Unfortunate Company Names

anon for this

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:00 pm

Another topic reminded me of company names I've heard lately that seem a bit ill-advised.

fractureme.com is a site that prints photos on glass, giving you a picture and frame in one. But the name just reminds me of broken glass.

What company names do you consider unfortunate or ill-advised?

amother

Hotpink

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:03 pm

A pizza store has a name ____________- and their byline is "out of the box"

amother

Chartreuse

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:03 pm

Haha! Israeli ones.
Tushi tissue. I kid you not. Haven't seen it in many years.
I know someone that finds pazgaz hilarious.

SisterSix

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:09 pm

How about Bimbo in Lakewood (baby clothes)

groisamomma

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:18 pm

SisterSix wrote:

How about Bimbo in Lakewood (baby clothes)

This one irked me from when they opened. Are people really that dense??

ra_mom

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:20 pm

Cellulite. Um, I mean Celuette.

cnc

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:27 pm

SisterSix wrote:

How about Bimbo in Lakewood (baby clothes)

Perhaps the owners understand Italian but not English? shock

gamanit

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:30 pm

Every time I see a "Fried Flooring" I wish they would have named their business "Fried's Flooring" anyone who is unfamiliar with the name Fried probably reads it as fried.

ra_mom

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:32 pm

cnc wrote:

Perhaps the owners understand Italian but not English? shock

This.

Bimbo - English:
an attractive but empty-headed young woman, especially one perceived as a willing s-x object

Bimbo - Italian:
male baby; young male child

SixOfWands

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:43 pm

SisterSix wrote:

How about Bimbo in Lakewood (baby clothes)

There's also Bimbo Bread.

amother

White

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:49 pm

Shitz - Mice Exterminator

First time I saw that one I was like, "Huh?!"

amother

cornflower

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:52 pm

ABC Pizza

ra_mom

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:54 pm

amother wrote:

Shitz - Mice Exterminator

First time I saw that one I was like, "Huh?!"

Oh man 🙈

anon for this

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 7:55 pm

SixOfWands wrote:

There's also Bimbo Bread.

Yes, Bimbo Bakery is the parent company of Entenmann's, Wonderbread, and Sara Lee. I once saw someone who was working for Bimbo Bakery at the supermarket giving away t-shirts with the word "Bimbo" printed on the front.

Maya

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 8:00 pm

Klaid. A women’s dress shop in Williamsburg.
Some ridiculous take on the word קלייד.

amother

Maroon

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 8:01 pm

A not kosher sushi place, called Sushi Mitoushi.

mother of one

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 8:01 pm

There is a clothing store called 'isis'

amother

White

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 8:04 pm

Maya wrote:

Klaid. A women’s dress shop in Williamsburg.
Some ridiculous take on the word קלייד.

It's Klade, darling.

anon for this

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 8:07 pm

mother of one wrote:

There is a clothing store called 'isis'

Good one! Isis is an Egyptian goddess, which is why there are spas and beauty parlors with that name. So it wasn't always such an unfortunate name.

Kind of like the over the counter diet drug Ayds.

FranticFrummie

Thu, Nov 01 2018, 8:17 pm

There's an infamous website called Penisland.com

Pen Island. They sell pens.

Get your mind out of the gutter. LOL