Do Americans call it a bouncy house not a bouncy castle or bouncing castle? I heard an American say this and was wondering which is more common. ?

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1. I call it a bouncy house

2. Depends on the shape of the bouncy structure. All bouncy castles are bouncy houses, but not all bouncy houses are bouncy castles.

3. Bounce house or bouncy house.

4. Depends on if it looks like a house or castle.

5. Moon bounce

6. Some call them “moon-walk”

   I call them bounce/bouncy house usually.

7. I call it a house also

8. Because most of them hete look like houses as opposed to castles and most people in this country will never see or experience a castle but they will see and experience homes

9. Is it still a bouncy castle if it’s not shaped like a castle?

10. I say both interchangeably. Bouncy house, bouncy castle, regardless of whether it’s in a castle shape or just a generic shape.

11. I usually call it a moon bounce

12. In my experience, both bouncy house and bouncy castle are in common use.

    I don’t believe I’ve ever heard anyone use ‘bouncing’ instead of ‘bouncy.’

13. I agree with the others, definitely goes by the format of bouncy + architectural shape (but can always be called house). Bouncy house and castle generally, but I’d like to see a bouncy pavilion or villa one day.

14. I’ve heard both plenty, I tend to default to bouncy house.

15. I call them inflatable houses or castles.

16. Depends. If it’s shaped like a castle, it may get called a bouncy castle. But they’re not all shaped like castles.

17. “Bounce house” is more musical to say than “bouncing castle,” so on the like 1-3 occasions in my 42 years on this earth where I’ve had a reason to refer to one out loud, I’m fairly sure I went with “bounce house.”

18. I’ve always just called them jumpers.

19. Bouncy house

20. I always called it a jumping castle, but I’ve yet to meet anyone else who does so I wonder where I got it from

21. I’ve heard and used all of them and have no ‘standard’.

22. If it’s shaped like a castle then yeah might call it a bouncy castle. But otherwise usually bouncy house or bounce house

23. I’m starting to wonder if I’m from another timeline bc I grew up calling them space walks

24. Bounce house, unless it obviously has castle-like features.

25. They are interchangeable in my opinion. I will just pick one of the two and say it at that time.

26. All three are common