# What are your pet nicknames for various products/businesses? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935 "2008-03-27T17:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/61 "2008-03-29T22:23:17Z")
-Booger Fling -Fairy Queen -Rotten Raunchy’s -Wenchy’s -Kentucky Fried Seagull Back home, many years ago, there was a country-themed bar called the Urban Corral. It was commonly known as the Urine Canal. I think it’s gone now. There’s a place in town here called Burger Heaven. Ever since I’ve tried their food, I follow the name with: “… where burgers go to DIE…” S^G ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/62 "2008-03-29T22:36:51Z")
In college, we used to refer to the ubiquitous White Hen convenience stores as “the Purple Cock.” It was funny at the time, I swear. Around here, Bob Evans = “The Bob”, as in, “You wanna go out for lunch?” “Sure, where?” “I dunno, I was thinking maybe The Bob.” MrWhatsit is fond of referring to Cracker Barrel as “Redneck Barrel.” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/63 "2008-03-30T03:48:37Z")
This is why I love the Dope - I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time!! ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/64 "2008-03-30T17:45:52Z")
[QUOTE=Me] There’s a place in town here called Burger Heaven. Ever since I’ve tried their food, I follow the name with: “… where burgers go to DIE…” S^G [/QUOTE] And when I said it this morning to Sat^Gal, she replied, “No Dear, GOOD burgers go to Heaven…” 😃 … another reason I love her so much. 🆒 S^G ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/65 "2008-03-30T18:38:33Z")
Internet (or Ford) Exploder, Nutscrape, Taco Hell, Home Despot (or Deathspot), Pizza Slut/Butt, WallyWorld, check. Fred Meyer – Freddie’s Burger King – Booger Kinky Quizno’s – Jizzno’s Papa Murphy’s – Papa Smurfy’s Safeway – Snaveway Jack in the Box – Gag in the Bag or Jack in the Crack Muchas Gracias – Mucho Gass Me Ass Winco – Weeeeenco Dairy Queen – Hairy Queen Fry’s – Geek Mecca (newspaper ads are “the crack page”) Radio Shack – Radio Crap Wienerschnitzel – Der Veenervagger Long John Silver’s – Long Dong Slivers Windows – WinBloze (as in “it crashes whenever the…”) Washington Mutual – Wamu Wendy’s – Spendy’s Burrito – Weewoh (juvenile pronunciation of my daughter’s that stuck) Any cheese dip product is “sleaze cheese” We used to have a local diner that was painted red with black & white cows on it–I’m sure it actually had a name but to us it was always “wanna have breakfast at the cows?” Man, I miss that place… ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/66 "2008-03-30T19:50:32Z")
'Round these parts there’s a restaurant/country store called The Red Rooster. We call it The Scarlet Cock or Le Coque Rouge. There’s also grocery store a couple of towns over called Hanselpacker’s that we call Hanselfucker’s. Burger King - BK Lounge Wal-Mart - Sprawl-Mart Save-Easy - Slave-Easy Superstore - Stupidstore McDonald’s - Mickey D’s Kentucky Fried Chicken - Dirty Bird convenience store - 'beenience store There are probably more but none are coming to me right now. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/67 "2008-03-30T20:29:56Z")
I’m still in the habit of referring to the burger chain as “E. Coli in the Box.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/68 "2008-03-30T21:31:31Z")
My favorite is for Circuit City (electronics mart) to become Suck It Silly (for no obvious reason than that people tend to laugh) Kroger is Kay Roger 100 Oaks (first mall in the Nashville area back in the mid-to-late 60’s) was Billion Oaks until I saw a sign that had bled or run together so that it looked like 1000 Aks Best Western is As Good A Western As Any Long ago a favorite fern-bar/pub/English inn sort of place was Jolly Ox, which became Pissed Off Jackass for the regulars ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/69 "2008-03-30T21:51:33Z")
WalMart - Hell Mart KFC - Kentucky Fried Rat Spaghettios - Can O’Crap or Crap Boyardee Toys R-Us - Toys B-We There are more that will occur to me as I walk away from the puter. My brother had a knack for combining soundalikes and adding syllables. The Dane County Coliseum - the site of many a concert back in the 70’s when we did that stuff - became the Drain Country Colimuseum (read that carefully). I STILL can’t say it right to this day! ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/70 "2008-03-30T21:54:07Z")
This one is courtesy of my auntie. Jack-In-The-Box = Yak-In-The-Box ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/71 "2008-03-31T03:21:48Z")
[QUOTE=Ponch8] Jack in the Box=Crap in the Box This is quite an apt nickname, given their history with E. coli-contaminated meat. [/QUOTE] Actually we had a better one…worked at a round table pizza across the street from a Jack-in -the- Box We called them “Jack in the Pine Box” ---
**Author:** ![Moglet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Moglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moglet)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/72 "2008-03-31T09:56:41Z")
kentucky fried chicken = kenfucky fried chicken Mc Donald’s = Mc Chucks Red Rooster = Red Rooter We’re looking for a house at the moment… Biggin & Scott real estate agent = Biggin & Snot Hocking Stuart real estate agent = Shocking Stupid Fletchers real estate agent = Felchers ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/73 "2008-03-31T18:00:04Z")
Toys R Us: Toysaurus ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/74 "2008-04-01T15:57:03Z")
Microsoft = “Microsloth” or “The Evil Empire”. Ibuprofen (e.g. Advil, Motrin) = “Vitamin I”. The Springfield Interchange (DC-area dopers know what I mean) = “Malfunction Junction” (OK, not a business but still…) We don’t eat “an orange”, we eat “a norange”. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/75 "2008-04-01T17:35:27Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] The Springfield Interchange (DC-area dopers know what I mean) = “Malfunction Junction” (OK, not a business but still…) [/QUOTE] Yeah, that was a surprise for me last year going thru that after not having done so for a year. With all of my senses telling me I’m going in the wrong direction, especially since I’d gone RIGHT to go RIGHT so many times before. There’s gotta be a political joke in there somewhere ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/76 "2008-04-01T17:54:27Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Yeah, that was a surprise for me last year going thru that after not having done so for a year. With all of my senses telling me I’m going in the wrong direction, especially since I’d gone RIGHT to go RIGHT so many times before. There’s gotta be a political joke in there somewhere [/QUOTE] There certainly was, a few weeks back; former right-wing governor Jim Gilmore got stuck in the interchange when we had an ice storm that shut the whole thing down 😛 . I live 3 miles away from the interchange and go through it several times a week and I find the best thing to do is just concentrate on your own route and ignore all the myriad other flyovers, or you’ll get dizzy, and find yourself exiting at the next opportunity and seeking out a plate of pasta because you’ve just been overcome with a craving for spaghetti. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/77 "2008-04-01T18:10:15Z")
KFC - _Kentucky Fried Pigeon_ Taco Bell - _Taco Hell_ Pizza Hut - _Piece Of Butt_ Together, under one roof, they become a _Colonel Hell Hut_ Tar-Jay JC PenYays Radio Shack - \*Radio Scrap \* or _Jap Shack_ Wally World Not any particular brand name, but our generic term for a 7-11ish convenience store is a _Stop ‘n’ Rob_. A regional grocery chain, Farm Fresh, is _Fresh Fart_. Long John Silver’s becomes _Long John McCarp_ or _Long John McGrease_ Wendy’s - _Wendell’s_ Home Depot - _Dome Heapot_ or _Home Despot_ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/78 "2008-04-01T18:14:26Z")
Oooh - just remembered: “Tipsy McStaggers”. Stolen from the Simpsons, where it was the name of a chain restaurant. We use it to refer to the step-above-fast-food places such as Ruby Tuesday’s, Chili’s, Applebee’s etc. ---
**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 1, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/79 "2008-04-01T18:36:44Z")
Newspapers: Toronto Star = Toronto Scar. Toronto Sun = Toronto Stun. Globe and Mail = Groan and Wail. National Post = Notional Pest. Bancroft Times = Bankrupt Crimes. The freeway known as King’s Highway No. 401, however, has earned the title _Evil Death Highway of Doom_. ---
**Author:** ![goldenmean1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@goldenmean1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldenmean1975)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935/80 "2008-04-01T18:54:39Z")
There’s a seafood place here called “The Bone Fish” I call it The Blow Fish. I don’t know why, it just sounds gross to me. The food there is actually outstanding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-pet-nicknames-for-various-products-businesses/442935.md?page=5)