IHOP stands for International House of Pancakes. The chain has been around for 60 years and has used the IHOP acronym since 1973. So what in the name of a Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity is IHOP thinking by changing its name to IHOb?
IHOP tweeted and posted to its Facebook pageon Tuesday that it plans to “flip” the “P” in its name on June 11.
The announcement clearly got people talking. People started to wonder if the b stood for breakfast, brunch or bacon, which would make sense.
But some had more amusing suggestions, such as broccoli, burritos, bitcoin and even breakdancing.
There were also numerous votes for bears, beets and Battlestar Galactica — a reference to a popular meme from the American version of “The Office.”
The IHOP social media team was clearly having fun with the speculation — and it came up with some goofy suggestions of their own for people to vote on in a Twitter poll, such as butternut squash (yum!) and barnacles (yuck!)
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