# Need a name for my unusual home based business...creative open-minded types please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602 "2001-11-21T16:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rae\_of\_Dawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@Rae\_of\_Dawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rae_of_Dawn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/41 "2001-11-27T04:44:59Z")
Where!!! Where!!! I’m on the other side of the sound and don’t have a phone book for Seattle. ☹ New to the area… How 'bout, “Playthings”? ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/42 "2001-11-28T05:46:02Z")
I don’t know Poysyn, **Schtupperware** seems to fit the bill pretty well – anything with the word “Intimate” in it is probably already in the yellow pages under “Escorts” or “Massage” – these are toys after all, I would suggest being playful rather than coy. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/44 "2013-05-05T17:49:13Z")
> [@VenusProbe](#): > > **Eros Ex Machina** (sexual love from a machine) > > maybe a bit too tech and doesn’t roll off the tongue well. I know this is a zombie but if the video game hadn’t already taken it, “Deus Ex” would also be a good name. Has the connotations of a machine, plus if you say “Deus Ex” fast enough it sounds like something else. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/45 "2013-05-05T17:51:50Z")
Yoga ---
**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:** [May 5, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/46 "2013-05-05T17:59:31Z")
Hey Diddle Diddle ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/47 "2013-05-05T18:02:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Toys for Twats? > > nah, better not use this one… Yeah, especially because they’re not necessarily for women! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/48 "2013-05-05T18:03:30Z")
If you’re in a legal or medical marijuana state, and wanted to expand your product line, you could call it… Dongs & Bongs ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/49 "2013-05-05T18:26:23Z")
This zombie, which hasn’t seen the light of day in more than a decade, was revived by a spammer who has been dealt with. Per our practice these days, though, I’m leaving it open. Please note that the OP’s original issue has presumably been resolved by now. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/50 "2013-05-05T19:17:02Z")
Before I realized this was a zombie thread, the first idea was **It’s Just Lust** like that dating service It’s Just Lunch… ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/51 "2013-05-05T19:40:56Z")
Holy CRAP, I was a little surprised to see this thread! Resolved. Business was successful for a while, had to drop it when I was really “big” pregnant since, for some reason, people don’t want to buy toys from pregnant lady. Thanks for the suggestions though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/52 "2013-05-05T19:45:25Z")
zombie or no > [@Poysyn](#): > > Holy CRAP, I was a little surprised to see this thread! Resolved. Business was successful for a while, had to drop it when I was really “big” pregnant since, for some reason, people don’t want to buy toys from pregnant lady. Thanks for the suggestions though. 🙂 you don’t get that way from being satisfied with your toys. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/53 "2013-05-05T20:06:39Z")
Schtupperware: We Keep You Fresh 😃 I see Finagle beat me to it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/54 "2013-05-05T22:36:14Z")
I wish I’d seen this thread the first time around… > [@elmwood](#): > > Think 1999. > > Think dot-commerce. > > Think buzzwords. > > **Adult Solutions.** > > Now go out there and get some venture capital. _Erotic_ Solutions. Even ten years later, it’s still a good idea to end the deliberate confusion some erotic vendors like to sow between “erotic” and “adult”. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/55 "2013-05-07T12:09:47Z")
So…what did you end up naming your business? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602/56 "2013-05-07T12:34:42Z")
> [@11811](#): > > Schtupperware: We Keep You Fresh 😃 > > I see Finagle beat me to it. ☹ …by 12 years. (And I was going to post the same thing. Crude minds think alike.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-unusual-home-based-business-creative-open-minded-types-please/94602.md?page=2)