‘What are some things that are just really poorly named?’ – 21 strong suggestions
12.
Fish fingers. That’s nightmare fuel.
Justbrowsing1989z
13.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
YugeChungus2112
14.
Shampoo – I wonder how confident the branding team was about people putting “fake shit” in their hair.
Epochwin
15.
The word phonetic.
Pegleg_1979
16.
Winnie the Pooh.
Mushmouthwilly182
17.
Earwig.
Digita1Man
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19.
President Trump.
AQuietMan
20.
The Chevrolet Nova didn’t sell well in Spanish-speaking countries. When they did research to find out why, it turned out that “nova” in Spanish means “doesn’t go.”
MagicSpa
21.
Lots of UK Shops. Boots don’t sell footwear. Currys don’t sell food. And the biggest disappointment of them all is SuperDrug.
SteveDocherty
bogibso suggested this mathematical study.
In the world of math, I’d say the Cox-Zucker Machine qualifies.
We disagree. The two mathematicians deliberately teamed up with the express purpose of giving their work the funniest name possible.
Finally, we suspect chimcen_numget_yum isn’t from the UK.
Worcherchescherchire sauce
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