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Have you ever encountered something with a horribly inappropriate name?

Asked by keobooks (14322points) June 23rd, 2015

No matter what your opinion is on abortion, I think we can all agree on this one. Abortion drone has got to be a name that conjures up the image of something incredibly awful. Even after I read the article and found out that its true purpose was kind of bland (people use it to deliver birth control and abortion pills to women in Poland, where that stuff is illegal.) I still can’t stop thinking about what the word “abortion drone” first brought to my mind.

I immediately imagined a drone flying around, programmed to attack pregnant women and give them an on the spot instant abortion somehow. I couldn’t bring myself to think of exactly how it would perform such a task. And after it was done, it would just fly away, looking for another pregnant woman to attack. I think I have an idea for a new dystopian novel.

Anyway, so yeah, I think that’s a terrible name for that thing. Can you think of anything else you’ve encountered with an extremely unfortunate name?

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Zaku's avatar

Hypertension and High Blood Pressure are terms that both increase by stress and my blood pressure. They almost violate the Hippocratic oath, it seems to me.

anniereborn's avatar

Depression. That word is used both for the serious clinical illness and for someone feeling down becuz their date didn’t show up.

It’s like calling pneumonia a cold.

JLeslie's avatar

Titmouse. A little, cute bird.

Earthbound_Misfit's avatar

Coon cheese.

The Nigger Brown stand. It took years to get them to change it.

Blondesjon's avatar

Head cheese.

picante's avatar

Bingo wings

ucme's avatar

Aunt Fanny.

ibstubro's avatar

Hair lip.
I decline to post an image.

Blondesjon's avatar

Dick Van Dyke and Dick Van Patten.

St.George's avatar

Johnson Massage – translated from Chinese on the side of a van in my neighborhood in San Francisco. Hilarious.

cheebdragon's avatar

I had to take my grandma to a Christian bookstore one time and I found this booklet. It’s about date rape but the series is called Dare 2 Dig Deeper.

Christian stores are hilarious.

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