We asked our followers on Facebook their favorite nicknames for businesses in HRM, and wow you had some doozies. Here’s the totals as of May 14, 2024 at noon.
Top 20 Comments by Reactions
| Biz | Name | Reactions | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchy’s | Holly Ward | 42 | “I got it from Francois” has always been a way to say Frenchy’s |
| Superstore | Emile Lapointe | 40 | When my nephew was around three he’d mispronounce superstore as “pooperstore” |
| KFC | Derrick Bona | 40 | Unpleasant pheasant-KFC |
| Walmart | Chris Horne | 35 | We call the smaller Walmart in cole harbour the “mowalmart” |
| KFC | April MH | 29 | Our kids call KFC kids fattening centre lol |
| Superstore | Midnight Blaze Paul | 28 | Stupid store for super store, now more appropriately |
| KFC | Emile Lapointe | 27 | KFC was always Dirty Bird |
| KFC | Susan Munro Paterson | 27 | Kentucky yucky – KFC |
| Superstore | Kristin Arsenault | 26 | Stupidstore – superstore 😂 had this one for years |
| Frenchy’s | Andrea Conrod | 26 | Gag and Spew, Garden View Main St Dartmouth (better known as Frenchy’s) |
| Tim Hortons | Diana McLean | 25 | Timportance (pronounced like importance, but stands for Tim Hortons) |
| Value Village | Larissa Chipman | 25 | Valu vallage = value village (makes it sound fancier) |
| GardenView Restaurant | Jess Canning | 23 | Gag’n spew was what we always called GardenView |
| Superstore | RonandCarrie FirebirdFamily | 22 | Stupid store = superstore |
| Giant Tiger | Amy Marie | 17 | GT Boutique = Giant Tiger |
| First Choice Haircutters | Wendy Rashid | 17 | Last Choice Haircutters |
| Salvation Army | Beth Dudka | 16 | Sally Ann. Salvation Army |
| Giant Tiger | Shellynn Yhard | 15 | Grande Tigre = Giant tiger (said in an awful French accent) |
| Giant Tiger | Sharon Eastwood | 13 | The big kitty- Giant Tiger |
| KFC | Dave MacIntyre | 12 | The Dirty Bird – KFC |
Top 20 Comments by Business
| Biz | %, # of comments | Example Comment |
|---|---|---|
| KFC | 21.77%, 167 | Dirty bird kfc |
| Superstore | 13.17%, 101 | Stupid store = superstore |
| Giant Tiger | 6.52%, 50 | Sh*tty kitty = giant tiger idk why lol |
| McDonald’s | 4.95%, 38 | McThrow Ups – McDonalds |
| Sobeys | 1.43%, 11 | Coining it now. Sobeys costs extra |
| Walmart | 1.30%, 10 | Wallyworld – Walmart |
| Dollarama | 1.30%, 10 | Dollarama in it a bit of a mecca |
| Loblaws | 1.17%, 9 | Roblaws |
| Frenchy’s | 1.04%, 8 | François aka Frenchys |
| Burger King | 1.04%, 8 | Bk lounge (Burger King) |
| No Frills | 0.65%, 5 | No Thrills = No Frills |
| Costco | 0.52%, 4 | Costco = cost mo 🤑 |
| Tim Hortons | 0.39%, 3 | Tim Hortons – Timmies |
| Taco Bell | 0.26%, 2 | Toxic Hell = Taco Bell |
| Metro | 0.13%, 1 | “Metro Center” |
| Pizza Hut | 0.13%, 1 | Izza hu for pizza hut |
| Other | 44.20%, 339 | Dollar drama |