So this topic seems to be on the brain lately, actually been meaning to do a prompt like this for a while because I’m very much a stupid name enjoyer, but this seems like the right time. What are some organization names, or names in general, in your world that your characters think is stupid? Do people still actually use the name or do they have an informal substitute?
In my socialist science-fantasy world with intelligent animals trying to live in harmony, the Felines have a few really verbose names, mainly because they were trying to nationalize and consolidate private businesses after the revolution as much as possible, so they just slapped something together to identify the new publicly-owned companies.
Their flag airline is called the Feline Ministry of Transportation Air Transport Service (FMT-ATS), which, yes, uses the word “transport” twice. Their public transportation agency and regulator is called the Feline Ministry of Transportation, and the airline is a department within it. Everyone thinks the name is really stupid just calls it Feline Air for short, they’re probably going to rebrand it to Feline Air at some point but they have more pressing things on their to-do list, like actually building and operating enough hovercrafts to satisfy the sharp increase in demand for transportation following the revolution.
Reserve Army of Despair, Despair Speakers… basically anything that comes from the Imperium. It’s to satisfy the Padishah Kaiserin’s despair fetish, which doesn’t really exist, but that’s another story.
This actually reminds me of a so-bad-it’s-good Canadian cartoon series I used to watch as a kid. It was called Johnny Twoshoes, where the focus “umbrella corporation” type entity is called “Misery Inc.” and its CEO is called Lucious Haneous II.
Damn I’m nostalgic now.
