# Store and other business names that bug you **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001 "2020-04-17T19:36:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/41 "2020-04-18T12:42:16Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > [Dick’s Sporting Goods](https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/) Don’t forget Chick’s Sporting Goods. What’s worse, Chick’s was acquired by Dick’s in 2007 resulting in juvenile jokes on places like Fark involving their names and the word “with”. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/42 "2020-04-18T12:50:05Z")
Anything that tags ‘Shoppe’ on the end. They are using up all our extra p’s ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/43 "2020-04-18T13:08:10Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Recently encountered this foolishness. “Look, I’m _bad_ at math, and even I know that’s effed up. Why would I bank with someone who can’t even count on their fingers?” I always think of someone on their 5th third of booze. There’s a pizza place in Indy that has been here forever, which was probably started by two guys named Dave and Chuck, but they named it “D&C Pizza.” Secret’s in the sauce. ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/44 "2020-04-18T14:08:20Z")
> [@Yodalicious](#): > > There’s a company that makes multimeters called Fluke. Terrible name. “If it works, it’s a fluke.”. . My father used to joke, “If it’s a good bread, it’s a wonder” I dislike Stanley Steemer. Their spelling is a fraudulent attempt to make you think they use steam to clean your carpets. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/45 "2020-04-18T14:39:16Z")
[fudgienuckles sports bar](https://www.fudgienuckles.com/) And all over the US, there are beauty shops named **Curl up and dye** ---
**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:** [April 18, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/46 "2020-04-18T15:11:32Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Well, there’s the chain of gas station convenience stores called [Kum and Go](https://www.kumandgo.com/). I first saw one of those in Wyoming in 2009. Head shakingly weird. There was a Chinese place in Portland called Hung Far Lo. I really don’t want anything dangling in my wok, thanks. Anchorage once had a Twin Peaks Bra Shop, which turned out to be a front for prostitution. And Fairbanks still has [Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60826-d5509922-Reviews-Skinny_Dick_s_Halfway_Inn-Fairbanks_Alaska.html). In what, the special sauce on the burger? ---
**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 18, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/47 "2020-04-18T15:24:38Z")
Just this morning my wife was looking online for some type of orthopedic neck support device, and she found one she liked on Amazon. But she had trouble getting past the company name- Rearand. EDIT: I checked it out again on Amazon and actually am not sure if it’s the name of the company pr the product itself. Still, weird name. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/48 "2020-04-18T16:12:00Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > For me it’s Piggly Wiggly. It sounds like pre-schoolish. Around here, it’s just “Da Pig,” as in “Goin’ by Da Pig for some TP.” Da Pig sounds so much better, ya tink? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/49 "2020-04-18T16:20:39Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Toys R Us always bugged the hell out of me. 'Cos for one thing, what exactly does that mean? All the toys are the same as a brick building that sells toys? This makes no sense! Also I was learning Russian as my foreign language in high school, so all the ‘use a backwards R as a real R’ situations (generally when someone wanted to make a thing ‘look Russian’, but also here), made me want to throw things. I got especially annoyed when they added a ‘Babies R Us’ section. I mean, are they selling babies? Selling equipment for toys? Pick one bloody stupid name construction and stick to it; have some consistency here, people! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/50 "2020-04-18T16:28:22Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Around here, it’s just “Da Pig,” as in “Goin’ by Da Pig for some TP.” > > Da Pig sounds so much better, ya tink? Shop da Pig! It’s right by dat stop 'n go light dere by da Culver’s 'n Kwik Trip. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/51 "2020-04-18T16:42:58Z")
There’s a Vietnamese restaurant called Pho Kim Long. We used to crack up about the name every time we’d go there. (It helps if you know that “pho” is properly pronounced more like “fuh” than “foh”.) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/52 "2020-04-18T16:56:50Z")
> [@Yodalicious](#): > > There’s a company that makes multimeters called Fluke. Terrible name. “If it works, it’s a fluke.”. Also, any company called Badcock. > > Sent from my hand-held telephonic communication device using Tapatalk I worked with someone that is related to the founder of Fluke Meters. His name was Randy\* Fluke. He got me a nice discount when I bought a meter right from the company. \*First name revised to protect his real identity. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/53 "2020-04-18T17:01:49Z")
I dislike the name “Yogurt & Such” which seems like an attempt to sound fancy. Apparently this is a New York-only chain. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/54 "2020-04-18T17:02:13Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Yahoo and Google seemed pretty puerile to me, then the topper, GoDaddy. But then, grown-ups were not part of their business model. Good ones. I have an irrational hatred for the name “Best Buy.” They started popping up and I had absolutely no idea what they sold. Clothes? Furniture? Electronics? Food? Marbles? I couldn’t imagine a less descriptive name. Always bugged me. (once I figured it out, I did my fair share of shopping there, but I bet it was two years of wondering…) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/55 "2020-04-18T17:14:41Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Good ones. > > I have an irrational hatred for the name “Best Buy.” They started popping up and I had absolutely no idea what they sold. Clothes? Furniture? Electronics? Food? Marbles? I couldn’t imagine a less descriptive name. Always bugged me. (once I figured it out, I did my fair share of shopping there, but I bet it was two years of wondering…) Even more minimal: “Best.” [Best Products - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Products) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/56 "2020-04-18T18:00:59Z")
Any intentionally misspelled name. Rationally, I know that it’s done for reasons to do with trademark law or advertising strategy. Emotionally though it’s like an ice pick to the brain: SavMor, Krispy Kreme, Chick-fil-A, Toys ‘R’ Us, La-Z-Boy, Tastee Freez, etc. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/57 "2020-04-18T18:07:42Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Just this morning my wife was looking online for some type of orthopedic neck support device, and she found one she liked on Amazon. But she had trouble getting past the company name- Rearand. > > EDIT: I checked it out again on Amazon and actually am not sure if it’s the name of the company pr the product itself. Still, weird name. There’s an acid reflux product called Aciphex. Sounds like “Ass effects.” Like what [Le Pétomane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane) did, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/58 "2020-04-18T18:47:52Z")
There’s a local chain of pet food stores named Mud Bay. It’s named for a bay near Olympia where the company got its start. It was funny at first but I got used to it. We buy our cat’s food there. But recently, via their website, I learned that the employees are called muddies. Muddies? Really? I guess the bigwigs think this is cute but it makes me cringe every time I think of it. Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/59 "2020-04-18T20:09:29Z")
In Canada one of our banks is the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - no problem so far. But at some point they started having signs on their branches saying “CIBC Banking Centre”. The “banking centre” thing, as opposed to “bank”, really annoys me. So after going to the banking centre to get some cash I’ll go to the restauranting centre for a nice meal. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/60 "2020-04-18T20:37:01Z")
Wawa is also a small town just off the Trans-Canada Highway a couple of hours north of Sault Ste. Marie. It has a large statue of a Canada goose sited prominently in a park and rest area by the highway. One time my sister and I drove up there for an afternoon drive. (Stunningly-beautiful scenery through Lake Superior Provincial Park, BTW.) We went as far as the goose, took pictures, and came back, meeting my brother-in-law and his transport at a truck stop part way back. So I can say that we went all the way to Wawa to get goosed. 🙂 Fluke meters? They were the go-to brand when I worked in electronics. The joke got old but never died. > [@bibliophage](#): > > Any intentionally misspelled name. Rationally, I know that it’s done for reasons to do with trademark law or advertising strategy. Emotionally though it’s like an ice pick to the brain: SavMor, Krispy Kreme, Chick-fil-A, Toys ‘R’ Us, La-Z-Boy, Tastee Freez, etc. There’s a chain of stores around here called Pet Valu. I can’t not pronounce it as “Pet Valoo” without a /j/ sound before the \. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001.md?page=4)