I’m thinking things like “Same-sung” For Samsung, because all their products look kinda generic and boring, or Ford standing for “Fix Or Repair Daily” because of the engineering and build quality, or “McDiabetes”, for obvious reasons.

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    My family calls Au Bon Pain “House of Pain”. We also say Pantera Bread and Dimmu Burger (for Burger King).

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    I will never respect Facebook’s attempted rebranding, especially not a rebranding based on the name of their hilariously failed product.

    facebook is facebook. instagram is facebook. whatsapp is facebook.

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    Whenever my grandmother talks about United Parcel Service, she always says “ups”, one syllable, instead of U-P-S like most people do.

    Lately though, whenever she gets a package that arrives damaged, she calls them “Oops”.


    Whenever I’d encounter 18-wheelers out on the road, everyone has the usual jokes about Swift. Sure Wish I’d Finished Training, Stevie Wonder’s Institute For Trucking, etc. but there’s jokes for every large trucking company.

    TMC: Turtles Moving Cargo

    Prime Inc: Please Remember, I’m Missouri Educated

    CRST: Crash 'n Roll Stunt Team

    U.S. Express becomes Useless Express in my head. The list goes on.

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    Home cheapo (home depot) Hazzard fraught (hobo freight) Clown fair (town fair) Found on road dead (Ford) Bonus: what do u call a f150 with a dual exhaust? A wheelbarrow with heated grips. Fix it again tony (fiat) Just empty every pocket (jeep) Hanafartz (hannafords)

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    Flip Over Read Directions

    Home Despot

    Blood Bath and Beyond

    Wally World: But not for Walmart. When I was a teenager I worked for a garden center called “Walnut Ridge” and everyone that worked there referred to as that.

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    I’ve always like Microshaft, I don’t know if anyone still uses that since every one calls them Microslop now.

    I also used to see people use Microshit occasionally.

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    Purolater not Puronow instead of Purolator

    Day & Loss instead of Day & Ross

    Loosit instead of Loomis.

    Obviously I work in shipping and have to deal with a lot of courier companies