I see the English writers are still using the word “Hoover” as a noun that means “vacuum cleaner” and even go so far as to turn it into a pseudo-verb, “Hoovering”.
8 posted on 03/30/2018 6:52:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)