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I am currently looking at a vending machine that serves chocolate bars called "nut & go". How stingy do you have to be not to have a single person in your marketing department that speaks modern English?
Among the people who catch the double entendre, how many would A) be dissuaded by it vs. B) have it stick in their mind in a neutral or humorous way.
I'm guessing B is more common.
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Semi-related: gas station chain Kum & Go is finally rebranding.
Rebranding to Ejaculate & Evacuate?
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I am disappointed they didn't have a loyalty program for frequent customers called Kum Guzzlers.
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There’s a regional burger chain in the US called In-N-Out (with bible verses printed on their cups and wrappers, so the double entendre is probably not intentional).
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Maybe the bar is only part of the transaction and you just missed out on the vending machine experience of a lifetime.
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I can easily imagine a marketing guy suggesting it deliberately, to make hip young customers feel like buying this candy is mildly naughty and transgressive.
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"Nut" is uncommon slang. Not surprising ESLs, if that is the situation for the marketing team, didn't catch it.
I don't think "nut" is uncommon. It's been in use for at least 15 years. For example, "Bust a Nut" was the name of the energy bar Alpa Chino made that commercial for in Tropic Thunder, which released in 2008. It's not exactly the same usage, but the association is definitely there.
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I would not say that "nut" is at all uncommon, but maybe I just hang around degens.
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