# Worst. Product. Name. Ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027 "2004-12-04T05:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/21 "2004-12-05T01:13:26Z")
> [@Mama Tiger](#): > > Here’s another good one for you: Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. The favored diaper rash remedy for Louisiana mothers and jock itch remedy for LSU athletes. I kid you not. It’s the highlight of the endcap on many a Wal-Mart aisle. I always want to buy a little tiny tube of it just for the name. I just think the idea of a product proclaiming itself proudly as “butt paste” is wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/22 "2004-12-05T01:37:03Z")
Try this on for size: [Yes, the airline is called ‘Rex’.](http://www.rex.com.au/) :eek: I have enough trouble working up the courage to fly without having a phoenetic caveat (‘wrecks’) plastered across the aeroplane. Worst part is, if hubby wants to visit his folks this is the airline we have to fly on. ---
**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/23 "2004-12-05T01:46:58Z")
Crack Creme is the Holy Grail for people with dermatitis. I kid you not, it saves me every winter. I’m trying to convince my dermatologist to run a clinical trial on it. It smells like cloves, and is definitely not cream, or creme for that matter. If it was called Wondersoft, or Allersmooth it would sell like hotcakes. Very smooth, soft hotcakes. I’ve also used Bag Balm, it’s really good for cuticles and gnarly feet. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/24 "2004-12-05T02:43:56Z")
> [@kalex](#): > > Crack Creme is the Holy Grail for people with dermatitis. I kid you not, it saves me every winter. I’m trying to convince my dermatologist to run a clinical trial on it. It smells like cloves, and is definitely not cream, or creme for that matter. If it was called Wondersoft, or Allersmooth it would sell like hotcakes. Very smooth, soft hotcakes. Maybe they’re going for that We Don’t Need No Fancy Name image. “This is no foofy-doofy softy-silky product here. This is a serious remedy for people who CRACK. And **BLEED**.” ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/25 "2004-12-05T05:07:52Z")
[Hairy Balls?](http://www.nads.com/flash.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/26 "2004-12-05T05:11:52Z")
And then there is Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. :eek: I guess it is for those folks who are always losing their ass. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/27 "2004-12-05T05:14:52Z")
Damn ! \*\* Mama Tiger \*\* beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/28 "2004-12-05T08:12:38Z")
Not totally related to human orifices, but … Old Crow Whiskey Sin Sin (Was that how it was spelled? Anyone remember these powerful “mints” that predated Altoids?) There was a consulting firm in the Chicago area named Aids. The company was around many years before anyone had heard of AIDS. I was surprised how long they kept the name though. All kinds of hot sauces: [http://www.tijuanaflats.com/cgi/quikstore.cgi?category=Smack\_My\_Ass\_Line&columns=3](http://www.tijuanaflats.com/cgi/quikstore.cgi?category=Smack_My_Ass_Line&columns=3) ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/29 "2004-12-05T08:38:00Z")
I mentioned this before, but the shoppette on base sells a wide variety of Golden Stream snack products, mostly trail-mix like items. “Hey, do these banana chips taste funny to you?” ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/30 "2004-12-05T08:49:04Z")
I cannot pass by Golden Stream products now without dissolving into laughter because of that. I’m not too eager to actually buy any, however. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/31 "2004-12-05T09:52:13Z")
> [@Earthling](#): > > “Make 3 slow strokes down and back exiting the muzzle very slowly, so as not to splatter the [Spooge™](http://www.answerrifles.com/spooge.htm) out the muzzle.” Wow. I think I need a cigarette now. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/32 "2004-12-05T13:28:34Z")
Am I the only person who thought [Nunn Bush](http://www.nunnbush.com/) seems like an odd choice for a name? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/33 "2004-12-05T13:58:31Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Sin Sin (Was that how it was spelled? Anyone remember these powerful “mints” that predated Altoids?) “Sen-Sen.” Kind of herbally-flavoured, like licorice to the n-th degree, as I recall. They surface from time to time. I seem to remember them making a bit of a comeback in the mid-80’s, probably after Billy Joel mentioned them in “Keeping the Faith.” Maybe it was just coincidence - _or was it?_ ---
**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:** [December 5, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/34 "2004-12-05T17:15:33Z")
> [@Joey P](#): > > Am I the only person who thought [Nunn Bush](http://www.nunnbush.com/) seems like an odd choice for a name? Well maybe, but they’re about the only shoe I can wear comfortably. I have a jar of [_No Crack_](http://www.nocrack.com/). Used it once on my ass and had to wait a week to take a dump. On a positive note, it cleaned up several neighborhoods with drug problems. ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/35 "2004-12-05T18:53:20Z")
> [@kalex](#): > > I’ve also used Bag Balm, it’s really good for cuticles and gnarly feet. I use it instead of night cream under my eyes (my skin gets really dry during the winter) and it does as good a job as MAC’s $30 stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/36 "2004-12-05T20:39:58Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Everyone on my list gets a [wedgy](http://www.sacrowedgy.com/) this year. Wow, thanks, **Larry Mudd** – my back has been giving my fits lately and this looks like _exactly_ the type of thing that would work best! I ran right out and ordered me one. I’ll be happy to give testimonials later if it works cause something this simple? I don’t care how awful the name is! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/37 "2004-12-05T22:26:37Z")
There are various products that change their name outside the USA because the “English” name means something weird, sexual or just plain awful in a foreign country. I can’t think of a good example, but I know diet coke isn’t called diet coke in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![uncleangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/779978/32.png) [@uncleangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncleangus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/38 "2004-12-05T23:40:33Z")
Cow owners have been treating dry and cracked cow udder and teats with Bag Balm since 1889. Their sales skyrocketed when Shania Twain said she uses the product on her skin and hair. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/39 "2004-12-06T00:12:11Z")
Not a retail product, but [this](http://www.sandy-balls.co.uk/) place, not too far from where I live, could have been more fortunately named. ---
**Author:** ![pyrrthon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pyrrthon1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pyrrthon1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-name-ever/278027/40 "2004-12-06T00:55:12Z")
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