To ask what brand names you hate?

[sandytoes84]

Expecting first baby and physically revolted by twee brand names...tommy tippee, cudl, cuggle (the worst offender) and the most ridiculous encountered so far...petunia pickle bottom, what the actual fuck?!

I can’t be the only one to have such a reaction - what brand names do you hate?

I always think it is a play on the 1970s/80s doll/cartoon Victoria Plum!

Which itself is a play on the variety of plum.

Mrsma, I say C. E. X rather than sex 😂

I had a Babystyle Oyster. It was fantastic. Durable, solid and offered parent facing way beyond other brands in a similar price range.

I agree with this. The name makes them sound really tacky but they're not at all. I bought a 2nd hand Babystyle oyster, used it with my dcs then sold it on, still in almost perfect condition. I still see the woman I sold it on to pushing it around, she's currently got baby no 3 in it and it still looks great. It's an absolute workhorse. Might buy it back from her if I ever have another baby .

I call it keks l have never been in there and never will Foodwoes

DS was in a public place when he asked what sex was. I paused and decided to ask where he'd heard about it rather than launching into an explanation. Yes, he meant the second hand entertainment store

Tui. Stupid name. Hardly trips of the tounge. Rebranding never goes down well with me.

I once had to go to the chemist to get Earex and Zorvirax. It was a bit of a toungue twisting combination

Tea pigs. Don't understand the relationship

Another baby one, Tuppence & Crumble makes me cringe whenever I read about their blanket things on here

*Victorian Plumbing.

I don’t want my plumbing to be... Victorian*

Ha, round here they have a Dickensian Christmas market. That one makes me laugh because it sounds so grim.

Another vote for lululemon here. Wanky.

I say JoJo Maman and drop the 'Bébé' so I feel slightly less wanky saying it. JoJo sounds a bit too familiar whereas the full French name makes me feel as pretentious as English people correctly pronouncing/overemphasising Barcelona in a Spanish accent

@chickentikkatellmewhatswrong but the 'B&M' was from the founder's names and it was originally called B&M Bargains. I remember going to the original store in Cleveleys when we used to go to Blackpool when I was a child in the 1980s. Their store layout was a bit like IKEA where you walked a route round the shop!

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_%26_M?wprov=sfla1

And yes to PPs comments about twee baby products - we didn't look at iCandy at all because of the name! Some of the other ones mentioned are terrible too.

RonHill is a sports man but yes, seeing it just makes me think of Dunhill.

Bizarre but there it is.

Skoda Fabia (as mentioned upthread) always made me cringe, as did its sister car - the Felicia fellatio

Haven't seen faggots for years 🙀

Ecover.

I think it's supposed to be a portmanteau on 'ecological' and 'recover'? (As in products that will help the earth 'recover'?) But is it supposed to be pronounced E-cover (sounds weird) or Eco-ver (sounds wrong).

I still buy it because they are good products!

I say JoJo Maman and drop the 'Bébé' so I feel slightly less wanky saying it.

Me too! 😅

LelliKelli kids shoes.

Bah.

PlayStation sounds like it should be an activity centre aimed at toddlers, instead of a computer console aimed at spotty teenagers and 45 year old friendless virgins.

Ok! Diners on the side of motorways. Not exactly shooting for the stars are they?

I prefer to eat at the fair to middling Chip shop, Spud u don't mind or the Passable Italian.

I always disliked ALL baby brand names. All so cutesy and annoying.

Sweaty Betty. Ugh! Why would anyone even go into a shop with this name?

And it annoys me beyond reason (being an English teacher) that Brita water filters and Velux windows are pronounced contrary to the double/single consonant rule.

Tui, to me it just sounds naff, Thomsons was much better.

I find Smeg to be a very cheesy name!

Not sure if we've had Anusol - probably showing my age!

How about this beauty found in downtown Riyadh yesterday: