The Chase tonight

[bobh]

Hoover is a brand name, calling a vacuum cleaner a hoover is the same as calling all cars a Ford.

I need to buy a new Ford.
What make are you getting?
Audi.

TThe difference is that "hoover" is something of an onomatopoeia.

There's some fluff on my floor, I'll hoover it up - with my Henry. (and that is NOT a euphemism! )

[Harry Monk]

TThe difference is that "hoover" is something of an onomatopoeia.

There's some fluff on my floor, I'll hoover it up - with my Henry. (and that is NOT a euphemism! )

The word hoover doesn't sound like the noise a vacuum makes.