Thursday, 25 August 2016

Wide World of Product Names

Adam Jacot de Boinod’s   Wide World of Product Names

  • Polio - Czech detergent 
  • Vaccine - Dutch aftershave 
  • Climax - Kenyan disinfectant 
  • Naked - New Zealand fruit and nut bar 
  • Noisy - French butter 
  • Last Climax - Japanese tissues 


Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.


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