Posts tagged: name origins

Or is it a parody? Domino’s Scientists Test Limits Of What Humans Will Eat

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Our erstwhile competitors, the strategically named name developers Strategic Name Development, have taken rationalization and hooha to Landorian heights. Either that or they actually believe that invented, compound contractions based tangentially in the Zulu language actually communicate ideas to the rest of the world. Strategic name development?: Via a strategically reasoned press release: MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zikula™, [...]

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The misnamed “From on High” website makes fun of my friend Sue Daniels’, who was a peace activist and advocate for the poor, and who had been murdered shortly before the asshat that “writes” FOH posted this: I have been following the story of the murder of Sue Daniels since it hit the local papers [...]

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Why is this “Yorkie” candy bar from Nestle (Great Britain) not for girls? “All because the lady loves… Milk Tray”, that’s why. Leading UK chocolatier Cadbury had been successfully branding chocolate both for women and by using women in its ads to promote chocolate’s sensual side.One of Cadbury’s most popular TV spots featured a suave [...]

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Nintendo just announced that the name of their newest box, code named “Revolution”, will be Wii. And we think it is brilliant. Via CNN (just ’cause they need the link): Nintendo officially ditched its long-used codename for its next generation machine Thursday, revealing Wii as the final name for the product. Pronounced like “we” (or [...]

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Nine years ago Rockwell found the perfect name in Retro Encabulator. Enjoy. More blogs about Rockwell Retro Encabulator [ More posts about naming products | More posts about naming companies ]

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Blogging from Squaw Valley Ski Resort, where we have been blessed with 48 hours of non-stop rain. The good news? Forecast teperature for each of the next three days is a winter wonderlandy 69 degrees. Still, it could be worse. Bill O’Reilly could be getting laid this year – in Nevada anyway. That visual should [...]

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A couple of Saturdays ago the NY Times ran this story: MILL VALLEY, Calif. – Tommy Odom’s remains lie on a steep wind-swept hill at Forever Fernwood, beneath an oak sapling, a piece of petrified wood and a bundle of dried sage tied with a lavender ribbon. When he died in a traffic accident last [...]

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William Safire’s On Language column in yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Magazine has a succinct etymology of and an interesting take on the overuse of the word Brand in contemporary English language and culture: The hot word in the field of sales — indeed, pervading the world of perfect pitching — is brand. ”The King [...]

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Today’s Because Why? is lifted straight from Topher’s Castle, because it’s late on Saint Patik’s Day ans wee can barley se the keybord: Lucky was born in 1964. Lucky’s full name is L.C. Leprechaun, and he touts his cereal as being “Magically Delicious.” Lucky the Leprechaun magically changes ordinary, shapeless white marshmallows into shapes with [...]

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So, why was this famous ice cream product named Eskimo Pie? Well, it’s cold and round. That’s all we could come up with. Fortunately, the good people at FoodReference.com got us thinking again with some historical background: Christian Kent Nelson (who was also a high school teacher) invented the Eskimo Pie in Onawa, Iowa in [...]

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Snark Hunting is all about naming and branding in popular culture, but what does ‘Snark Hunting’ mean, you ask? The name "Snark Hunting" comes from The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll, "An Agony in Eight Fits" about the Quixotic voyage to hunt for the elusive Snark by nine very unusual characters: a Bellman, [...]

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