It doesn't sell! Let's call it something else!

:notes: If you live on the road, well there’s a new highway code
You take the urban noise with some Durban poison
It’s gonna lessen your load

30 DAYS IN THE HOLE! :notes:

Oddly, many of the lyrics sites have that as “you take the urban noise with some dirt with poison.”

Mmmmm. 15 years ago (statute of limitations expired, one would hope) I got some seeds from a Canadian grower, who’d originally got seeds from a California grower and grew a few cycles of Trainwreck. Not a heavy producer, but a potent sativa.

I just cooked up a tri-tip. Delicioso. We order or beef to get good grass-fed otherwise I rarely see it here in Colorado.

Is this what made you become a Chefguy?

Ha! No, it was boredom that got me into cooking. And I’m not a chef, thank the gods.

Some more non-food ones:

It’s not a trailer, it’s a “manufactured home”.

It’s not a duplex, it’s a “twin home”.

It’s not a second mortgage, it’s a “home equity loan”.

It’s not gambling, it’s “gaming”.

Perfect example, @terentii. Applause.

It’s not a shoddy dump, it’s a “prefabricated home.”

This is a somewhat obscure one, but “kaffir lime” is shifting in some markets (outside the US so far as I’ve noticed; like Australia and I would presume in English-speaking parts of Africa) to “makrut lime” (though searching says it’s referred to as “Thai lime” in South Africa). Reason being that “kaffir” is an extremely offensive word in South Africa, and it would be much like calling Brazil nuts “n***** toes.”

“Kiwi fruit” has been superseded by " Zespri™ Organic SunGold™ Kiwifruit". I don’t see lonely fuzzy kiwis rotting away on supermarket shelves anymore, it’s the new breed being marketed, sometimes with the aid of Dancing Kiwis.

If those freaking exhibitionistic fruit show up on my TV, they’ll be muted even faster than Liberty Mutual ads.

I feel like the banned posters who keep coming back as socks deserve a mention.

The gold kiwi I had was noticeably better than the regular ones.

On that note, I was always perplexed by how Cuties™ somehow managed to corner the market on clementines. I have literally overheard people at the farmers market ask their partner “Should we get some Cuties?”, when I’m sure the vendors at the farmers market are not selling Cuties™ brand clementines, but rather generic mandarin oranges.

Am I mistaken or weren’t they called Buffalo Wings because chicken wings were the scrap meat, so calling them chicken wings initially wouldn’t lead to sales? Thus why they named it after the city they were invented in.

Reminds me of that bit from “Yes Minister” in which the EU has set standards for the term “sausage” that English bangers can’t meet - leaving them the alternative term of Emulsified High-Fat Offal Tube (they compromise on “British Sausage”)

The Emulsified High-Fat Offal Tube | Yes, Minister: 1984 Christmas Special | BBC Comedy Greats - YouTube (start at 1:12 or so)

I don’t think that’s the same thing. Instead, it’s attaching a brand name to a commodity item, so you can charge more for it. Look at POM Wonderful pomegranates for instance.

Now I’m in the mood for bangers and mash (with mushy peas, of course)! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

aka mandarins aka tangerines. But there is a slight difference.

There are other brands of similar oranges, like Halos.

I’ve read a lot of business and restaurant industry articles on trends and research, and they all pretty much say “zero sugar” is preferred by Gen Z and “no one wants to be on a diet.” Also, many brands no longer use “diet” at all, zero sugar sodas are bought in larger quantities than regular ones, etc. Not sure about men in general not wanting diet. I used to drink Diet Rite without issue when I went really low carb. I drank Diet Pepsi Max (US version, now known as Pepsi Zero Sugar) because it had 0 sugar with extra caffeine, but I could see dropping the “diet” increasing sales with men who want caffeine without sugar.