In article <180220051741314580%vornoffREMOVE@sonic.net>,
Douglas Sederberg <vornoffREMOVE@sonic.net> wrote:
> In article <42163aa3$0$15815$636a15ce@news.free.fr>, pat o'beur
> <pat.o'beur@frogland.fr> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm looking for a verb or the usual way for "to clean with a
> > vacuum-cleaner".
> > Thanks
> "vacuum"
> as in: "I vacuumed the living room yesterday."
I agree with this. The person who suggested "I Hoovered the living
room" sounds like they're "verbing" a brand name. That'd be like saying
"I had a cut on my finger, but I band-aid(tm)ed it" rather than "...but
I bandaged it." The former is "verbing" with a brand-name, the latter
is more common usage.
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