What do yall call this...

[Raider Nation Fisher]

Since I've spent the last 6 hours running one of these out the yard. I'm curious what yall call one of these, in yalls area. Down here in Bama I've always heard them called a Weedeater. So what's the name in Yalls areas???

[Way2slow]

Weedeater.  

Kinda like how many know what a hosepipe is.   Years back while I was in the AF and stationed in VA, a guy that worked with me went to Fort Gordon in Augusta GA for a school.  He came back asking who knew what it was.  At Fort Gordon was the first time he had ever heard of one and didn't know what it was.

[MN Fisher]

That's what I call it up here in the 'Nord Country' though some around here call it a 'Weed Wacker'.

[Deephaven]

Definitely Wacker not eater

[Michigander]

Weed whacker or weed whip.

[Log Catcher]

Weed Eater, weed wacker, or string trimmer.

[detroit1]

grass stain maker

[Finessegenics]

I’m not even sure. I seem to call it a weed wacker, weed eater and weed trimmer interchangeably

[Bubba 460]

That there buddy is the Binford 5000 XT Ground Pounder 2 and sometimes hovercraft.... Strap-in

[jbsoonerfan]

It's a weedeater

[Ski213]

To me it’s a weedeater and it’s one of my least favorite tools to operate. On my fence rows it should be called a poison ivy shrapnel distributor. I’ve heard them called weed weed eaters, weed whackers, and even string trimmers around here. 

[12poundbass]

Weed eater 

 

How about my fellow northern folk.... snow blower or snow thrower? I call it a snow blower

 

Snow machine or a snowmobile? Snowmobile here in Michigan, but in Alaska and I believe Canada they call it a snow machine. 

[DitchPanda]

Weedeater 100%

1 minute ago, 12poundbass said:

Weed eater 

 

How about my fellow northern folk.... snow blower or snow thrower? I call it a snow blower

 

Snow machine or a snowmobile? Snowmobile here in Michigan, but in Alaska and I believe Canada they call it a snow machine. 

snow blower and snowmobile

If somebody called it a snow machine I'd asked if they meant snowmobile or snow blower...the are both snow machines after all

[BigAngus752]

Weed Eater is a brand name but people use it as a name for all string trimmers.  Just like everyone insists that they are always throwing a Chatterbait regardless of the brand name of the vibrating jig they are using.  That has to aggravate the other manufacturers when they see a photo posted of someone holding a 10lb-er with their bladed jig hanging out of the mouth and the guy posting saying that he caught it on a "Chatterbait".   LOL

 

I vote weed wacker.  

 

[huZZah]

When people say a “string trimmer” it makes me ?. It’s not hair.

I say weed eater cause my parents did. That was the brand they had for years. 

[Smells like fish]

We say it so that it sounds like wee deeter lol

 

weedeater, wee deeter? Same thing?

[Jrob78]

Weedeater

[Hammer 4]

Always called them thangs a weed wacker.

Makes some gardeners lazy nowadays. 

[islandbass]

5 hours ago, BigAngus752 said:

Weed Eater is a brand name but people use it as a name for all string trimmers.  Just like everyone insists that they are always throwing a Chatterbait regardless of the brand name of the vibrating jig they are using.  That has to aggravate the other manufacturers when they see a photo posted of someone holding a 10lb-er with their bladed jig hanging out of the mouth and the guy posting saying that he caught it on a "Chatterbait".   LOL

 

I vote weed wacker.  

 

Absolutely, just like Xerox and Kleenex. 
 

There was a time back home where soda pop was called Coke. A conversation could go like this:

Sam: “Would you like a coke?

Steve: “Sure!”

Sam: “What kind?”

Steve: “7up.”

Sam: “Okay. Here you go.”

 

I kid you not ??

I usually say weed eater but I’ll WHACK this accursed tool every time the line jams (won’t pan out line) or runs out when I only have about 2’ worth of lawn to do. 

[haggard]

If you want to get fancy, it's a string trimmer, but no need to get too fancy.

 

That's a weed whacker.

 

Whacker with an "h"

 

Wacker = wacky = wacko = crazy

 

[huZZah]

4 hours ago, islandbass said:

Sam: “Would you like a coke?

Steve: “Sure!”

Sam: “What kind?”

Steve: “7up.”

Sam: “Okay. Here you go.”

That time was yesterday...in the south everything’s a coke. 

[Tennessee Boy]

It’s a weed eater and when your using it you’re weed eating.

 

Me:  I mowed the yard.

Wife: Did you weed eat?

[NYWayfarer]

In these parts the weeds get the same treatment as mob informants...they get whacked!

[roadwarrior]

5 hours ago, huZZah said:

...in the south everything’s a coke. 

[TnRiver46]

For a long time I called them moneymakers because I got paid to run one 8-10 hours a day. They have always been one of my favorite toys