Examples of household word

• Rushbrooke is a very great man, a great religious authority, whose name is indeed a household word.

• Inflation has become such a household word that many people no longer grasp its meaning.

• It is an offshoot of a bigger concern, the name of which is almost a household word.

• His name is almost a household word to many classes of the community there.

• It will almost certainly use a generic name—a household word—associated with other products that already share the brand.

• He began by talking about the word "quango" which, he rightly says, is a household word.

• We have a football club in my constituency whose name is a household word.

• This man's name is a household word and is known to almost everybody.