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

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And I do it too.

(and Im old enough to remember actual Tupperware)

I use the verb hoover when I own a Dyson.

Oh yes me too

To hoover
Did hoover
I hoovered
I am hoovering

My parents still have, and use, real Tupperware that is older than me and still in tiptop condition! It was the real deal.

I agree that if you say the brand name of something, people know what you are doing or using.
If you said 'plastic food containers,' that is one heck of a mouthful, so it's easier to say Tupperware.
A lot of people say hoovering but rarely have I heard vacuuming

And ‘pritt stick’ for the Tesco glue stick

I hoover
You hoover
He/She hoovers
We Hoover
You ( plural) hoover
They hoover
wont bother with the subjunctive!

And Biro

I knew I would 'of' left loads out.

See you over in pedants corner!!

DS listed 'Tupperware' amongst his uni essentials, further questioning revealed he wanted a couple of plastic bowls to store food.

Same

I'm a seventies child so i remember Tupperware parties and other families having it but I don't think we did
What was so great about it?

Sellotape! Always sellotape no matter where it’s from.

Same with sellotape.

It came in nice colours, there was a container for everything, it lasted ages( still have some) it’s unbreakable , it stacks and stores.
Plus there were nice nibbles at parties, in Tupperware, obviously!
It needs to come back.

We did have some tupperware, only the small bowls because it was expensive. Working class south London family, not much money for pastel pink and green food storage options

I wasnt allowed to use the Tupperware for school sandwiches, they were transported in ice cream tubs.

sellotape
print stick
hoover
blu tack - are there even alternatives?
tupperware
bubble wrap
google
jet ski
velcro
thermos

Yes to Tupperware
Biro
Sellotape
Hoover

In our house, we refer to any sandwich maker as a Breville

We do breville for toastie too.
Biro although I only buy biros

See you over in pedants corner!!

Should have been called Pendants Corner 😁

#BringBackShaun

My mum always called it 'Tubberware'! 🤣🤣🤦‍♀️

Jeye cloths for any of those plasticky blue and white wipes

It's actually Pedants' Corner 😁

any paracetamol for the dc is called calpol.

I never use the word Tupperware. I use the word tub.

I do say hoover though.

Oh lovely. I like it. You're write!!!!