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Re:The worst sales promotion in history: Hoover's free fligh... by benj111 on Monday August 12, 2019 @09:46AM (#20675325)
People call it a Henry Hoover in the same way they they call any sticky tape, sellotape.

Hoover is a brand name that has become genericised, a Henry is no more or less a Hoover than a Dyson is.

Here's a list of some others, Hoover is on the list

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_generici...

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