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minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 days agoSure, let’s go down to McDonald’s and get “timbits”. That was because tim hortons was the only place for a while, that’s stopped being the case about a decade ago when other places started offering them too.
minus-squareSpicy_Canada_Dry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agothey are mini filled doughnuts and larger than Timbits. its not the same thing, just because its small and round wont make it a timbit.
minus-squarelobut@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoI know what you’re saying but at the same time, I’m living in the GTA. Everyone I know calls them timbits, correctly or incorrectly.
minus-squareApepollo11@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoGenericisation. It happens all the time! Other examples (that are at least used generically in the UK). Astroturf, bubble wrap, hoover, hovercraft, jacuzzi, rollerblades and tarmac.
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoRecently learned that “dumpster” is a brand name for a “skip bin.” “This skip bin fire of a government agency” just doesn’t have the same ring to it though.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoAspirin (and bandaids in the US)
minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoKleenex, Frisbee (which was actually a pie company), Google
minus-squareAlbbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 days agoDid you hear the podcast too? I forgot about the Frisbee pie company part of the episode.
minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoI’m not a podcast guy. That’s a certified Dad Fact™️ lol
Sure, let’s go down to McDonald’s and get “timbits”.
That was because tim hortons was the only place for a while, that’s stopped being the case about a decade ago when other places started offering them too.
they are mini filled doughnuts and larger than Timbits. its not the same thing, just because its small and round wont make it a timbit.
I know what you’re saying but at the same time, I’m living in the GTA. Everyone I know calls them timbits, correctly or incorrectly.
Genericisation. It happens all the time!
Other examples (that are at least used generically in the UK).
Astroturf, bubble wrap, hoover, hovercraft, jacuzzi, rollerblades and tarmac.
Recently learned that “dumpster” is a brand name for a “skip bin.”
“This skip bin fire of a government agency” just doesn’t have the same ring to it though.
Aspirin
(and bandaids in the US)
Kitty Litter
Kleenex, Frisbee (which was actually a pie company), Google
Did you hear the podcast too? I forgot about the Frisbee pie company part of the episode.
I’m not a podcast guy. That’s a certified Dad Fact™️ lol