Jan
Name Shame Hall of Fame - 2008 HEAD SCRATCHER CONTEST
Submit Your Head Scratcher™
for the Name Shame Hall of Fame
Eat My Words, the incredibly creative naming company in San Francisco has come up with a new way to entertain us!
What can you do when a product or company name makes you cringe, scratch your head or roll you eyes? Submit it here to the Name Shame Hall of Fame, an on-going list of “bad names” compiled by Eat My Words. Entries will be posted regularly in our cheeky blog and we’ll announce the #1 Head Scratcher in December.
Before you send in a name, please make sure it meets most or all of the following criteria:
It’s difficult to pronounce the first time you see it
(Apahcinc, Bliin, Qoop)
It’s meaningless unless someone explains it to you
(Caachi, Etelos, Raketu)
It’s forced and unnatural sounding. (Motiva, Fragranza, Learnia)
It has an unnatural spelling (Takkle, Flickr, Ziizoo)
It’s just damn annoying (Doostang, Thoof, Mathnasium)
The 2007 #1 Head Scratcher award went to Xobni, a name that meets ALL of the above criteria.
TO ENTER: Send your name(s) to nameshame @ eatmywords.com. (We won’t sell your email address to spammers, we promise.)
