weedeater or weedwacker?

[devildog]

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]

its weed eater

[shartley]

[devildog]

Originally posted by shartley

thank you!!! thats what i keep telling everyone, i even use the exact same lawn mower example. man everyone is pissing me off!

[1stdeadeye]

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]

Well since lawn mowers and weedEATERS chew up the grass and shoot it out could be called eating.....

[devildog]

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]

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]

if your a dirty yankee its wacker, if your a normal human then its eater.


LONG LIVE THE WEEDEATERS!!!!

[magking]

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]

Weed 'Wacker' is the string trimmer based machine.

Weed 'Eater' is the chemical weed killing spray,IMO.

[PyRo]

Or are you looking for an edger? :)

[sneakyhacker420]

weed wacker - W00T!!!

[ScatterPlot]

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]

Its a weed whacker, as previously stated it whacks the weed, it doesn't eat it.