Finding Humor in Trademarks(tm)?

psycona asks: "I was staring at the back of a Schick razor package and saw the words SmartDesign(tm). Now if that isn't one of the most idiotic appropriations of the English language I've ever seen. Which got me to thinking. I'm pretty sure there are web sites out there that list stuff like this, but what are your favourite marketroid phrases? I'm talking about any (tm)-ed or (r)-ed word that shouldn't be, or phrases like 'Designed For Humans!' As a proud cynic and self-professed guardian of plain (or at least good) English, I'd find it amusing to know what else was out there." Well, I think I'll beat a few folks to the punch and nominate the whole "... for Dummies" line of books. I'm sure many of you have several others.

Comments

Silly Trademarks

[Chris Hiner]

Or making up a word, then using it like:
Cheer cleans better...
"That's because only Cheer has Liquifiber{tm}."

And only Microsoft has Windows Northern Telecom.

Re:Moronic slugout

[jms]

The best title in the entire series has to be The Complete Idiot's Guide To Enhancing Self-Esteem.

more mcdonalds..

[mrzaph0d]

from this page, all these are trademarks of mcdonalds:

Gospelfest

McBaby

McBacon

McBurger

McBus

McCafe

MCDirect Shares

McDouble

McDrive

McFamily

McFranchise

McHero

McKroket

McMaco

McNifica

McOz

Teriyaki McBurger

Vegi Mac

at one time i know they had McLobster listed, but i couldn't find it anymore.

Here's one I saw today

[rjamestaylor]

University of Phoenix: You can do this

Though the ads sell the idea of differentiation via higher education, the slogan cuts to the least common denominator.

Here's some great links:

• Translated slogan mistakes
• Slogans Exposed!
• Real Slogan, different contexts
• Excellent real-life example - scroll to bottom

I got these links from Google, which seems to be slogan-less.
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