# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/101 "2024-04-21T22:28:11Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I always have the impression that it’s a laundry product You are thinking of Colon detergent. Personally, I have never been confused on where it goes though… ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/102 "2024-04-21T22:49:51Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > You are thinking of Colon detergent. No, actually I’m thinking of the various fancy names for allegedly “colour-safe” detergents and bleaches. “Colour-safe” is the usual term, but surely “colour-guard” would be a snappy marketing term? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/103 "2024-04-21T23:28:23Z")
It exists! [https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cheer-Colorguard-96-Loads-Liquid-Laundry-Detergent-150-Fl-Oz/35246067](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cheer-Colorguard-96-Loads-Liquid-Laundry-Detergent-150-Fl-Oz/35246067) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/104 "2024-04-21T23:34:25Z")
Wow! I knew something like that must exist! Thank you for finding it!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/105 "2024-04-22T12:42:53Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > The University of South Florida is a couple of hundred miles north of south Florida. Many years ago I worked with a young woman. While talking colleges, she said she had gone to Miami University. I said that must have been a nice place to go to college, what with the warm winter weather and all. She said “no, Miami University _ **of Ohio** _”. Whaaah? First I had heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/106 "2024-04-22T18:59:17Z")
Well, I was a bit taken aback to hear that Samuel L. “Mark Twain” Clemmens was born in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/107 "2024-04-22T19:16:56Z")
Florida, Missouri ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/108 "2024-04-22T21:28:25Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > but surely “colour-guard” would be a snappy marketing term? My sister wasn’t coordinated enough to join the colo-guard in school. What? ---
**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 22, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/109 "2024-04-22T21:36:23Z")
There is No snow in a snow cone! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/110 "2024-04-22T23:42:37Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > “Chicken of the Sea” isn’t chicken. This actually makes sense to me. Chicken (to Americans) is kind of the ubiquitous land meat. It’s counterpoint from the sea is tuna. Chicken of the Sea! Much like, [The Cadillac of Minivans.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIKZBRGSii0) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/111 "2024-04-23T00:17:52Z")
Or chicken of the woods > **[Chicken Of The Woods](https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/chicken-of-the-woods/)** > > Great in stews and casseroles in place of chicken, stir fries or marinated in a satay sauce and skewered. Must be cooked. Or hen of the woods > **[Hen of the Woods](https://foragerchef.com/hen-of-the-woods-mushrooms/)** > > Everything you wanted to know about hunting and cooking the hen of the woods, also known as the maitake or Grifola frondosa. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/112 "2024-04-23T00:59:14Z")
Sharks are the icebergs of the sea! > **[Scary Triangles](https://xkcd.com/2923/)** > > Concealed mostly beneath the surface, sharks are the icebergs of the sea. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/113 "2024-04-23T05:37:42Z")
Girl Scout cookies are not made of real Girl Scouts. ---
**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 23, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/114 "2024-04-23T11:49:07Z")
And although the Brownies (junior Girl Scouts for our non-US folks) are indeed edible, or at least nibble-able, it really freaks out the adults when you as a Cub Scout (junior Boy Scouts) do it. :leer: ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/115 "2024-04-23T11:57:58Z")
Gorilla Glue contains no gorillas, but I suppose you could use it to glue gorillas together. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/116 "2024-04-23T12:09:31Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > It’s counterpoint from the sea is tuna. Chicken of the Sea! Just like Tuna of the Dirt. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/117 "2024-04-23T19:34:42Z")
Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/118 "2024-04-23T20:18:17Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > “Chicken of the Sea” isn’t chicken. Their water-packed, whiter tuna was supposed to be closer to chicken breast meat than oil-packed darker (cheaper) tuna was. For a given value of overcooked chicken breast meat. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/119 "2024-04-24T00:13:53Z")
I don’t recommend it. The gorillas refuse to cooperate. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472/120 "2024-04-24T00:46:41Z")
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