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Thread Number: 23960
What does 'bojack' mean? |
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| Post# 268334 2/18/2014 at 12:45 (3,716 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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I have tried looking both online and in Vacuumland threads but have not seen a definition for 'bojack'. Does it just mean 'after market', or is there more to it than that? | ||
| Post# 268336 , Reply# 1 2/18/2014 at 13:06 (3,716 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
The term Bojack refers to 'non genuine'. A pack of DVC brand bags "to fit" Hoover type A, are "bojack" bags. It also refers to a vacuum salesman (usually door to door) that sell more than one brand (an Electrolux salesman that also sells Kirby is a "bojacker"). "Bojacker" also refers to someone who buys trade in vacuums from all the door to door guys and then resells them through his own store, eBay, flea market, etc. It's kind of like the word "hoosier". To someone from Indiana, it's not a cut down. To people in Missouri, trailer park dwellers are called "hoosiers", meaning "trash that won't burn". "Bojack" is a negative word, meaning "not good enough for the real thing". You wouldn't want to sell "bojack" bags or be a "Bojacker" yourself. The term is always used in a negative connotation way.
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| Post# 268340 , Reply# 2 2/18/2014 at 13:18 (3,716 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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Thank you much, dysonman1. | ||
| Post# 268460 , Reply# 3 2/18/2014 at 22:39 (3,716 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
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I was told that the Hoover repairmen in the 50's referred to anyone not selling Genuine Hoover parts was referred as a Bojacker. Someone selling parts that are not OEM parts is bojacking. | ||
Post# 268462 , Reply# 4 2/18/2014 at 22:50 (3,716 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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