Do these toys have a common widely-accepted name?
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Brinca-Brinca is the term we use in more hispanically oriented english speaking regions of the US.– PaulCommented Nov 6, 2015 at 15:49
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In the UK they are often called 'Bouncy Castles', however when they don't bear any resemblance to a castle they are sometimes called, merely, 'Inflatables'
Inflatable - noun
1 - any of various large air-filled objects made of strong plastic or rubber, used for children to play on at fairs, carnivals, etc.
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answered Nov 5, 2015 at 16:46
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1A "bouncy castle" is a special type of inflatable that is enclosed and its only real purpose is to allow people (kids) to jump up and down. (And yes, they often look like small inflated multicolor castles). The pictured inflatable is sort of a bouncy obstacle course.– T.E.D.Commented Nov 5, 2015 at 16:52
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19At least where I'm from (Southern US) I've heard people call all these things 'bouncy castles' even when they look like something else. But don't mind us: we also call all sodas 'Coke'. Commented Nov 5, 2015 at 18:55
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5Anything like this ('castle' or not) I know, and have often heard described, as 'bouncy castle'.– DanCommented Nov 5, 2015 at 23:35
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1I (from the UK) would call the item in the picture a "bouncy castle", despite it not looking much like a castle.– psmearsCommented Nov 7, 2015 at 16:20
Bounce house is a generic term, at least in the US. Toys R Us and Walmart use the term to broadly categorize these products.
Here are a few usage examples from around the US:
- New York Post: Bounce house goes airborne with kids inside
- NBC Miami: Children Hurt as Waterspout Uproots Bounce House
- Denver Post: 2 kids injured as Colorado bounce house blows away
Variations like bouncy house and inflatable bounce house are also used, but less commonly than bounce house.
answered Nov 5, 2015 at 16:51
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3Strange that the term "Bounce House" is always associated with injuries... Commented Nov 5, 2015 at 20:06
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@DanielGriscom At least in the news it is. But the term is also used when the media isn't around! Commented Nov 5, 2015 at 20:07
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2In Boston, we are apparently wishy-washy between "bounce house" and "bouncy house" — although personally, I've only heard "bouncy house".– mattdmCommented Nov 6, 2015 at 0:27
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8Would you expect a bounce house that is behaving normally to make the news? Commented Nov 6, 2015 at 0:46
Every child I grew up with would refer to them as a moon bounce.
Per Wikipedia;
They have been marketed with such names as "Bounce House", "Bouncies","Moon Bounce", "Boingalow", "Astrojump", "Moonwalk", "Jolly Jump" and "Spacewalk". "Brinca brinca" [is] another name commonly used by Latinos
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I've never heard it as anything else as well, grew up in the Northwestern US in the 90's, and live in the Northeastern US now. Commented Nov 7, 2015 at 0:22
Worked for about five years at accompany that rented these out in the USA, and they were called jumping castles (when they resembled castles, and were for jumping in) and inflatables the rest of the time. This includes slides, Velcro walls, or obstacle courses as your picture indicates. The company has them listed generally as 'inflatables' on their site.
Note that jumping castles or bouncy houses are simply a more specific for of inflatable. The following photos are all from their website.
Jumping Castle, Bouncy House, or simply Bounce
45 foot obstacle course Inflatable
27 foot dual-lane Inflatable slide
I would add that there may also be regional differences. My experience was all in the southwestern USA.
In Australia they're known as 'Jumping Castles'.
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Welcome to EL&U.This post would be improved by providing additional support for the use of this term: perhaps a dictionary definition or examples in the wild. I encourage you take the site tour and review the help center for additional guidance. Commented Nov 6, 2015 at 13:55