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Markoff 63 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How does IKEA come up with names for its products?

Hoven means Excrements in Czech (in 2nd case)

So when IKEA had Hoven sale - Doprodej Hoven (Excrements sale), people were amused

https://www.lidovky.cz/byznys/ikea-narazila-s-nazvy-vyrobku-...

so much for "Every possible product name is carefully checked to avoid undesirable meanings in other languages"

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