10 Unfortunately Named Drinks
July 20, 2009 by James Bent - 40 Comments
It’s hilarious when people spend huge money on creating a unique concept, setting up the production process, planning the promotion – and fail at the very basic: the product name. Here are 10 unfortunately named drinks: whether it is funny or plain stupid – that’s for you to decide!
1. Pee Cola:
The name of the soft drink (produced in Ghana) has some clear disgusting associations. And it should be noted that English is official language of Ghana, so they might have meant what it sounds like:
2. Pocari Sweat
One of the more unfortunately named drinks, Pocari Sweat tastes like a combo of an old fashioned Shasta and Sprite.
3. Booty Sweat
Booty Sweat, Alpa Chino’s energy drink, from Tropic Thunder is probably meant to have a sensationally-sounding name to promote itself, so they did a good job:
4. SARS
This drink, made by Golden Circle (New Zealand), unfortunately shares its name with the SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus. There have been two pandemics of SARS reported in recent years.
5. Vergina
Produced in Greece, this beer is named after a small town but it does sound funny when transliterated into English:
6. Pussy
MTV’s Pussy drink was named so on purpose to get some attention:
The name Pussy shocks and demands attention – that’s the point. Inhibition is a recipe for mediocrity. This is a premium energy drink named with confidence.
Pussy believes in natural energy – because it’s better for you.
But can we say that was a good choice anyway?
7. Erektus
Erektus Energy drink with contents of guarana, caffeine, vitamins and extract of exotic plants Damiana, Schizadra, Maté, Ginseng, effective against tiredness and stimulating efficiency. I see the idea here but is it for men only?
8. Deepresso
“Deepresso” is the last thing we normally want coffee to cause in us:
9. Sac Sac
No clear associations here (or are there?), it just sounds stupid…
10. Waterproof water:
It just doesn’t make sense to me: how can water be “waterproof“?
Popularity: 9% [?]
Reader Comment
Nick (July 21st, 2009, 11:13 am)
PEE Cola is pretty good, but missing from this list is Pschitt soda from France.
The Cleaner (July 21st, 2009, 12:47 pm)
Nelly’s Pimp Juice is missing too.
me (July 21st, 2009, 12:54 pm)
No Calpis? Pocari Sweat makes the list but no calpis…
you (July 21st, 2009, 01:02 pm)
How about Dyc Whiskey in Spain?
Sepp (July 21st, 2009, 01:03 pm)
“Sac Sac”? “Caveman” (1981, best movie ever!)
Jim (July 21st, 2009, 01:06 pm)
Sac Sac is good
Alex (July 21st, 2009, 01:08 pm)
How dare you say polcari sweat goes on the list. fuck u
popurls.com // popular today (July 21st, 2009, 01:20 pm)
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story has entered the popular today section on popurls.com…
Geralnik (July 21st, 2009, 01:24 pm)
what about bawls? that should definitly be here
Sean (July 21st, 2009, 01:30 pm)
Calpis Soda is freakin’ delicious!
Tony (July 21st, 2009, 01:36 pm)
What about Tigers Piss a Whiskey I got In Singapore
ajp (July 21st, 2009, 01:55 pm)
Seriously?!?! Who the fuck made this list and included a fictional drink, unfortunate translations, but no BAWLS. It is the single worst marketing decision for a drink name ever.
Michael Arnaldo (July 21st, 2009, 02:13 pm)
Hahah some really good ones there. Marketing fail haha
Hal0 (July 21st, 2009, 02:17 pm)
What about drinks with unfortunate names that ACTUALLY got popular?
Bawls would work as one. The wine from Australia called “Cat’s pee in a bush” would have been funny as hell.
And I agree- Booty Sweat doesn’t exist, there’s probably a lot better ones you could have included that would have been much funnier, all you have to do is look in the chinese supermarkets and BAM instant poor translations of drinks!
DrFade (July 21st, 2009, 02:20 pm)
Where the hell is Gresidick Beer? Come on People, do some research!!!:)
Jay (July 21st, 2009, 02:34 pm)
One more missing dring – “Fart” by Polish company “Hellena”. The weird thing is that fart means luck in Polish.
chegs (July 21st, 2009, 02:36 pm)
pocari sweat tastes nothing like what you’ve described. it’s not carbonated. it’s like a watered down white powerade/gatorade.
Get your facts straight. I’m done with this blog!
tom_mandory (July 21st, 2009, 03:35 pm)
i don’t get pocari sweat? what do u think pocari means? and while we’re at it, wtf is a Shasta?
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Grammy (July 21st, 2009, 04:38 pm)
The whole thing is s waste of time.
Don’t you people have anything better to do?
Bruce (July 21st, 2009, 05:20 pm)
Actually, Booty Sweat DOES exist:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=booty+sweat&x=0&y=0
It’s cherry flavored.
You can also get Slurm, Duff and several other “non-existent” drinks at Amazon too.
Computron (July 21st, 2009, 06:56 pm)
You forgot Horse Piss Beer!
http://www.horsepissbeer.com/
Vivid (July 21st, 2009, 07:22 pm)
Pocari Sweat is named so because it is much like the Gatorade that is available in the US. It is meant to be used when sweating. It is originally from Korea where products are generally named after what they are meant for.
Pocari sweat is made from grapefruit juice, and does not taste like Shasta and Sprite mix. It is not unfortunately named, and is VERY successful.
Saigon (July 22nd, 2009, 12:27 am)
The Genny beer ( http://www.geneseebeer.com/images/genny-light.jpg) is also not so well named. The “genny” word means prulent in Hungarian langauge. When i was in USA i bougth some to bring them home make my friends to laugh.
Pete (July 22nd, 2009, 04:20 am)
Golden Circle isn’t from New Zealand it’s from Australia. Those pesky kiwi’s got to you didnt they?
Spogatz (July 22nd, 2009, 10:50 am)
They also missed “Bawls” energy drink.
Pontefract (July 22nd, 2009, 12:48 pm)
nice list. How the hell did an english speaking nation allow the name pee cola? It just seems ridiculous!
c01dphu510n (July 22nd, 2009, 03:22 pm)
Then theres Jones’ Whoop Ass energy drink. Not so unfortunate, but entertaining.
R (July 22nd, 2009, 08:05 pm)
Sars is short for Sarsparilla and has been on the market long before the acronym for a disease came about…
bob-the-surfer (July 23rd, 2009, 08:07 pm)
What about Dickens Cider? It’s not on here either.
daniel stern (July 28th, 2009, 10:24 pm)
you forgot one of the greatest beverages ever with a unfortunate name pschitt which is pronounced shit, not to mention its delicios unlike other beverages on your list.
psi (August 1st, 2009, 11:48 am)
Missing on the list:
FART
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a84MQVxzC3Y/R1loxZw9WTI/AAAAAAAAAMc/2AvdiV1xNmQ/s1600-h/fartjuice.jpg
TidalFury (August 10th, 2009, 10:59 pm)
These are great. Speaking of bad translations, here is a funny short story my dad once told me:
He was driving a car in China when there was this one shop that had Chinese symbols, and below, the translation: Ass Glue.
Epic translation fail.
Lucas Tadeu (August 12th, 2009, 08:39 am)
Pee cola is really nice. But the Waterproof one made me laugh (: #rofl
Thanks for sharing.
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It is meant to be used when sweating. It is originally from Korea where products are generally named after what they are meant for.
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Chris (December 22nd, 2010, 12:15 am)
Cocaine Energy Drink!!! The BEST!!
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kojoskelon (December 23rd, 2010, 09:05 pm)
vergina!! like fo real… thats y they couldn’t sell in da english speaking countries. lol
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