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7. Because it sounds like something a 6 year old would say?

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 06:47 PM

Nov 2013

I call them Purveyors of Shoddy Products that Cost More in the Long Run Because You Have to Replace Them More Often. It doesn't roll as trippingly off the tongue, I'll admit, so I sometimes shorten it to Blot on the Landscape.

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Why Can't We Just Start Saying "Walfart" When Referring To That Company? [View all] TheMastersNemesis Nov 2013 OP

Toxic waste transfer station. adirondacker Nov 2013 #1

I hope that sticks FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #2

I call it "Satan Mart" myself WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2013 #3

Or Wel-Mart... Blue Owl Nov 2013 #4

Classy... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #5

We refer to is as Mao Mart. Le Taz Hot Nov 2013 #6

Because it sounds like something a 6 year old would say? Retrograde Nov 2013 #7

The name "WalMart" is already enough to make many of us nauseated...no need to change it.... Rowdyboy Nov 2013 #8