For some reason, I thought this would be somebody complaining about a trio of lazy/slovenly/thieving housemates.
Chevrolet’s Epica is another one of these - I can’t see the name without thinking of Ipecac, which makes you barf - probably not the association they were going for. I can’t even call a Yukon Denali by its right name at this point - it’s always a Yukon Denial to me (I even typed it that way first). Then there’s GMC’s Penis Envoy. 
We always make a point of pronouncing the “e” at the end of names like “Olde Pointe.” It really seems to puncture the pretentiousness.
“The Carbuncle at Pointingham”
There is a pricey condominium complex on the other side of town called “The Enclave”.*
Presumably they have a moat and turrets with boiling oil to pour on any invaders.
There are also several developments with the word Cove in their name, none of which are remotely near any body of water, unless you count drainage ditches.
This especially applies to developments named after animals, i.e. Fox Chase, Eagle Lake etc. The obvious exception would be if you named a place for deer, which find new homesites to be prime habitat.
*I don’t know what Buick was thinking of, calling an SUV the Enclave. Probably it was the inspiration of the same genius who decided we’d think Buicks were hip if they paid Tiger Woods zillions to endorse them.
Do unfortunate acronyms count in this thread?
Because I just had to write a profile on an association called ASPILOW.
And on Monday, the standardized aptitude test my son is taking is called SCAT.
The Toyota Previa is unfortunate to me, ever since my maternal-child nursing class. Something tells me they didn’t Google it.
Wow, I had no idea about Summerland. Still, better that than calling it “The Other Place.”
Along those lines, I was always aghast that there’d be a porn star called Candida Royalle. Candida is a yeast infection!
I don’t know if “candida” as a name given to a yeast infection was commonly and widely known until fairly recently. There is, of course, Candida Royale; but “Candida,” by Tony Orlando and Dawn, was also a hit pop song in 1970. I doubt that either Ms. Royale or Mr. Orlando would have used the name if it was widely known as an infection.
That’s pretty much all that comes up from googling. What else does it mean, besides that?
The Mk. I Previa was launched in 1990, so I don’t think they had the option of Googling it yet.
I just went to look at a potential new home in a development called “Pinetree Estates.” You’d think that, considering how overpriced the homes were, they’d pick a more desirable tree.
Related-but-not-really: My wife’s parents live on Springmeadow Drive. Her sister lives on the next block - Singingwood Drive. I’ve recently taken to combining the two street names and calling that development “Springwood Drive.”
I once passed a road called Muff Cresent. it was in the parish of Muff, which is near a town called Nobber.
I bought a raffle ticket for the Muff Fair, the first prize was a donkey.
I’m not sure I understand your question, but I’ll take a shot. Based on the song and Ms. Royale’s adopted name, I always thought “Candida” was a girl’s name. Here, look at part of the chorus of the song, and see if you agree:
Oh my Candida
We could make it together
The further from here girl the better…
No mention or inference of a yeast infection. Like I said, I was unaware that “candida” was a yeast infection until fairly recently. I’m sure that fans of Ms. Royale and fans of old 70s pop would share my surprise that the word is perhaps nowadays better known as a yeast infection than as a girl’s name. As a girl’s name, it seems to have been around for a long time–its etymology is given at this link:
While you’re correct–“candida” is also the name of a yeast infection–I would suggest that as recently as the 70s, it was known only to medical practitioners and sufferers; and to the population at large, was better known as a girl’s name.
Actually, London used to be surprisingly small until relatively recently - most of the metropolis is only a couple of centuries old. There’s still a small patch of common land there and it was probably a rural village two or three centuries ago.
Heh. Same with ‘Elk Run’.
“It’s okay, she was driving an SUV.”
“Oh good! Those things are like a gated community on wheels.”
- Sherwin Tjia, Pedigree Girls
Welcome to Joe’s apartment
The guy that came up with such gems for the auto industry as Cutlass Supreme Brougham has obviously moved on to Real Estate.
Most everything has got at least 3 names, one or two of which invaribly come from the following list:
Point, or Pointe
Place, or Plaza if you want a pseudoLatin connotation.
View, or Vista for some more vaguely-Latin connotation
Terrace or Terrazo
Crossing
Park(e)
Town(e)
Village
Mutual of Omaha is trying to gentrify the aging neighborhood surrounding its headquarters with “Midtown Crossing at Turner Park”. In that one of the buildings torn down was the old Studebaker dealership, I thought that Silverhawk would have evoked some of the area’s history and provided an elegant one-word break from the tedious “Vista Plaza Suites at Yada-yada Crossing Place” feel of the name they chose. Another one I thought of; Avanti would have implied “advanced” (though the crap they’re throwing up looks like more-of-the-same generic high-rise) and also linked with the neighborhood’s history.
There’s a Ferry Landing in Sugar Land, TX; the nearest actual ferry landing I’m aware of is about 65 miles away in Galveston.
Or those that can’t make up their minds. We have a ‘Blue River Ranch Lakes Estates’.