Fnord wrote:
The nickname for Montgomery Wards triggered me to start on this...
(anything) Depot -- (anything) Despot
Bed, Bath, and Beyond -- Bloodbath and a Bomb
Bed, Bath, and Beyond -- Hot Bath with a Blonde
Circuit City -- Circum-City or Circuit Sh***
Fedco -- FedUpCo
K-Mart -- K-Fart
KFC -- Kills From Cholesterol
Macy's -- Spacy's
Mervyn's -- Vermin's
Montgomery Wards -- Monkey Ward
Nieman Marcus -- Needless Markups
Outback Steakhouse -- Outhouse Snakehouse
Penney's -- Pangit's (means "Ugly" in Filipino)
Publix -- Pubix
Red Lobster -- Dead Mobster
Sears -- Sneers
Smart & Final -- Fart & Smile
Starbucks -- Morebucks
Target -- Chez Targét ("shay tar-JHAY")
Thriftway -- Theft Way
Walmart -- Wally World
Hoschild-Kohn (a Bawlmer/Warshington DC Department Store chain than went out of business nearly 40 years ago)—Horsesh!t and Corn.
First Union National Bank (predecessor to the current Wells Fargo Bank)—F!cked Union
Dauphin Deposit Bank and Trust Co. (predecessor bank to M&T Bank)—Fish sh!t (get it?)
Pizza Hut—Pizza Slut
Indiana University of PA (IUP, my alma mater)—I Usually Party (and they are the biggest party school in the PA State System oh Higher Education.)
Wachovia Bank (another Predecessor to Wells Fargo Bank)—F!ck over ya.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone (C&P)—Ser and Pee.
Slippery Rock University of PA—Slimy Pebble
Shippensburg, PA—Sh!ttensburg
Intercourse, PA, Paradise Township, PA, Bird-In-Hand, PA, Blue Ball, PA—Need I say anything?