Name Mangling 101

I received a comment several weeks ago from someone who wanted to know about Fran’s recipe for roast beast. It made me think of all the fun ways we’ve mangled what we call things, both borrowed from sources like Dr. Seuss (as in the case of roast beast), as well as other things we’ve either invented ourselves or picked up from others through the years.

See if you can guess these stores/restaurants: (keeping in mind of course, that some of these places are among our favourite places to shop/eat -- the play on words we use isn’t a reflection on how we feel about most of the places, just an opportunity to twist the language a bit for fun)

Some of these “brands” might not be known all that well outside of Canada, or, even in some cases, outside of Ontario. But I present to you, the list of favourite mangled places that Francine and I use.

1) Booger King
2) C*ckbuster
3) Crappy Tire
4) Elsie’s B.O.
5) Future Shock
6) Homo Depot
7) Horny Tim’s
8) Kentucky Fried Pigeon
9) Losers
10) Pizza Slut
11) Radio Crap
12) Scary Queen
13) Scrawny Ronnie’s
14) Swiss Duck
15) Taco Smell
16) The Crap
17) The Prick

Here’s an oldie, but a goodie, a term my father and uncle used to use for one of their favourite beverage retailer that used to be known, in Ontario, as The Brewer's Retail:

18) The “In” and “Out” Store

Here’s one for those folks who like to shop in downtown Ottawa:

19) The Weirdo Centre

And along those same lines, one of our favourite shopping centres in Hamilton

20) Slimeridge Mall

Think you could get all twenty of them? Have any of your own you wish to share?