I would like to nominate the HP Victus series of high-end gaming laptops. (And that last part is actually amplifying how stupid that name is.)
This is not some unfortunate sounding like something else in some unforeseen other language (like the supposed Ford Nova in Spanish). This is Latin and means exactly one thing in Latin.
And what "Victus" means is: defeated.
(Which you may already be familiar with from Sol IN-victus, meaning the UN-defeated Sun. Without the IN, you get just the "defeated" part.)
Now the product name would be dumb anyway, but for the kind of competitive gamer that would buy the most expensive gaming laptop... yeah... I guess you might as well show up from the start at some esports event or lan party with a laptop that says "defeated" :p
So here's a thought for idiot marketing drones: stick to languages you actually know? I know, I know, it's crazy. But it might just be crazy enough to work :p
This is not some unfortunate sounding like something else in some unforeseen other language (like the supposed Ford Nova in Spanish). This is Latin and means exactly one thing in Latin.
And what "Victus" means is: defeated.
(Which you may already be familiar with from Sol IN-victus, meaning the UN-defeated Sun. Without the IN, you get just the "defeated" part.)
Now the product name would be dumb anyway, but for the kind of competitive gamer that would buy the most expensive gaming laptop... yeah... I guess you might as well show up from the start at some esports event or lan party with a laptop that says "defeated" :p
So here's a thought for idiot marketing drones: stick to languages you actually know? I know, I know, it's crazy. But it might just be crazy enough to work :p
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