5/5/09
Scooped: Renaming the Swine Flu
By Aaron Hall
A friend of a friend put together a hilarious and clever site called Rename the Swine Flu. Looks like my blog post earlier this week was no match for Zach’s fun site. I think his site’s popularity is all because of his logo. How cute is that?! (Well, okay there’s a lot more going on than just the cute logo!)
Here are just a few of the submissions that I give my professional namer’s official stamp of approval:
Mad Sow Disease
The Baconic Plague
Porky’s Revenge
SowMenella
Swinus infection
Snout Gout
Pigpendemic
Tags: health naming, healthcare naming, naming contest, renaming, swine flu, virus naming
May 15th, 2009 at 2:39 am
oh, what a competition!
Please, support my ideas!
“pigtorrent” at: http://www.renametheswineflu.com/names/1762 or
“McSeeCough” at: http://www.renametheswineflu.com/names/2451
Take care of your health!
Thanks!
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:09 am
[...] Re-branding occurs in politics too. Just days ago, Judson Berger discussed a kind of “re-branding madness” consuming Washington, D.C. right now: “Terrorist attack is out. — ‘man caused disaster’ is in.” Our friends at Catchword Branding had a lot of fun with the political re-branding of Swine Flu. [...]