWhatNow · 11/08/2025 10:51

I've heard "marigolds" and "fairy liquid" for generic rubber gloves and washing up liquid.

I also like hearing the different brand names that have got into general use in different countries. In Cairo, I have heard "Coleman" for cool box, "Datsun" for any pickup truck and "Chipsy" (Walkers equivalent) for crisps.

Tinseltuttifruitti · 11/08/2025 10:43

labradormam · 10/08/2025 16:58

Tannoy (public address system).

Ive spent a lot of time in the US over the years and they won’t say tissue or hankie, they tend to say Kleenex (“hand me a Kleenex” etc etc).

I also noticed it with Levi’s a lot, they would often say “in the pocket of my Levi’s / that guy over there in the Levi’s” etc, whereas we would just say “jeans”. This was back in the 90s though, maybe with lots more jeans brands around now this wouldn’t be so common? Although brands were Wrangler were big back then as well, so I’m not sure if they used Levi’s to just mean Levi’s (instead of saying jeans), or if they meant it to mean any brand of jeans.

Levi's wouldn't really be used for jeans, but Kleenex, bandaids and chapstick are definitely standard usage.

I knew an older lady who had a few pieces of real Tupperware, it was like concrete compared to the flimsy stuff you get now.

Wonmoretime · 11/08/2025 10:37

I don’t call all plastic boxes Tupperware, but I do use biro, hoover, and fairy liquid for generic items . It’s the sort of thing that you can get taken to court over, hence if you ask for Coke in a restaurant you will often be told “”it’s Pepsi or rola cola or whatever “

tamade · 11/08/2025 10:37

RainbowZebraWarrior · 11/08/2025 08:15

Stanley knife is a good one. I definiteky say that, but probably because Ive only ever bought and used that brand. Petrol isn't a brand name though. Its just an abbreviation of petroleum. Unless you mean you say it when you mean Diesel?

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The petrol one is a factoid I have been carrying around for 30+ years, since visiting the Beamish museum probably. I have never questioned it. Anyway a quick search found this:

https://www.haltermann-carless.com/stories/petrol-how-haltermann-carless-invented-the-world-famous-name

It's not exactly a brand name but it was an invented word to market the newly invented product for the company.
As an example it's not as clear as sellotape
May I have half a point?

Haltermann Carless Petrol

Petrol: How Haltermann Carless coined the world famous name.

Petrol is a common term used all over the world. But do you know that the name was invented by Haltermann Carless in 1893?

https://www.haltermann-carless.com/stories/petrol-how-haltermann-carless-invented-the-world-famous-name