Favorite unfortunate product names

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In reply to cj774 • 7:35p, 11/14/23
I kinda figured it out. Just never heard it. Assuming its nothing to do with Darryl Dawkins.
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In reply to TPS_Report • 8:01p, 11/14/23
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TPS_Report said:

My boss giggles at this every time we fly
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8:05p, 11/14/23
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Dickass got me
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In reply to Ragnar Danneskjoldd • 8:09p, 11/14/23
Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
Dickass got me


Oh I bet it did
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9:06p, 11/14/23
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"Sag Harbor" women's clothing at Wal-mart
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9:25p, 11/14/23
Dickass is what my boss called us when she was mad.
RIP. Miss her so much.
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In reply to Complete Idiot • 10:17p, 11/14/23
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7:11a, 11/15/23
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https://***bearing.co/

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8:10a, 11/15/23
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White Power Suspension; although, they've rebranded to WP Suspension
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In reply to aggieforester05 • 8:21a, 11/15/23
aggieforester05 said:
White Power Suspension; although, they've rebranded to WP Suspension


Clayton Bigsby, CEO
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In reply to TPS_Report • 8:59a, 11/15/23
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I'll start:

I mean, did they not have a teenage boy around to tell them what this might also refer to?

I feel like they probably knew exactly what they were doing and this was intentional.
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9:07a, 11/15/23
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The company Powergen Italia just put the words together for their website. powergenitalia.com
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In reply to boy09 • 9:38a, 11/15/23
boy09 said:
TPS_Report said:
I'll start:

I mean, did they not have a teenage boy around to tell them what this might also refer to?

I feel like they probably knew exactly what they were doing and this was intentional.


Some kid made another kid a bet back in 7th grade that he could make this happen someday.

He saw it thru.

Now he will be rewarded with a Dokken cassette tape, an issue of Playboy stolen from the loser of the bet's dad's collection, six packs of Hubba Bubba, and a Kodak Instamatic camera with two packages of 110 film and eight flashbulbs.
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10:08a, 11/16/23
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I bleed Maroon and I wipe burnt orange!
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12:44p, 11/16/23
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1:44p, 11/16/23
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Also, saw this one in the Cayman Islands about 10 years ago:

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4:13p, 11/16/23
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Pho place 1/2 mile from my house


The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But, it's still on the list.
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In reply to fc2112 • 4:57p, 11/16/23
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fc2112 said:
Classic case study was the Chevy Nova having dismal sales throughout South America.

Turns out no one at Ford knew Nova means "doesn't run" in Spanish.


Does Chevy normally name vehicles based on what Ford knows of the Spanish language?
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In reply to superunknown • 5:08p, 11/16/23
superunknown said:
fc2112 said:
Classic case study was the Chevy Nova having dismal sales throughout South America.

Turns out no one at Ford knew Nova means "doesn't run" in Spanish.


Does Chevy normally name vehicles based on what Ford knows of the Spanish language?
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In reply to malenurse • 6:03p, 11/16/23
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That's intentional
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
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9:26p, 11/16/23
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12:49a, 11/20/23
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In reply to CDub06 • 6:41a, 11/20/23
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CDub06 said:
TPS_Report said:

My boss giggles at this every time we fly


Are you doing MRIs in flight?
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In reply to AgsMyDude • 8:47a, 11/20/23
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They make an airport scanner that TSA awarded them a huge contract for. They cost a ton of money and also actually slowed down screening times.
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8:50a, 11/20/23
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In reply to lethalninja • 12:54p, 11/20/23
lethalninja said:
This isn't an unfortunate product name, but people thought the A&W one-third pounder had less meat than McDonald's quarter pounder, so it didn't get a lot of sales because people were bad at fractions.

They should have changed it to 2/6 pounder.

Or even better, offer both but charge a little more for the 2/6 than the 1/3.
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In reply to fc2112 • 6:59p, 11/20/23
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That has been proven to be an urban myth. The Nova actually sold very well in Mexico etc. and No Va in Spanish simply translates to No Go.
Cool story but untrue.
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7:09p, 11/20/23
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In reply to Biz Ag • 2:47p, 11/21/23
Biz Ag said:
This was a real weight loss product until the 1980's.


True story. When the product was first introduced, it was a totally innocent name for "aids" for losing weight.

Then in 1981, someone at the CDC decided that "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome" would be a good name for that new sexually-transmitted disease going around, not realizing that AIDS would remain uncured for decades and forever taint the connotation of the words "aids" and "aides". And Ayds commercials would never been heard the same way again.



Adding to the unintentional dark humor is the fact that AIDS does make people lose weight. To the point where several African countries with high infection rates have nicknamed AIDS "Slim".
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In reply to UnderoosAg • 2:50p, 11/21/23
UnderoosAg said:
The company Powergen Italia just put the words together for their website. powergenitalia.com
And Volkwagen Italy did the same thing with their Instagram handle, Volkwagenitalia.
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In reply to lethalninja • 2:51p, 11/21/23
lethalninja said:
This isn't an unfortunate product name, but people thought the A&W one-third pounder had less meat than McDonald's quarter pounder, so it didn't get a lot of sales because people were bad at fractions.
Solution: Offer a 1/5-pound burger for the same price.
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In reply to lethalninja • 1:23a, 11/22/23
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lethalninja said:
This isn't an unfortunate product name, but people thought the A&W one-third pounder had less meat than McDonald's quarter pounder, so it didn't get a lot of sales because people were bad at fractions.


It's not JUST that people are bad at fractions. The general public is just insanely stupid in general.
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
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