# Confusing product names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [April 18, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472 "2024-04-18T19:59:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/1 "2024-04-18T19:59:10Z")
“Chicken of the Sea” isn’t chicken. “Fruit of the Loom” has nothing to do with fruit. I never could understand what fruit had to do with underwear. Oh, the output from the loom is cloth, used to make underwear. Long stretch for a brand name. What else comes to mind? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/2 "2024-04-18T20:02:03Z")
This does not work well for sex. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710Fco4kGlL.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710Fco4kGlL.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/3 "2024-04-18T20:19:09Z")
Chicken fried steak is not cooked by chickens. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/4 "2024-04-18T20:19:44Z")
Cue old jokes about “baby food” and “baby oil”. There’s an antifreeze called Peak and at least used to be a toothpaste by the same name. I could imagine a dimwit picking up the wrong one. [![](https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcSs2JsvIBvaBKDaK_nNGuReQUtHxG2qyFzENyDTZ3EZaEZka2CPjQw7PGh4sCM5wpeLQQuIx_Zj0YwVx3dac841r-M7oiT55YPMPTTAn3Gwmf-s5IBc8ijHipO1) ](https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcSs2JsvIBvaBKDaK_nNGuReQUtHxG2qyFzENyDTZ3EZaEZka2CPjQw7PGh4sCM5wpeLQQuIx_Zj0YwVx3dac841r-M7oiT55YPMPTTAn3Gwmf-s5IBc8ijHipO1) [![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/53/b7/fb/53b7fbd3ffdcb3b7c539c8e2e57e490b.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/53/b7/fb/53b7fbd3ffdcb3b7c539c8e2e57e490b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/5 "2024-04-18T20:21:35Z")
Chock Full O Nuts is a brand of coffee and contains no nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/6 "2024-04-18T20:22:00Z")
Tiger’s Milk Bars do not contain the milk of any large striped feline. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/7 "2024-04-18T20:22:47Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Chock Full O Nuts is a brand of coffee and contains no nuts Likewise Grape-Nuts, which also contain no grapes. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/8 "2024-04-18T20:25:10Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Likewise Grape-Nuts, which also contain no grapes. Nor nuts. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/9 "2024-04-18T20:25:17Z")
That one was explained in one of my books. It does taste nutty. The inventor thought it contained glucose also known as ‘grape sugar’. Grape Nuts it is then. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/10 "2024-04-18T20:31:30Z")
Miracle Whip is not a miracle, or even whipped. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/11 "2024-04-18T20:32:51Z")
I disagree. It’s somehow bland and tangy and chemically all at once. Truly, a miracle. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/12 "2024-04-18T20:44:33Z")
A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. It’s a legume. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/13 "2024-04-18T20:56:44Z")
Butternut brand bread contains no butter, no nuts, and no butternuts. Scalloped potatoes contain no scallops. German chocolate cake is not from Germany. It’s apparently named for Samuel German, owner of a chocolate company. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/14 "2024-04-18T21:20:51Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Butternut brand bread contains no butter, no nuts, and no butternuts. Likewise Butternut branded coffee lacks all those things. > [@bibliophage](#): > > German chocolate cake is not from Germany Contains no Germans either. At least not according to the standard recipe. The (in)famous Lechter Variation notwithstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/15 "2024-04-18T21:49:15Z")
Northwestern University isn’t in the Northwest. ---
**Author:** ![Yosh99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@Yosh99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosh99)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/16 "2024-04-18T21:49:27Z")
I tried to place an online order for a dark NA beer over the course of a few months but it always said, “All Out”. I finally called in frustration to ask when it would be available and was told it was in stock. It turned out the name of the beer is “All Out”. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/17 "2024-04-18T22:06:52Z")
EB eggs don’t mean the Easter bunny signed them. Altho’ I told the grandkids it did. Kinda worked, too. Yay! Nana, for being a quick wit, that one time. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/18 "2024-04-18T22:22:43Z")
Cadbury Eggs are not eggs! Do not try to make an omelette with them. > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Northwestern University isn’t in the Northwest. None of Northwest Airlines’ hubs were in the Northwest (At one point I think they did have quite a few flights out of Seattle, but I think think they ever considered it a hub). Meanwhile, the airline that _does_ have its main hub in Seattle is… Alaska Airlines. You can fly between many places in the lower 48 states on Alaska Airlines. You can even fly from the lower 48 to Hawaii on Alaska Airlines. Southwest Airlines flies all over the US, not just the Southwest. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/19 "2024-04-18T22:26:09Z")
Cue old joke about the Virgin Islands. . . ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/20 "2024-04-18T22:32:53Z")
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