BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, 4 May 2005 11:03:18 -0400, Dennis R. Preston <preston at MSU.EDU> wrote:

>Snacks with "nonsense" names. A trend? Fiddle-faddle, poppycock. Others?

Probably not a trend, since Poppycock and Fiddle Faddle are made by the
same company, Lincoln Snacks.  Their other major product is Screaming
Yellow Zonkers.  All three are variations on the theme of sweetened
popcorn.

http://www.lincolnsnacks.com/about.asp

There's also a candy bar from Hershey's called Whatchamacallit, if that
counts as a nonsense name.


--Ben Zimmer