r/SipsTea • • 13h ago

Gasp! Just American things

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u/Blue_Waffle_Brunch 13h ago

I don't think I've ever heard someone say waste paper basket. It's just the garbage.

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u/Bureaucratic_Dick 13h ago

Same with glasses. No one ever says, “hang on let me grab my eyeglasses”

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u/213737isPrime 6h ago

That would be a spectacle.

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u/Bureaucratic_Dick 6h ago

Eye see what you did there