Founded in 1972, Stash Tea has suddenly become very busy defending their trademark. In Washington state, where recreational marijuana is legal, the word “stash” has been popping up in business names; not surprising, since “stash” has been a slang term for “hidden collection”, usually of some type of drugs, since the 1960s. In April in federal court in Portland, Stash Tea filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Stash Cannabis Co., and recently sent a notice of trademark infringement to the Stash Pot Shop in Seattle.

Read the whole article at the Oregonian. And, starting this week, Stash Pot Shop of Seattle is Lux Pot Shop of Seattle.

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Did you know that bathroom articles at IKEA are given names of Swedish lakes and bodies of water? Or that the Billy bookcase was named after IKEA employee Billy Likjedhal? Everything you’d ever want to know about IKEA product naming was explained at a Jan. 25 product showcase in New York City, by IKEA designer Jon Karlsson. He revealed that IKEA has a crack team of product namers, who assign names from a database of Swedish words. Quartz covers the event and looks at IKEA’s naming rules. You knew that IKEA was an acronym, right? It stands for Ingvar (founder’s first name), Kamprad (founder’s surname), Elmtaryd (his family’s farm) and Agunnaryd (the village in Småland where he grew up in).

Ever wonder why you call the kids by their siblings’ names – or even the dog’s name? Samantha Deffler, a cognitive scientist at Rollins College, in Winter Park, Fla., wanted to find out why it happens. She and her colleagues conducted a large study on the topic, and their findings were published in the journal Memory & Cognition. Head over to NPR to read or listen to the story. Spoiler: it’s not just you – it’s a normal cognitive glitch – based on who (and what) you love.

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The Tatler, a British magazine known for its coverage of high society, has picked out “some of the poshest names known to man” for those who need naming help. They assure their readers that all of the names are real, and some are several centuries old. Which name would you pick for yourself – Figgy? Monaveen? Yellow? Fenston? Victory? Or Npeter (the ‘N’ is silent)?

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The Washington Post looks at the popularity of the name “Trump” with Kurds in Iraq. Two examples: A restaurant in northern Iraq in the Kurdish city of Duhok, which serves a kilogram of fried fish for $10, has been named “Trump Fish.”  And Hassan Jamil, a Peshmerga fighter, has named his newborn son, Trump Hassan Jamil, and has a very simple reason to give for it. Click through to find out why.

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Did you know Cheerios used to be called Cheerioats? Sometimes the first choice for a name isn’t always the right one. Buzzfeed’s list looks at the names of products, fictional characters, songs, books, apps, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Do you prefer Eggos over Froffles?

American actor Woody Strode in Stanley Kubrick’s film ‘Spartacus’ (L) and the person after whom he was named: Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States of America.

Know any kids named Barack? In Time’s “Now You Know” feature, Merrill Fabry looks at the history of Americans naming their children after Presidents, and what happened to it. Cameos by the ANS’ own Cleve Evans and Frank Nuessel!