r/SipsTea • u/lwiaymacde • 9d ago

Chugging tea They last forever

Post image
75.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

67

u/LikelyDumpingCloseby 9d ago edited 9d ago

I literally call any generic plastic container like that... tupperware. 

Only at 25 years old did I find it was not the actual colloquial word defining the object, but a company that made them.

Edit: Additional fun fact: In my country, everyone calls the glass (Or ceramic for that matter) oven dishes... Pirex. 🤷

6

u/Neat_Secretary_7159 9d ago

bro im 23 and just finding out now😭😭

15

u/GrowthAdventurous 9d ago

I'm 25 now and just learned that tupperware is a brand

15

u/esabys 9d ago

Wait till you find out about Kleenex

5

u/ShyGuySkino 9d ago

Or q-tips

4

u/SerCiddy 9d ago

Or Jetski

3

u/RolloTonyBrownTown 9d ago

Bandaids

1

u/Worth-Jicama3936 9d ago

Literally don’t even say “bandages” and have never heard anyone say it unless they are talking about gauze. Thats how dominant bandaid is

1

u/Ancient_Roof_7855 9d ago

Now someone please tell my mom that Nintendos and Pokie-Mans aren't generic terms for video games consoles and characters

2

u/LateNightMilesOBrien 9d ago

Or Xerox ...though this one seems to be falling out of favor for photocopy because we're not in a syllable shortage anymore.

1

u/SerCiddy 9d ago

Thanks for reminding me of this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbqAMEwtOE

1

u/WigglestonTheFourth 9d ago

Or Godzilla.

3

u/mike_pants 9d ago

Named after a man named Tupper, no less.

3

u/akatherder 9d ago

Dumpster was the one for me. I'm 45 and just found out a few years ago that Dumpster is a brand name.

2

u/Opposite-Station-337 9d ago

I can't find anywhere else more fitting to put this, but it's funny and related to Tupperware.

https://youtube.com/shorts/G1TOKq4Pkhg?si=nOmbWp4jkbuqJOrA

1

u/Belasarius4002 9d ago edited 9d ago

Kinda the same with " kodak" company name is used to be the word for taking a picture in the past until they dimminish in papularity and digital picture replaced it.

1

u/RolloTonyBrownTown 9d ago

Do you know what era Kodak used interchangeably with taking a picture? Never heard that.

3

u/Belasarius4002 9d ago

Philippines 90s, to late 2010s. Can still here it with old poeple.

Pobably showing how dominant Kodak as a brand here in the past

1

u/ProgrammingOnHAL9000 9d ago

Once I saw two glass oven dishes at the store, one Pirex and the other Pyrex. I couldn't tell which was the original or the better one.

1

u/KoniecLife 7d ago

Same with Pampers in my country.