Edison2@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?message-squaremessage-square297linkfedilinkarrow-up1286
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minus-squareriquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoKleenex, tissue. Band aid, bandage. Xerox, copy. IPad, tablet (some people call their android tablets iPads) Plucker, flosser. It’s not really that bad. Some are even shorter: Google, search. Invisalign, retainer. Some are iffy: Sharpie, permanent marker. (You could just say marker, depending on if you have any other markers in the house to disambiguate from.) And some are definitely shorter as brand names: Q-tip, cotton swab Velcro, hook and loop Sawzall, reciprocating saw (And if there was a shorter name for “oscillating multi tool” I would be so happy.) I can’t think of any others.
Less syllables always wins.
Kleenex, tissue. Band aid, bandage. Xerox, copy. IPad, tablet (some people call their android tablets iPads) Plucker, flosser.
It’s not really that bad. Some are even shorter:
Google, search. Invisalign, retainer.
Some are iffy:
Sharpie, permanent marker. (You could just say marker, depending on if you have any other markers in the house to disambiguate from.)
And some are definitely shorter as brand names:
Q-tip, cotton swab Velcro, hook and loop Sawzall, reciprocating saw
(And if there was a shorter name for “oscillating multi tool” I would be so happy.)
I can’t think of any others.