@brennyn@PooltoyWolf My grandma had an astroturf backyard (look, it was the 70s/80s… things were different back then), and she would yell at us grandkids that someone needed to ‘run the Hoky’ in the yard
Um … call me stoopid but WHY exactly would a Vacuum which is “a space absolutely devoid of matter” according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary need cleaning??
@IndifferentDude Dyson would roll through his grave if he knew how popular vacuum machines bearing his name were versus the solar capture megastructure design he publicized.
I’m originally from a North Eastern State where they still only ever call it “The Sweeper” Get the sweeper! means get the vacuum cleaner. Regardless of whether it’s an electric sucker machine. I moved to a South Eastern State as a kid and no one ever refers to it as a Sweeper here… I find it hysterical and delighted that the option is in this Meh survey
@show_the_maw
yeah, it is sort of like Kleenex, Bandaid,Saran wrap, Koozie, etc. You know your item is iconic when it is the go-to name for a class of products!
My cleaning lady from north St Louis called it a sweeper. She also would say she put dishes in the zinc. I would kid her and say I thought it was stainless steel. Then I would get “the look”.
We just call it a vacuum. Like why complicte it?
@kjady Exactly!
Apparently they’re called a “This Sucks” according to Meh commenters every time a vacuum is sold.
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It’s only a sweeper if it sweeps carpet but doesn’t have a vacuum motor.
@brennyn Or, as some of my relatives call it, a hoky.
@brennyn Were those relatives from anywhere near West Virginia?
@brennyn My grandma from Chicago called it that. She seemed to think that had been the brand (Hokie) that made that thing at some point?
@brennyn @togle Correct! My grandmother (originally from Scotland) had and used Hoky brand sweepers in her house, here in central Florida.
@brennyn @PooltoyWolf My grandma had an astroturf backyard (look, it was the 70s/80s… things were different back then), and she would yell at us grandkids that someone needed to ‘run the Hoky’ in the yard
@brennyn @PooltoyWolf @togle My friend’s grandmother called it a hoky here in West Central Florida and she was from West Virginia.
That’s a British thing, no?
@narfcake yup
What do you call a person who cleans vacuums?
@PooltoyWolf An appliance sanitization tech.
@PooltoyWolf But usually Javier. He repairs them, too.
@werehatrack As do I!
Well, if it’s food to be cleaned off the floor, <insert dog’s name here>.
@xobzoo If it’s food to be cleaned off the floor, we call “vacuum” and the dog runs over checking the floor all around us.
@xobzoo My co-worker’s dog is named Hoover for a reason.
@xobzoo And my dog has a very broad definition of “food”.
@macromeh Does your dog at least wait until you take your shoes off before chewing them to pieces?
Growing up at least two people I know called it the sucker. I did for awhile because I thought it was funny. I was also in Jr. High…
I am not from a vacuum cleaner. I am pretty sure that I don’t know anyone who is.
Where I am from, we call the maid.
@hchavers Sorry about your poverty. I call someone to call the maid.
a Door stop! they are great at that!![;-)](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f609.png)
Um … call me stoopid but WHY exactly would a Vacuum which is “a space absolutely devoid of matter” according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary need cleaning??
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@IndifferentDude booooooo
@IndifferentDude Dyson would roll through his grave if he knew how popular vacuum machines bearing his name were versus the solar capture megastructure design he publicized.
@IndifferentDude @pakopako Different Dyson. Megastructure = Freeman Dyson, vacuum cleaner = James Dyson.
I’m originally from a North Eastern State where they still only ever call it “The Sweeper”
Get the sweeper! means get the vacuum cleaner. Regardless of whether it’s an electric sucker machine. I moved to a South Eastern State as a kid and no one ever refers to it as a Sweeper here… I find it hysterical and delighted that the option is in this Meh survey
Vacuum cleaner or a bug sucker.
The tax man.
Electrolux
@Euniceandrich
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Vacuum is vacuum but it’s interesting the small roving vacuum is always a roomba despite the brand.
@show_the_maw Unless it has done something that it should not have, in which case it may have many very colorful names.
@show_the_maw
yeah, it is sort of like Kleenex, Bandaid,Saran wrap, Koozie, etc. You know your item is iconic when it is the go-to name for a class of products!
My cleaning lady from north St Louis called it a sweeper. She also would say she put dishes in the zinc. I would kid her and say I thought it was stainless steel. Then I would get “the look”.