Clever brand names

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I tend to lean toward the classics, and my list reflects that.

Vesta - A brand of stove. Named for the Roman goddess of the hearth. Subtle.

Frigidaire - The unheated pool in the Roman baths was called the frigidarium. Also subtle, but very witty.

Magnavox - Latin for “great voice”. Nice name for a stereo.

Volvo - Also Latin. It means “I roll”. I’m not sure what the Latin word for “boxy” would be.

And one I came across today at the store: Anusol. A brand of hemmorhoidal suppository. From the Latin “anus” (obvious) and “sol”, meaning the sun. A giant burning ball of fire. Singularly appropriate, I’d say. Now you tell me that wasn’t deliberate on their part.

And people wonder why I occasionally burst into uncontrollable laughter in the middle of the supermarket.

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Reebok once named a shoe “Incubus” (which was a male form of a"Succubus") a male demon which spread its seed by mating with unsuspecting women (call it rape if you will).

Good research there!

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Nytol, the sleep aid.

Speaking of which, I ought to head off for a snooze myself.

Night, all.

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Nice. I always thought it refered to the frigid air inside the fridge.

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Vesta was also the name of a strike-anywhere match made in England. Even more clever and to the point, since the Vestal virgins guarded the sacred fire.

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Duck Tape?

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When I was in Greece a few years back I saw a box of matches with the brand name Diogenes. Complete with an engraving of the old man wandering about in the middle of the day holding up a lantern.

Had forgotten about that one.