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The Corporate Lame Name Game

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whats-wrong-with-'bob' dept.

daniel-san writes "I've always wondered where names like Lucent, Aptiva, Infiniti, Agilent, Aquent, Naviant get invented. Not just pertaining to e-commerce companies, the article at Salon describes some of the silliness and the willingness to pay for these names. With companies like NameLab, NameBase, Name/It, NameTrade, Namestormers and TrueNames behind the scenes, I now understand the source of my comedic relief (and sometimes utter horror.) " What are your choices for lamest names for companies or products?

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  1. Car Names, Especially Toyota by YeOldeGnurd · · Score: 5
    Camre? Previa? They read like a misprint! Toyota has not used a real word in naming a car since the Corona, have they? Okay, I guess Tundra is a real word.

    How about Kia? They make the Sportage, Retona, Clarus, and Pregio?!?

    Here's some cars that should have been introduced during the nineties:

    Geo Scrotum

    Geo Speculum (would compete with Ford Probe for "Car most likely to make women squeamish"

    Infiniti Q45 Explosive Space Demodulator

    Cadillac Coupe de Soixante-neuf

    Solaris Java, a solar-powered "smart car"

    Ford Excessive, an SUV bigger than the Excursion

    and, of course, the Isuzu Hemos

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