tony coleman
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Cars that park right next to you when the rest of the carpark is fucking empty.
As in eponymous, makes sense now you say it. Cheers.There is also Dyson. Mrs BS bought a Dyson recently and everyone knows what is meant by that.
They are known as eponyms.
Shouldn't that be TANNOY!! Sorry, where's my coat.Tannoy
Chill out mate. Put your Zimmer aside and have a Coke :)Working in an electrical retail background for over 20 years people who call vacuum cleaners Hoovers.
It winds me up something rotten.
Unless you are actually buying a Hoover vacuum cleaner they should never be referred as Hoovers
D'you mean a hoover?There is also Dyson. Mrs BS bought a Dyson recently and everyone knows what is meant by that.
They are known as eponyms.
Yeah, a Dyson HooverD'you mean a hoover?
And as I shout “no, you’ve just laid off half of your staff you tight cunts”"Your call is important to us" and "We're experiencing an unusually high volume of calls..."
TannoyingTannoy
KlaxonI think that you are correct, albeit as a synonym not a verb but in the lexicon. There must be others too but I can't think of any.