# Clever Brand Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100 "2001-10-08T13:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alex\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_B)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100/1 "2001-10-08T13:00:29Z")
In response to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91452). > [@](#): > > Around here, we’re always pointing out turns of phrase that would make good band names. How about if we go in the other direction? A lot of bands have straightforward names (like The Dave Matthews Band) or simple, boring ones (like Garbage). > > What bands have names that actually deserve to be band names? That are clever and witty and insightful and stuff. What about clever brand names, i.e. products, shops, businesses etc. I’ll start with a British shop and mail order service who specialise in bras, particularly in the larger sizes: **Bravissimo** I just think that’s brilliant. It always cheers me up when I walk past, and not just because of the pictures of the lingerie models. Alex ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100/2 "2001-10-08T13:28:52Z")
I don’t know if it’s national or not but a new flower shop just opened up here called **Ka-Bloom!** ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100/3 "2001-10-08T14:06:35Z")
There’s a pet grooming shop a few blocks from here called _Doggie-Style_. Not so much clever as it is really awful. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100/4 "2001-10-08T14:31:48Z")
I always loved the name of **Screaming Yellow Zonkers**. They were sort of like Cracker Jack and their original box back in the 70s was hilarious (“Easily cheaper than diamonds of equal weight.”) The same company also makes **Fiddle Faddle** and **Poppycock** (which, if you know the etymology of the term\*, is a terrible name for snack food). \*[here](http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=poppycock) ---
**Author:** ![Big\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Big\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_G)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100/5 "2001-10-08T16:41:34Z")
Here in Newark, DE, there is a heavy equipment rental place called “Hire-a-Hoe”. And it’s right next to a church! Been there for years and it still gives me a laugh. -G ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100/6 "2001-10-08T22:46:57Z")
In San Diego there is a funeral home called Goodbody Mortuary. It’s probably someone’s last name, but still they must have had quite a sense of humor to name the funeral home that. Not really clever, but there is a surfboard wax called Sticky Bumps. Sounds like a social disease to me. ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100/7 "2001-10-08T22:48:53Z")
There’s a beauty parlor in Austin called “Curl Up and Dye”. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-brand-names/86100/8 "2001-10-08T23:44:17Z")
At one time in the Green Arrow comic book, he owned a flower shop called Sherwood Florist. Particularly good since his costume was Robin Hood-ish.