# Does the word tactical have any meaning in advertisements? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 20, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587 "2025-05-20T16:24:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/81 "2025-05-21T14:47:04Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > With about 4 thin brightly colored tubular things leading out of the opening and up to wherever they attached to the truck’s hitch. > > Yep. Truck wire nuts. - Even better if they’re on an electric truck. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/82 "2025-05-21T15:42:15Z")
I haven’t seen the wire nuts version, but I did spot ones similar to this which I find mildly amusing. Much better than the originals. [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/33735952/r/il/47b72b/3624877463/il_570xN.3624877463_fp6t.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/33735952/r/il/47b72b/3624877463/il_570xN.3624877463_fp6t.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/83 "2025-05-21T15:55:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > With about 4 thin brightly colored tubular things leading out of the opening and up to wherever they attached to the truck’s hitch. > > > > Yep. Truck wire nuts. - > > Even better if they’re on an electric truck. Or on an electrician’s truck. 😉 > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > it’s such a fine line between stupid and clever. My thoughts 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:** [May 21, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/84 "2025-05-21T16:14:36Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Scent options include “Bamboo & Teak”, “Black Linen & Amber”, “Red Cedarwood”, “Green Irish Tweed”, “White Musk”, “Glacier Falls” and “Oceanus” (I would rather not smell like any kind of anus, thank you 🤣). Wouldn’t it be more tactical to NOT be wearing scent? What would pink camouflage gear be called? Also, if you look around you can find camo fabric made out of little dick shapes. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/85 "2025-05-21T16:15:48Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > What would pink camouflage gear be called? Barbieflage. Hello Kittyflage. ---
**Author:** ![sb1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@sb1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sb1953)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/86 "2025-05-21T16:18:11Z")
HA! tactical trips to pee @3AM! so true! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/87 "2025-05-21T16:20:43Z")
That fits. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/88 "2025-05-21T16:22:14Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Its a marketing term to appeal to conservative men who hold strongly onto gender norms of masculinity. > > I’ve seen coffee advertised towards these men. Just like regular coffee, just 3x more expensive. I had gotten a pair of “Men’s Wicking Compression Exercise Pants.” I discovered they were exactly the same as my wife’s yoga pants, only twice the price and only availible in black. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/89 "2025-05-21T16:22:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Real tactical toilet paper failed because it didn’t take shit off anyone. This post is extremely underappreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/90 "2025-05-21T16:29:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I never asked my Father about that. Did he wipe with sheets of “Stars and Stripes”? > Surely General Patton used Bill Mauldin cartoons. > [Amazon.com: Tactical Toilet Paper Holder Backpacking Toilet Paperadmin Pouch Camping Roll Paper Bag Waterproof Portable Toilet Paper Roll Bag Survival Toilet Paper for Bathroom Camping and Hiking (Camouflage) : Sports & Outdoors](https://www.amazon.com/Tactical-Toilet-Paper-Backpacking-Paperadmin/dp/B0CPSC9HPT?th=1) I don’t know about you, but I would like to be able to find my toilet paper in the woods. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/91 "2025-05-21T16:36:49Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Yllaria](#): > > > > What would pink camouflage gear be called? > > Barbieflage. Hello Kittyflage. Not sure if those are actual terms of art in the industry; Google image search suggests not. But **[pink camo - Google image Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=pink+camo&udm=2)** suggests that the right word for it is “commonplace”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/92 "2025-05-21T16:55:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > global thermonuclear socks I should sell my used, unwashed pairs of socks under that description. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/93 "2025-05-21T17:01:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I give you (no takebacks!)…_tactical underwear_ I say it’s an oxymoron! “I’ve got my tactical underwear on” should be a way of saying you’re going commando! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/94 "2025-05-21T17:04:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Not sure if those are actual terms of art in the industry; Nah, just me riffing. But, Barbieflage _should_ be a thing! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/95 "2025-05-21T17:07:57Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > but I would like to be able to find my toilet paper in the woods. Ask the bears. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/96 "2025-05-21T17:09:44Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Ask the bears. Particularly the blue bears, if you want extra-soft toilet paper, or the red bears, if strong TP is your thing. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/97 "2025-05-21T17:14:33Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Particularly the blue bears The Pope might know, too. Or so I am told is a certainty, mostly from Catholic bears. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/98 "2025-05-21T17:15:03Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > > [@Czarcasm](#): > > > > I give you (no takebacks!)…_tactical underwear_ > > I say it’s an oxymoron! “I’ve got my tactical underwear on” should be a way of saying you’re going commando! \< waps @RTFirefly with camo Underoos \> ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/99 "2025-05-21T17:15:56Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Particularly the blue bears, if you want extra-soft toilet paper, or the red bears, if strong TP is your thing. I can bearly keep from laughing. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/100 "2025-05-21T17:16:43Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > > > but I would like to be able to find my toilet paper in the woods. > > Ask the bears. I thought they used rabbits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587.md?page=6)