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To ask what brand names you hate?

232 replies

sandytoes84 · 07/10/2019 11:09

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?

OP posts:
dollybird76 · 09/10/2019 07:03

Not a kids brand but...acne clothing. WHY?!

Michaelbaubles · 09/10/2019 07:05

Jack Dee on Jif vs Cif confusion 😂

Monty27 · 09/10/2019 07:06

WH SMITH

Overpriced greedy gits Angry

malificent7 · 09/10/2019 07:26

Mis Guided
Pretty little thing
Nasty Gal
All names that make women sound dumb or slutty.

WalkingInTheAir13 · 09/10/2019 08:55

and not forgetting..
Damsel In A Dress

horse4course · 09/10/2019 09:02

Doesn't the annoyance factor make it memorable tho? The fact we can recall so many suggests it's a decent strategy.

JuneFromBethesda · 09/10/2019 09:29

Eight pages and nobody’s nominated this one??

SMIGGLE

Something between a smile and a giggle, I understand 🤮

Weathergirl1 · 09/10/2019 09:33

@horse4course not if people annoyed by it deliberately avoid buying anything with that brand on it!

Dahlietta · 09/10/2019 09:47

I've never wanted to walk around in clothes with 'Fat Face' written on them.

TinyTear · 09/10/2019 09:54

Fat Face

TrickyD · 09/10/2019 10:00

Babipur, ridiculously overpriced wooden toys which have spawned a cult FB page 'Babipur Hangout'. Full of photos of huge 'hauls' which will be 'stashed' for Christmas, accompanied by photos of shelves full of artfully displayed rainbows and crude but painted bits of wood.

MockersthefeMANist · 09/10/2019 10:16

Barcelona in a Spanish accent

If by that you mean a Castillian accent, that would be just wrong, like saying Eddinbra in an English accent.

WTFdidwedo · 09/10/2019 11:11

MockersthefeMANist yes thanks, I actually have a degree in Spanish (not Castillian, Catalan or Basque) but didn't feel the need to specify on a general forum.

katseyes7 · 09/10/2019 11:16

HMArsey l used to work in a job which involved data input of property items. One woman on my shift input a Skoda Fabia as 'Labia'.
l never had the nerve to say anything.

katseyes7 · 09/10/2019 11:35

Nextphonewontbesamsung YES!! l swear that irritating woman on the Oral B adverts is responsible for my blood pressure hike. She's so smug and simpering l could knock her perfectly white, shiny teeth down her throat.

MrTumblesSpottyHag · 09/10/2019 11:51

Weird Fish. The logo makes me feel 🤢

CassandrasCastle · 09/10/2019 14:14

Toast. It just bugs me

And while I love the actual shop, I despise the name &Other Stories. It winds me up whenever I have to say it. (Oh what a difficult life I lead..)

Wheat2Harvest · 09/10/2019 15:34

l used to work in a job which involved data input of property items. One woman on my shift input a Skoda Fabia as 'Labia'.

I've always thought that Volvo is a candidate for unfortunate typing errors.

AliceAbsolum · 09/10/2019 15:47

Hoka one one, because they changed it to "Hoka oh-ney oh-ney".

Also ON cloud shoes. The logo looks like it says qc.

FieldsOf · 09/10/2019 15:52

God I had no idea how many brand names annoyed me.

For me, I'll add:
Yankee candle - wankee candle
Huawei - I have one and it's impossible to pronounce, I just end up saying I have an android
Pull and Bear - clothes shop. What does that even mean. Who is pull. Who is bear.

A cafe just opened up in my town called Pinch My Bun
LOL WHAT MAD LOLS

WalkingInTheAir13 · 09/10/2019 16:30

@WTFdidwedo

As you know Spanish, I*m thinking you know that Anusol means "the sun shines out of his bum"?

BikeRunSki · 09/10/2019 22:25

Great Plains

Sounds like a safari company rather than a clothing company.

LadyAndiBella · 09/10/2019 22:53

Uppababy
Icandy
Totsbots

LadyAndiBella · 09/10/2019 23:00

@TrickyD me too. I just didn't want to admit it as they have great customer service. But yeah all the bollocking on about perfect little rainbows on shelves and big de stashes etc gets tiring

Babipur sell a product named Wankle 😂😂

Ella's kitchen
Lelli kelli
Ipad

LadyAndiBella · 09/10/2019 23:01

I know of a hair salon called curl up and dye