Announcing the worst name of 2008
What happens when software engineers drink and play Scrabble?Thanks to all of you who voted in the 2008 Head Scratcher “worst name of the year” contest. This cheeky annual award, created by naming firm Eat My Words (that would be us), is inspired by our no-brainer philosophy, “A name should make you smile, instead of [...]
Radisson Blu It
We are all for name changes. In fact we encourage it, in many cases. However, this one from Radisson is odd. First take a look at this from their website: “As time goes by, your much loved Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts will change their name to Radisson Blu. This is not a revolution but [...]
Vote For the Worst Brand Name of 2008
All year long we compile the biggest brand name “Head Scratchers” in our blog. Now you can vote for the worst one and help induct it into the Eat My Words Name Shame Hall of Fame. Based on criteria from the Eat My Words SMILE & SCRATCH name evaluation test, here are what we consider [...]
Bad to the Xohm
One of our favorite really really bad names and contender for 2008′s Eat My Words Name Shame Hall of Fame, XOHM, has met an early death. We previously ranted about this abomination as being wrong in so many many ways back in March and our opinion has not improved. The merger with Clearwire has provided [...]