# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 134
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/134 "2025-05-28T17:08:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Tactical waffles are for poseurs. Only accept mil-spec waffles. This would be a good time to re-read one of the Dope’s best threads about the Kodiak Power Cake waffle mix with the bear on the package. The thread even got noticed by the company that makes the mix. And I still buy a box every now and then. > [@Pancakes that make me feel like a man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-that-make-me-feel-like-a-man/808884): > > [Kodiak Cakes. Power Cakes.](http://www.kodiakcakes.com/power-cakes/) So friggin’ manly, they couldn’t contain the manliness in one name. There’s a damn bear growling at you right on the front of the industrial-grade cardboard box, so don’t wet yourself, Francis, when you see it on the counter next to my carpenters axe and blowtorch. It’s a big black box, with two massive bags of protein-packed flapjack mix inside. Now listen up: This thing contains almost three-thousandths of a ton of Y-chromosome-polishing powder, so don’t drop it on y… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587)._