# Worst Product Names? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836 "2004-10-12T16:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/41 "2004-10-13T06:54:55Z")
i always thought that the Previa minivan was incredibly ill-thought-out; it sounds like a car for a really bitter OB/GYN. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/42 "2004-10-13T07:19:47Z")
I liked this one so much I had to scan the label: [**HE-MAN Fine Whisky**](http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Oct/200410137948264032949724.jpg) Word to the wise: avoid the Orco Ouzo. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/43 "2004-10-13T07:22:46Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > i always thought that the Previa minivan was incredibly ill-thought-out; it sounds like a car for a really bitter OB/GYN. Crap, that reminds me: Might want to _at least_ use mixed case if you’re going to brand your rolling death trap [KIA](http://www.kia.com/). What the…? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/44 "2004-10-13T08:41:34Z")
Yeah, I was wondering about that one too, **Larry Mudd**. “Kia” means “what” (an in, “what type of thing”, not “which”) in Esperanto. This led to great fun when we were talking about cars. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/45 "2004-10-15T22:37:57Z")
Similarly in confusion potential to the above post, a popular model of Ford in Britain is the Ford Ka (pronounced ‘car’). I don’t get the KIA mixed-case thing. (Just a WAG, is KIA an acronym for Killed In Accident where you are?) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/46 "2004-10-15T22:47:33Z")
> [@Master Wang-Ka](#): > > Waaaay back in the ancient days of my youth, I remember a foil-bagged snack of some sort called “Hits.” > > Well, actually, the bag said HITS. > > And when you lined them up on the wire display rack at the store, next to the potato chips and Fritos and suchlike, their logos blended together in such a way as to say… > > HITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITS > > Naturally, as a seven-year-old, I thought this was hilarious. The snack food disappeared shortly afterwards, and was never seen again… Hmmm…reminds me of when I was a kid, lining up copies of _Hit Parader_ juuust in front of copies of _Seventeen_. > [@bluecanary](#): > > I don’t get the KIA mixed-case thing. (Just a WAG, is KIA an acronym for Killed In Accident where you are?) Close. “Killed In Action” (as in “wartime”). ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/47 "2004-10-15T22:51:27Z")
There is a brand of all-purpose baking mix my mom likes to buy called (in big letters): KRUSTEAZ Somehow, biscuits is not the first thing I think of. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/48 "2004-10-15T23:34:34Z")
> [@seosamh](#): > > Back in the 1920s **Esso** petrol didn’t go down too well in Japan as the word sounded too much like a Japanese word meaning “gangrene” or “putrefaction” - as in “Put some putrefaction in your tank!” They soon changed the name to Exxon. Well, this has to be wrong to a degree, because that brand name _exists right now_ in Japan. I have seen it many times and remembered it, because when Standard Oil broke up this brand name became defunct in the US. Also, eso (gangrene) and esso are pronounced differently in Japanese. The second one has a little pause-like stop in the middle. I smell an Urban Legend, like the Nova = no va, which Snopes debunked. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/49 "2004-10-15T23:55:13Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > i always thought that the Previa minivan was incredibly ill-thought-out; it sounds like a car for a really bitter OB/GYN. I remember **Qadgop** complaining about that minivan. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/50 "2004-10-15T23:59:25Z")
The Ford Probe. Women, at least, didn’t like a car which brought up memories of gynecology exams. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/51 "2004-10-16T02:28:49Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > There is a brand of all-purpose baking mix my mom likes to buy called (in big letters): > > KRUSTEAZ > Somehow, biscuits is not the first thing I think of. Is that from the makers of Krusty’s Brand pork products, adhesive bandages and legal forms? ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/52 "2004-10-16T10:10:05Z")
Would you put your lips around a [Dirty Dick?](http://www.youngs.co.uk/htmldocs/products/products.asp?SelectedID=15) ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/53 "2004-10-16T10:27:31Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > The Ford Probe. Women, at least, didn’t like a car which brought up memories of gynecology exams. Sort of the opposite idea, I give you the [Pontiac Vibe](http://www.pontiac.com/vibe/index.jsp?brand=home&pagename=home). ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/54 "2004-10-16T12:52:52Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > I’m not sure which is a worse product name – Nasalcrom or Flonase. Either one = yuck. Nasalcrom has become my euphemism for “booger.” In general, I hate all nonsense-word product names that vaguely allude to their application, like the previously-mentioned Anusol and Vagisil. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/55 "2004-10-17T07:56:02Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > Would you put your lips around a [Dirty Dick?](http://www.youngs.co.uk/htmldocs/products/products.asp?SelectedID=15) Not exactly a product but would you stay at Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn? [http://www.interiorwebhosting.com/skinnydicks/](http://www.interiorwebhosting.com/skinnydicks/) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/56 "2004-10-17T12:42:39Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Not exactly a product but would you stay at Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn? > > [http://www.interiorwebhosting.com/skinnydicks/](http://www.interiorwebhosting.com/skinnydicks/) See, now, that’s gotta be deliberate, because their logo is two polar bears having a shag. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/57 "2004-10-17T17:17:02Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Then there’s Chi Chi’s restaurants. > > I mean eating at breasts is fine for a baby, but as an adult… Hasn’t lost its appeal to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/58 "2004-10-17T18:23:32Z")
> [@JayElle](#): > > I’ve seen those! My S.O. is offended every time he visits Minnesota and has to fill up at the _Pump ‘n’ Munch_. That reminds me of the _Squat ‘n’ Gobble_ . The restaurant has been around as long as I can rememeber and I’ve heard it’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/59 "2004-10-17T21:00:44Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Not exactly a product but would you stay at Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn? Reminds me of Milwaukee’s Phister Hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836/60 "2004-10-18T13:14:15Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > **Anusol** For as long as I can remember, my dad has called this stuff **Anus Oil**! He said that’s what they meant by the name anyway, so that’s what he called it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-product-names/268836.md?page=4)