Worst Product Names?

i always thought that the Previa minivan was incredibly ill-thought-out; it sounds like a car for a really bitter OB/GYN.

I liked this one so much I had to scan the label:

HE-MAN Fine Whisky

Word to the wise: avoid the Orco Ouzo.

Crap, that reminds me:

Might want to at least use mixed case if you’re going to brand your rolling death trap KIA. What the…?

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. :wink:

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?)

Hmmm…reminds me of when I was a kid, lining up copies of Hit Parader juuust in front of copies of Seventeen.

Close. “Killed In Action” (as in “wartime”).

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.

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.

I remember Qadgop complaining about that minivan.

The Ford Probe. Women, at least, didn’t like a car which brought up memories of gynecology exams.

Is that from the makers of Krusty’s Brand pork products, adhesive bandages and legal forms?

Would you put your lips around a Dirty Dick?

Sort of the opposite idea, I give you the Pontiac Vibe.

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.

Not exactly a product but would you stay at Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn?

http://www.interiorwebhosting.com/skinnydicks/

See, now, that’s gotta be deliberate, because their logo is two polar bears having a shag.

Hasn’t lost its appeal to me. :smiley:

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.

Reminds me of Milwaukee’s Phister Hotel.

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!