(1) Hence the household cleaning product Jif became Cif and Marathon chocolate bars became Snickers in the UK.
(2) When I was little, those thin, crepe-style pancakes – served with a sprinkling of caster sugar and an antiseptic squirt of Jif lemon juice – were considered the height of continental sophistication.
Jiffy
Definition:
(n.) A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I'm afraid Mr Pierrepoint is rather busy today, but he's got just one hanging before you, so we'll have you out of here in a jiffy.
(2) In the novel, Bilbo basically sleeps through the main bulk of the battle, and it's all over in a jiffy.
(3) But some harried office junior decided to post back the fragile glass plate in said Jiffy, with the inevitable consequences.
(4) They wish women could be "freeze-dried and quick and done in a jiffy".
(5) Stage shows feature monsters made out of Jiffy bags; in the new series, Fielding briefly sports a Polo as a monocle.
(6) It was alleged that he plotted with the couple and four other defendants to hinder the police investigation into hacking after Charlie Brooks was caught hiding a computer and other material including a Jiffy bag of porn DVDs behind a bin in the underground car park at the Chelsea home he shared with Rebekah Brooks.