local businesses with horribly formed "names"

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https://www.radicalray.com/ (that's not the name - go into the link to see the name, I just can't)

fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 12 November 2018 21:24 (seven years ago)

That is brilliant.

Not quite as good but we have a chain of dry cleaners called https://browngouge.com.au/

American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 12 November 2018 21:27 (seven years ago)

Haha I guess I'm so used to Brown Gouge now I never gave it any thought but yeah when I first moved to Melb I did side-eye it.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 05:44 (seven years ago)

Though it does remind me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoACQCJWx10

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 05:46 (seven years ago)

In Renfrew, near the Renfrew Ferry.

https://lds.localdataimages.com/large/2358/23588780.jpg

ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 10:21 (seven years ago)

oh that's good

kinder, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 10:30 (seven years ago)

one month passes...

THE GREATFULL BREAD SANDWICH SHOP. Warwick, RI

ian, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 02:38 (seven years ago)

two months pass...

wow

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 18 February 2019 20:20 (seven years ago)

Not Very Shoes

steven, soda jerk (sic), Monday, 18 February 2019 20:33 (seven years ago)

'Going To The Dogs' Dog Grooming

https://goo.gl/maps/KK1Fv7SEeWu

Yes, it has 'dog' in the name. But doesn't the saying imply that the shop is getting shitter? Also incorrect if just taken literally, if anything the dogs should be going there.

S-, Thursday, 21 February 2019 02:30 (seven years ago)

Maybe the dogs do the grooming?

pplains, Thursday, 21 February 2019 02:32 (seven years ago)

we have a new furniture place around here called Cost Plus Furniture. i don't like it. you'll pay for it...and then some more? it will cost you.

andrew m., Thursday, 21 February 2019 15:10 (seven years ago)

I cycle past this coach every day, their name isn't even a pun, it's an abomination.

http://www.milkentravel.com/images/headerlogo.jpg

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 February 2019 15:13 (seven years ago)

Pick me up a pint of semi-skimmed and a week in the Algarve, please.

brain (krakow), Thursday, 21 February 2019 15:31 (seven years ago)

food cart in my town called "STFU & NOM" - yeah, I'll pass

sold out in presale (sleeve), Thursday, 21 February 2019 16:18 (seven years ago)

It's bad enough that one of our biggest national restaurant chains is called "EAT."

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 February 2019 16:22 (seven years ago)

Well, ok then. It doesn't have a bad pun or double entendre. I just hate it.

https://i.imgur.com/OtlyBkX.png

I hate "names" that are URLs. I hate the imperative phrasing of it. I hate the personal "my" aspect.

I don't even like the catfish wearing a hat with a hook on it.

pplains, Thursday, 21 February 2019 16:37 (seven years ago)

Pacha Soap - Dirty Hippy

https://cdn-cosmos.bluesoft.com.br/products/813723011334

nickn, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:48 (seven years ago)

Which of these is more offensive to ILXors in terms of name formation?

https://www.mywineguy.com.au/
https://www.yourgrocer.com.au/

S-, Monday, 4 March 2019 05:40 (seven years ago)

I'm not crazy about either of them, since their both assigning "ownership" to the consumer.

But mywineguy is gets extra demerits for bad grammar and intent since it isn't as clear whose "wine guy" were talking about here. Is it me, when I type "my wine guy" into the browser? Or is the owner of the URL?

Or is it Mary Wells?

pplains, Monday, 4 March 2019 15:32 (seven years ago)

OMG, "since they're both assigning..."

I hate grammar threads!

pplains, Monday, 4 March 2019 15:33 (seven years ago)

one month passes...

This sport/camping/outdoor chain of stores we have in Belgium and France is just called A.S. Adventure (their former name was "American Stockhouse," hence the A.S.)
but I can't read their website https://www.asadventure.com/en/stores.html as anything other than A Sad Venture :(

StanM, Saturday, 20 April 2019 08:18 (seven years ago)

lol

breastcrawl, Saturday, 20 April 2019 08:26 (seven years ago)

Haha

Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 April 2019 12:34 (seven years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/Per64KA.jpg

assadventures

pplains, Saturday, 20 April 2019 13:55 (seven years ago)

a sad assad, even

StanM, Saturday, 20 April 2019 14:25 (seven years ago)

When I lived in Albuquerque there was a store called Purse-anality. I could never figure out why they went with an 'a' instead of an 'o'.

geoffreyess, Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:18 (seven years ago)

Southend-on-Sea, vaping shop.

https://www.puffdade.com/shop/img/st/9.jpg

Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 April 2019 16:01 (seven years ago)

brilliant

visiting, Sunday, 21 April 2019 16:24 (seven years ago)

four weeks pass...

Holy Crêpe

mick signals, Monday, 20 May 2019 21:15 (seven years ago)

Would go from 'horribly' to 'brilliantly' formed if that's next door to or across the road from a place of worship.

brain (krakow), Monday, 20 May 2019 21:20 (seven years ago)

three weeks pass...

Sorry, but just to err on the side of caution my children will not be crossing the threshold of Your Child is Mine Preschool, thankuverymuch.

Morrie Antoilette (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 June 2019 14:01 (six years ago)

ahahahaha

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 13 June 2019 14:51 (six years ago)

Apparently, at one time, it was a lingerie shop.

https://i.imgur.com/fGeMf4g.png

Now it's just creepy as hell.

pplains, Saturday, 15 June 2019 02:25 (six years ago)

Spotted in Bordeaux

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAOGKeCUkAA632h.png

vanjie wail (qiqing), Sunday, 16 June 2019 10:15 (six years ago)

Terrible, but it works slightly better with a thick French accent since the 'd' and 's' of 'bâtards' are both silent.

pomenitul, Sunday, 16 June 2019 10:24 (six years ago)

'Greyed A Greyhounds'

...You didn't need to do that. That didn't need to happen.

Top Number One Most Of Smart (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 13:51 (six years ago)

There's an optometrist here called AccessorEyes.

nickn, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 16:53 (six years ago)

two weeks pass...

Dog grooming shop called 'Going To The Dogs'. As it's a shop and not a mobile service are they just saying their shop is run-down and shit?

S-, Saturday, 13 July 2019 12:54 (six years ago)

four weeks pass...

not a horrible name, but a marquee. Local Animal Hospital has a marquee that says

"WATCH ME SNIP
WATCH ME SPAY SPAY"

i'd rather zing like a man, than FP like a coward (Neanderthal), Saturday, 10 August 2019 17:56 (six years ago)

no

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 August 2019 18:28 (six years ago)

Gross.

https://www.potogoldwaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/standard-toilet-1.jpg

Allergic to Calvin (I M Losted), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 02:16 (six years ago)

felt so ripped off. there were no gold in them trenches

i'd rather zing like a man, than FP like a coward (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 02:18 (six years ago)

If your poo is gold, you need to get the fuck out of Lollapalooza or whatever and see a doctor ASAP.

Allergic to Calvin (I M Losted), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 02:21 (six years ago)

I recently discovered that there’s a gift shop in NJ called Flowers in the Attic.

tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 03:36 (six years ago)

This is probably less a horribly-formed 'name' than it is an inexplicable-yet-amazing combination of name + business purview but

Life For Christ Karate Ministries

Amply Drizzled with Pure Luxury (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:32 (six years ago)

I see all sorts of religion out there on the dojo.

pplains, Friday, 16 August 2019 18:09 (six years ago)


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