SPQR

San Francisco’s newest 4-letter word is SPQR, a trendy restaurant, which gets gushing reviews for food, but like TCHO (see below), falls dreadfully short in the vowel department. SPQR is a little too much like SPOR. Eat My Words wouldn’t go near the word “spor” for one of our clients. It’s not something we want to taste. Plus, we’re not sure how to pronounce it. The dyslexic version, “SPRQ,” might sound little bit like “Spork.” According to sources, SPQR is actually an acronym for “Senatus Populusque Romanus,” which means “the senate and the Roman people.” Okay, is it just us, or wouldn’t the acroynm for Senatus Populusque Romanus simply be SPR? (Still sounds like SPOR.) We’re not crazy about the names “Senatus,” “Populusque,” or “Romanus” on their own as a name of the restaurant either, but at least they have vowels.