Around where? Is this in an entire community, or merely your family group? I've never heard the name used like that before, and find it hard to believe it would

Around where? Is this in an entire community, or merely your family group? I've never heard the name used like that before, and find it hard to believe it would displace 'Hoover' as a colloquialism. Also, aren't Bissel devices mechanical sweepers, not vacuum cleaners?