The IKEA naming team is definitely messing with us now.

**What Happened:** I strolled into IKEA last weekend, ready to transform my drab living room into a sleek Scandinavian oasis. But as I wandered through the maze of showrooms, I couldn’t help but notice the oddball names for the furniture. I mean, who actually thought “Fjällbo” was a good name for a coffee table? It sounded more like a frosty Scandinavian dragon than a place to rest my mug. I kept imagining the IKEA naming department meeting where someone pitched “Nordby” for a bedside table while the others fell into a fit of laughter over their lingonberry juice.

**Why It’s Funny:** It dawned on me that the IKEA naming team must have a secret mission to confuse us all. “Oh, you need a new couch? How about the ‘Snoozeberg’? It has excellent lumbar support and sounds like a ski resort!” I couldn’t decide whether to think they were geniuses or just playing an elaborate prank on shoppers. Each piece of furniture felt like it came with a backstory of adventure that I’d never quite be able to pronounce, leaving me to doubt whether I was buying a bookshelf or adopting a pet that needs regular grooming. If they keep this up, I’m just going to start naming all my furniture after my favorite snacks—meet my new chair, “Chips Ahoy”!

randypeaches • 368 points

I got one these a couple years back. Great little Őɓǰ̣ɛč̣ŧ

dirty_kitty • 41 points

Legit my favorite frother. It’s smaller than most others and fits nicely in a drawer

WordsOnTheInterweb • 4 points

I’ve tried several, and this is my favourite, but they almost always burn out in 3-6 months, I think the max I got was 9 months. It’s a good thing they’re cheap, but it feels so wasteful :\

94FnordRanger • 5 points

It also makes small amounts of sauces. Say one tablespoon each of melted butter and lemon juice. (Perhaps a half clove of garlic cooked in the butter or a leaf of basil cut up and dropped in) Whip it up in a glass or the pan the butter was melted in.

arfenarf • 2 points

Not snarking, for real, but what does it do that a SMØL ŴHÏSĶ cannot do?

geeoharee • 3 points

You could do it with a whisk, for sure, but it’s very convenient to just stick this in a glass and press the button. Same as any power tool really.

mankeg • 0 points

Which is not at all unique to this particular frother like the person you replied to was speaking about

94FnordRanger • 1 points

Once you have a tool, it’s fun finding out what else it can do.

Quirky_Word • 1 points

I’ve gotten two and the space for the battery is just barely big enough. My first one split when I was changing the battery, and even on the new one the bottom flap will sometimes just pop off. I mean, I bought the same one twice, so I like it (or at least its price), but that bugs me so much.

dirty_kitty • 1 points

Yeah, I wondered if I should’ve bought the IKEA batteries in case theirs are smaller. It’s a tight fit, but I’ve been able to make it work with standard AA

steveskinner • 1 points

My mother loves that frother

Evil-Bosse • 4 points

No, IKEA has not released a product named Objekt yet, but I wouldn’t be shocked when they do

Lexinoz • 2 points

Not quite so exotic, it’s just “objekt.” OP is definitely on to something just calling a product “produkt.” tho.

MattePatte303 • 1 points

Bork bork!

ASHOT3359 • -1 points

Объект

Truelz • 48 points

I mean most IKEA names actually have a meaning and is in some way related to the product, this just happens to be a swedish word very close to the english version of the same word

dachloe • 44 points

My favorite IKEA name was one for a little white plastic lamp. It only came in the white color. Its name was Svart, which is the Swedish word for the color black.

Lexinoz • 16 points

Produkt = Product. It’s weird, even by their regular naming conventions.

Truelz • 7 points

Well the name is technically correct, the best kind of correct 😉

coffeebribesaccepted • 2 points

Are the other ones just as silly? Is there one called Grej?

Akegata • 6 points

They have a series of products for children called “grejsimojs” which would probably be translated to thingamabob, but in a childish way somehow? A lot of the names are just descriptive, like the posters called “bild” (picture), but the are certainly silly ones as well.

ZoomZoomFarfignewton • 3 points

Grej means “thing”. Grå is the word you’re looking for 😉

athurd • 115 points

ITëM

levine2112 • 44 points

Şțüpħ

someguyfromsk • 19 points

Thang.

Bleades • 11 points

Put it down flip it and reverse it?

FD4L • 6 points

Bäkward

M0nkeyGalaxy • 2 points

Dïldœ

Moppo_ • 1 points

We don’t want that IKEA produkt thang!

busterbab • 8 points

At this point IKEA could label something “PRODUKT” and I’d still assume it’s Swedish for “don’t ask questions.”

Christoffre • 3 points

🇸🇪 *item* = 🇬🇧 as well as; an additional matter

Toast_Meat • 1 points

Thîng

Emotional-Big-1306 • 0 points

итём

BadMuthaSchmucka • 97 points

I like the names of Chinese off brands on Amazon. Just random made up words like COOLIFUN, MUDDUNKY, FUBMANIF, ABSOVISY

Isgrimnur • 34 points

Write a quiz of these, antidepressants, and new Pokemon.

ThePandaClause • 12 points

Muddunky is definitely the baby form of Mudbray

Fr05t_B1t • 3 points

I thought Muddunky was the greedo edit in A New Hope?

crispiy • 6 points

I love my DUDUWANG car seats. This is not a joke.

DrummerOfFenrir • 2 points

[My sister in law got us travel towels…](https://i.imgur.com/7OJQXSS.jpeg)

gireaux • 2 points

So there is a reason for the alphabet soup in those names: they won’t raise copyright complaints if they are nonsense words. It is intentional that the words aren’t quite right.

Irving94 • 2 points

Ugh. It infuriates me when someone in my family orders this nonsense, so this comment hurts me.

jax7778 • 11 points

Many of them are just swedish words, though a decent number are nonsensical. Like the “Brother” Bookshelf. Ólafur Waage on youtube had a great joke about their rugs being named after \*Danish Towns so they could walk all over them.

arcalumis • 8 points

Yes, the rugs are place names in Denmark. People from Småland aren’t very fond of the danes.

BoiIedFrogs • 15 points

I know it’s meant for coffee but it’s lowkey great for protein shakes

GreyGanado • 24 points

It’s meant for milk.

Elren99 • 3 points

It makes great chocolate milk too.

rclonecopymove • -19 points

You don’t want to invalidate your product warranty for your product through improper product use.

coffeebribesaccepted • 23 points

I think you mean produkt

MultipleOrgasmDonor • 5 points

Why is this downvoted it’s fuckin hilarious 😂

rclonecopymove • 2 points

Thanks I have no idea IKEA fans have no sense of hümør it seems ?

The IKEA naming team is definitely messing with us now.

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