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 still remember my mum hosting tupperware parties in the 70's! It will always be tupperware to me.

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And ‘action figure doll’ (?) for Action Man

Also tippex, and Coke for any carbonated, caramelised sugar drink.

I’d much rather Spangle than hoover.

Did Mr Spangle also invent the 1970s boiled sweets?

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.

So I hoover (it’s a shark) and store leftovers in Tupperware (they’re old Chinese takeaway tubs) but we have knitted by nannas in this house.

I approve of “Tupperware” used generically too, and also Hoover and Calpol.

But I think there has to be some gate keeping on this, because some companies try to make their brand name generic when it’s not. I’m looking at Sarson’s vinegar in particular here, but there are others!

Does anyone else find it really jarring when the bbc have to say the proper term for an item like vacuum or sticky tape or whatever. Instead of Hoover and sellotape??? Especially on cooking shows when they really want to say cling film.

Nope. That’s cheap disposable takeaway containers. You can buy them from the Aldi special buys every few months or from the grocery shop.

@PestoHoliday ”Didn't crack, buckle, melt, leak, split or warp.” Not true. It definitely split and cracked, it did melt, and it needed care when microwaving. The best part was the lifetime replacement guarantee so that when it did split you could get it replaced for free. It would probably be a different colour but it would be replaced. We had many many lids replaced over the years. If you were microwaving something in the special microwave Tupperware you had to avoid tomato based products or else you’d stain it permanently.

Mil says sweep for vacuuming which sounds archaic. Sweep is using a broom not a vacuum cleaner.

I must admit I say hoover

Yep I say Tupperware. I get told off by my son but in all honesty a lot of ours is the originally Tupperware!

We reuse the tubs from our lovely local Chinese takeaway so they're called Mr Chim's Boxes in our house.

I remember when Duvets were a new thing
My mum got us all " continental quilts"
They were a revelation.

I’m still using actual Tupperware. Must be 30 years old. Mainly given by my sister for bday and Christmas gifts, as she was a rep!

I did not know bubble wrap was a brand name. Mind blown 🤯

Blu tack is another one.

I never knew that ! ✍️

hoovering is so entrenched now it even applies to eating !

I only ever use glass containers now for storing/heating as the plastic ones soon get manky and they always have that weird smell that only reused plastic has.

Sounds a lot more fun to spangle I agree. No relation to the name of the sweets (very happy to be corrected on that though)

I Hoover
I pritt ( stick something)
and I use Tupperware

Same! My Nana used to correct me every time and say ‘you vacuumed’ 😆 I have a shark not a Hoover but still use hoover as a verb

It took me years to realise that’s what Blue Peter meant by “ sticky backed plastic “ 😂

Ok, I like that you're careful about your syllable use.

I have a tendency to use pot. I mean 'a pot'. I do not smoke 'pot'.

Is she thinking of a carpet sweeper?