View Full Version : weedeater or weedwacker?
devildog
03-27-2004, 07:29 AM
ok, i need the opinion of ao on this one, cause im starting a huge battle within the marine corps out here if a grass trimmer is called a weedwacker or weedwipper.
TransMan
03-27-2004, 07:47 AM
its weed eater
shartley
03-27-2004, 08:19 AM
I have always called them weed-whackers since they do not EAT weeds at all, but “whack” them down.
That would be like calling a Lawn Mower a Lawn Eater. :p
devildog
03-27-2004, 08:24 AM
Originally posted by shartley
I have always called them weed-whackers since they do not EAT weeds at all, but “whack” them down.
That would be like calling a Lawn Mower a Lawn Eater. :p
thank you!!! thats what i keep telling everyone, i even use the exact same lawn mower example. man everyone is pissing me off!
1stdeadeye
03-27-2004, 08:26 AM
Weed Eater is a brand. Weed whacker is a nickname. They are actually Trimmers in the Sears catalogue. They are all the same though!;)
TransMan
03-27-2004, 08:52 AM
Well since lawn mowers and weedEATERS chew up the grass and shoot it out could be called eating.....:D
devildog
03-27-2004, 09:06 AM
ah but you see, a weedWACKER doesnt chew up and spit out the grass, it takes a plastic orange line and wacks the grass, never chews it, takes it in, or spits it anywhere, just knocks it over.
TransMan
03-27-2004, 09:30 AM
Well it dont wack them either if thats the case it cuts or trims them therfor it would be a weed cutter or weed trimmer.
logamus
03-27-2004, 09:43 AM
if your a dirty yankee its wacker, if your a normal human then its eater. ;)
LONG LIVE THE WEEDEATERS!!!!
magking
03-27-2004, 09:47 AM
Originally posted by logamus
if your a dirty yankee its wacker, if your a normal human then its eater. ;)
LONG LIVE THE WEEDEATERS!!!!
amen long live the weed eater
RRfireblade
03-27-2004, 09:57 AM
Weed 'Wacker' is the string trimmer based machine.
Weed 'Eater' is the chemical weed killing spray,IMO.
Or are you looking for an edger? :)
sneakyhacker420
03-27-2004, 10:09 AM
weed wacker - W00T!!!
ScatterPlot
03-27-2004, 06:36 PM
I bet what you call it depends on the area of the US you live in. In the South, we call "Soft drinks" "cokes." "Get me a coke" should always be followed by "What kind?". In the north, it's "soda." If you really wanted to get technical, since a lot of people use these aforementioned "lawn trimmers" to cut grass, it would be either a "grasseater" or a "grasswhacker." It could even be called a "grassslicer" or a "weedslicer." It all just depends.
BTW it's weedeater all the way.
mcveighr
03-27-2004, 10:14 PM
Its a weed whacker, as previously stated it whacks the weed, it doesn't eat it.
bleachit
03-27-2004, 10:20 PM
first of all its a weed wacker.
"In the north, it's "soda." "
in response to this, ITS POP. yes, I do live in the North.
mcveighr
03-27-2004, 10:30 PM
I live in Canada, its pop.
Pop is what gay people say. Its either soda, or you call it by the type of soda.
mcveighr
03-27-2004, 10:50 PM
Its pop or more often the type of pop.
Ex: Can I get 8 mountain dew's please?
If you say pop here you get looked at real funny :)
devildog
03-28-2004, 02:04 AM
lol, yeah, its definetly soda, im a northeasterner. when i got stationed in florida, the waitresses used to say, what do you want to drink? id say "coke please". and she would say, what kind.
i would just stare at her for a long time. it was finally after my friends stopped making fun of me and told me that i new. man, thats to confusing.
TransMan
03-28-2004, 02:09 AM
Seems to me that the Yanks and Canucks got quite a few things in common hmmmm.......:)
magman007
03-28-2004, 02:37 AM
btw, you crazy slackjawed yokels..... its weed wacker :)
Kevn 419
03-28-2004, 09:59 AM
i agree with pyro on the soda thing... pop is what gay people say.
also its called a weedwhacker.
fire1811
03-28-2004, 11:58 AM
Originally posted by PyRo
If you say pop here you get looked at real funny :)
oh yes you do
we i went to NYC to visit my brother my girlfriend went into a pizza place and ordered a "piece" of pizza and a
large pop.
they looked at here like she had a third eye.
so i came in and said "give me a slice of pie and a large soda"
everything worked out then
and i call the weedwacker "the thing you dont stop spinning with your hand...ouch"
Cryer
03-28-2004, 12:17 PM
I just call everything "a coke". That or soda. Pop is ghey
paintbattler
03-28-2004, 01:07 PM
Isn't WeedEater a brand name?
I prefer a propane torch. Just burn the damn things :)
71 LS6
03-28-2004, 03:10 PM
if your a dirty yankee its wacker, if your a normal human then its eater.
I'm a dirty yankee, and I call it a weedEATER. :)
Around here, referring to pop as "soda" is considered gay. Actually, one of the only people I know that calls it "soda" is also one of the only gays that I know. :rolleyes:
And who calls every pop "coke?" Thats just plain stupid :D
Well thats because your a bunch of hicks. Does the thing eat weeds? Stupid hicks :)
UltimatePaintballer
03-28-2004, 03:27 PM
weed whacker, weed eater, trimmer its all the same. i just use w/e one comes first
Sir_Brass
03-28-2004, 03:59 PM
weedwhacker are those wussy grass trimmers you get at any hardware store.
A weedEATER is what I use during the summer working for the water department on the mowing crew: stands taller than I do (and I'm 6'1") when being standing on end, has a 330 cc 2 stroke engine, and takes a guage of cutting wire so heavy that a weedWHACKER can't even turn with a spool of this stuff threaded on. ;) ;) ;)
A weedEATER can cut down even small trees. A weedWHACKER whacks the weeds, but doesn't do jack and barely cuts grass. ;) ;) ;)
71 LS6
03-28-2004, 05:29 PM
^^ Thanks you sir, for providing us with your professional opinion.
Oh yeah, and for agreeing with me :cool:
Bad_Dog
03-28-2004, 06:00 PM
A weedEATER can cut down even small trees. A weedWHACKER whacks the weeds, but doesn't do jack and barely cuts grass.
that just about sums it up
real men use weedEATERs;)
devildog
03-28-2004, 10:10 PM
Originally posted by Bad_Dog
real men use weedEATERs;)
ill never understand you southerners!!
now go screw your sister :D
I understand it. Why go through the trouble of finding a girlfriend when you can just go down the hall.
zacbot
03-28-2004, 10:37 PM
that is funny and discusting all at the same time
but it is weedeater
UltimatePaintballer
03-29-2004, 12:34 PM
Originally posted by devildog
ill never understand you southerners!!
now go screw your sister :D
dude, look at his location, WISCONSIN IN NOT IN THE SOUTH!
Still counts as the south.
Sir_Brass
03-29-2004, 02:01 PM
Originally posted by PyRo
Still counts as the south.
hardly. a Southerner is someone who is born and raised or has lived long enough to absorb the culture of a state south of the Mason Dixon line ;).
And not all of us Southerners are incestuous redneck hicks. Get rid of your sick stereotypes, then we'll talk ;).
devildog
03-30-2004, 04:43 AM
Originally posted by UltimatePaintballer
dude, look at his location, WISCONSIN IN NOT IN THE SOUTH!
hey, im just ribbing him a little
plus, anthing south of maryland and west of missippi is south ;)
jah871
03-30-2004, 06:32 AM
its definately weedeater.
None of the above, they are trimmers and I bring proof. The real big ones are brushcutters :)
http://www.echo-usa.com/
dwab3000
03-30-2004, 09:39 AM
And now i just need to know...What drives a person to make a post about Weed killing devices. i use turf for my lawns...if anything other than turf pops up, i get the neighborhood kid to kill it cause im playing paintball.i just know this. As i kid when i moved around (my dad was in the navy) everyone called it WEEDWACKER. its truly a just a piece of lawn care that trims the edges and tight spots a mower cant reach.
ShortStrokeTX
03-30-2004, 10:00 AM
I really don't get the stereotypes. I know about 3 people that I would consider hicks here in Texas and I've lived here for going on 6 years.
BlackVCG
03-30-2004, 11:21 AM
In my landscaping experience over the past 8 years in "Orygun" it's been called the following:
weedeating
weedwhacking
greenmachine
trimming
brushcutting
Originally posted by shartley
I have always called them weed-whackers since they do not EAT weeds at all, but “whack” them down.
That would be like calling a Lawn Mower a Lawn Eater. :p
yep that sums it up
devildog
03-30-2004, 09:41 PM
Originally posted by dwab3000
And now i just need to know...What drives a person to make a post about Weed killing devices.
2 things:
1. we had an argument about it out here in okinawa, so i just wanted to get some proof that weedwhacker is right.
2. where from norwich are you? i lived in taftvile for like 10 years
Nick O time
03-30-2004, 10:21 PM
weedwacker definately that.
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