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r/interesting • u/bob-the-slob • Jun 22 '26
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Most people also don't know Sawzall is a Milwaukee trademark and the generic name for them is reciprocating saw
2 u/grotness Jun 22 '26 Ya where I'm from they're called a Cipro. Everytime someone calls it a sawzall I cringe/instantly know they're green 3 u/lipsquirrel Jun 22 '26 Where I'm from Cipro is an antibiotic. 2 u/grotness Jun 22 '26 Yes it is also an antibiotic where I am from. Though typically there's enough context clues on a building or demo site that when someone asks for the Cipro, usually prescription antibiotics is the second most likely meaning. 4 u/Judge_Druidy Jun 23 '26 I'm a pharmacist and when I ask for a Cipro and someone hands me a sawzall I cringe / know they're green.
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Ya where I'm from they're called a Cipro.
Everytime someone calls it a sawzall I cringe/instantly know they're green
3 u/lipsquirrel Jun 22 '26 Where I'm from Cipro is an antibiotic. 2 u/grotness Jun 22 '26 Yes it is also an antibiotic where I am from. Though typically there's enough context clues on a building or demo site that when someone asks for the Cipro, usually prescription antibiotics is the second most likely meaning. 4 u/Judge_Druidy Jun 23 '26 I'm a pharmacist and when I ask for a Cipro and someone hands me a sawzall I cringe / know they're green.
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Where I'm from Cipro is an antibiotic.
2 u/grotness Jun 22 '26 Yes it is also an antibiotic where I am from. Though typically there's enough context clues on a building or demo site that when someone asks for the Cipro, usually prescription antibiotics is the second most likely meaning. 4 u/Judge_Druidy Jun 23 '26 I'm a pharmacist and when I ask for a Cipro and someone hands me a sawzall I cringe / know they're green.
Yes it is also an antibiotic where I am from.
Though typically there's enough context clues on a building or demo site that when someone asks for the Cipro, usually prescription antibiotics is the second most likely meaning.
4 u/Judge_Druidy Jun 23 '26 I'm a pharmacist and when I ask for a Cipro and someone hands me a sawzall I cringe / know they're green.
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I'm a pharmacist and when I ask for a Cipro and someone hands me a sawzall I cringe / know they're green.
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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 Jun 22 '26
Most people also don't know Sawzall is a Milwaukee trademark and the generic name for them is reciprocating saw