Tar-Zhay; Jean-Claude Penne; Wal-Fart; Albertscums; Needless Markup; Taco Hell

[Jonathan Lighter]

It's "Food Lion," a large supermarket chain in the South.

JL

Jeff Prucher <jprucher at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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--- Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
> I first heard "Tarzhay" in the early '90s, though I now see I was behind the
> curve. The first of these corporate nicknames to reach my notice were
> "Mickey D's" (now trademarked, I believe) and "HoJo's" - both around 1983-84.
> Since then "Taco Hell" and "Pizza Slut" have come along.
>
> "Burger Thing" never got into HDAS, but I've used it. My wife says "Food
> Hyena." There's also "Office Creepo," formerly "Office Clown" (i.e.,
> "Depot" & "Town").

In the 80's and early 90's my friends and I also used "Little Seizure's"
(Little Caesar's) and "Cropduster" (Blockbuster Video). McDonald's was
affectionately known as "McDeath".

I can't even guess what "Food Hyena" would be.

Jeff Prucher

>
> "Mark A. Mandel" wrote:
>
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, JP Villanueva wrote:
>
> #We have a rhyming phenomenon with fast food and pizza restaurants:
> #Jack in the Box = jack in the crack
> #Pizza Time = pizza crime
> #Pizza Answer = pizza cancer
> #Pizza Hut = pizza slut
> #Taco Bell = toxic hell
>
> I know "Taco *H*ell", not the others. We lived two doors down from one of
> these our first year in Berkeley, and the smell made me sick.
>
> mark by hand
>




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