Stupid little things that bug you

[citizen_maine]

There is also Dyson. Mrs BS bought a Dyson recently and everyone knows what is meant by that.

They are known as eponyms.

D'you mean a hoover?

 

[Big Swifty]

D'you mean a hoover?

Yeah, a Dyson Hoover

 

[Deleted member 77198]

"Your call is important to us" and "We're experiencing an unusually high volume of calls..."

And as I shout “no, you’ve just laid off half of your staff you tight cunts”

They answer!

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Tannoy

Tannoying

 

[VOOMER]

People who refuse to close their mouths while eating,, sorry unless there's a medical reason, your *wat for doing this.

 

[salford blue 62]

I 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.

Klaxon

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

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

I always call it a hoover, vacuum cleaner is two words

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

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

Harmless and not worth getting wound about. If you are looking about for a plastic device with a nib and some ink in it to quickly write something down what do you ask for?

 

[doots]

I always call it a hoover, vacuum cleaner is two words

Correct, you hoover the stairs(or your Mrs does),you don't vacuum clean them.

 

[Barcon]

Correct, you hoover the stairs(or your Mrs does),you don't vacuum clean them.

You vac them