Calgon

American

[kal-gon] / ˈkæl gɒn /

Trademark.

a brand of sodium phosphate glass sodium hexametaphosphate, soluble in water: used as a water-softening agent.

Calgon British

/ ˈkælɡɒn /

noun

a chemical compound, sodium hexametaphosphate, with water-softening properties, used in detergents

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Vicks is running deep-breathing woman-in-bathtub ads so jam-packed with blissful interiority that they feel like old spots for Calgon.

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

The closest I got was Jack Soo from “Barney Miller,” George Takei of “Star Trek” fame, and most especially the actress Anne Miyamoto from the Calgon commercial.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2021

It was a parody of a TV commercial for Calgon bath beads.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2019

Calgon was selling the bath as a solution to a problem I was too young to understand.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016

Starboard, which has advocated MLP conversions for companies such as Calgon Carbon, declined to comment.

From Forbes • Feb. 19, 2015

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