Fat euphemisms..

[AnyaKimlin]

That sound at home as the name of a shop in an English Market town. It all started with the tearooms which I called "The Muffin Top."

It's kind of mushroomed - The Osteopath is Lovely Bones, Mechanics is the Spare Tyre, Butcher's is the Pork Beast, Speciality sweet shop is the Sugar Monster, The baker's is called Whale's (The baker is Mr Whale) and there are a couple of othes.

Now I've got a jewellers to name and I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions greatfully received.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Something ring. Whilst keeping it clean....?

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Stone Soup?

(ok, I'll go home and think some more....)

 

[Ursa major]

No Jeweller's name at the moment, but the local cash-and-carry can be Huge Discounts.

And the Bingo Hall can simply be Wings; the opticians, Big Frames (run by the far-from-sinister Mr Big); the skinny posh priest who wants (unsuccessfully) to be down wiv de yoof, calls himself Lardy Da.

 

[ed9428]

Perhaps, Inner Beauty. As in its what's inside that counts.

 

[ed9428]

Or maybe, Grand Haul.
I will be thinking about this all day now.

 

[Tyburn]

All That Glitters?
The Rolling Stone?
Girl's Best Friend?
Or maybe just 'Forever'?
(I think you can get what I'm aiming at with the last two)

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Diamond in the rough?

 

[Boneman]

Gems tone?
Dymond ring?
Ruby Tuesday's?
Pearl Cluster?
Sapphire Blue?

 

[Mouse]

Chubb's.

 

[alchemist]

Too Many Stones

 

[hopewrites]

Twisted Fancy

Smith's Gold (run by a 5th generation gold smith)

I like the idea of Forever mentioned above. there's a shop here about called Forever Diamonds. they specialize in wedding sets.

Debtors Sparkle has a catchy ring to it. though might put off shoppers.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Or hope's suggestion...A Catchy Ring..

 

[alchemist]

Stones Galore!
Jiggly Jewels
Mr/Ms Jiggly's Jewels

 

[prizzley]

Bling Buster

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Interesting. Thank you for your help.

I'm thinking Forever Stones or Chubb's The Jewellers. Do they work? I'd just like not to have to change all the other places now.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Chubbs is a brand of safe.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

But I could make the owner Mr Chubb - think they are too close? Maybe Stout's The Jewellers?

 

[Ursa major]

I was about to suggest Grossman's Jewellers, but the problem here is not of piling on the fat euphemisms (which may not be the best thing to do, but it's your story), or of the racial profiling of those working in the jewellery trade, but that there is a jewellers of the name, Lance Grossman Designer Goldsmith, in Dublin.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

They're spread out over four full novel length stories - the most I've got is two or three of them in one chapter. I might go for Forever Stones. I named the pub the King George - after number 4. Not all of them are as obvious.