Fairy is a popular brand of washing-up liquid produced by Procter & Gamble in London, United Kingdom. Fairy liquid is traditionally green, prompting the well-known advertising jingle "Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face, with mild green Fairy Liquid". Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1989x1566, 1220 KB) Summary Two bottles of Fairy dish-washing detergent. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1989x1566, 1220 KB) Summary Two bottles of Fairy dish-washing detergent. ... Dishwashing liquid is a detergent used to assist in dishwashing. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Currently Fairy is sold throughout Europe although regional names may vary. Fairy liquid is available in a variety of colour/scent combinations.
In the United Kingdom, Fairy is also sold as a brand of non-biological laundry detergent. The original high-suds variant was known as "Fairy Snow".
The Fairy brand has expanded through the decades, and is now also used on automatic dishwashing products; the latest being "Fairy Activebursts". These are pouches of powder and specially formulated washing-up liquid, which are specifically designed for domestic dishwashers.
In the UK, Fairy Liquid has become a genericized trademark for washing up liquid. A genericized trademark, generic trade mark, generic descriptor, or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name which has become the colloquial or generic description for a particular class of product or service. ...
A fairy chess piece is any unorthodox piece used in a chess variant.
Fairy Margarine is an Australian brand of margarine, marketed in some countries as Krona to avoid conflict with the detergents.
Fairy is a disparaging term meaning a homosexual or an effeminate man. The term can also be used without offense, often by two gay men as a term of affection.