# Bad business names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/437875>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 16, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/437875 "2008-02-16T12:18:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/437875/101 "2008-02-19T22:54:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Licentious Ectomorph]  
There’s a local car dealership called OK Used Cars. I can’t imagine who buys cars there.  
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Before the term “preowned vehicles” entered the lexicon, Chevrolet dealers throughout the USA featured lots filled with [OK Used Cars.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ROUND-OK-USED-CARS-EMBOSSED-METAL-SIGN-MINT_W0QQitemZ170194124039QQcmdZViewItem?IMSfp=TL0802150816a971)

**Tikki** : There are competing theories surrounding the origin of the use of _fiasco_ to mean a disastrous mistake. A discussion can be found under the  
Wish you were here, and vice versa. heading on [this page.](http://www.word-detective.com/103001.html)

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