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I grew up in California near the bay area calling them weed whackers.

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[–] masto@lemmy.masto.community 2 points 1 week ago

This plays in my head every time I hear the phrase “weed whacker”. It’s called a whacker, for weeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMghq58gvFo&t=106

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Loud pieces of shit

[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Dallas TX. We call it a trimmer. In Spanglish, many people call it a wira which is informal slang to pronounce "weed eater".

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