The MoTab

So I was thinking about the MoTab today, and wondering why we call it MO-tab, and not MOR-tab, considering the fact that Mormon doesn't sound like "MOE"mon. I mean seriously. The phonetics of it all are distressing.

And then I thought about saying "Mortab," and realized it sounds a lot like Lortab, which you may or may not know to be a brand name of Hydrocodone (/dihidrocodeinone), which is also marketed as:

Hydrococet,

Symtan,

Anexsia, [Anorexia + Amnesia?]

Damason-P,

Dicodid,

Hycodan,

Hydromet,

Hycomine,

Hycet,

Lorcet,

Norco, [This sounds like a druggie nickname, a la stoner, crackhead, etc.]

Novahistex,

Hydrovo,

Duodin,

Kolikodol, [Kolipoki? I want islander food.]

Orthoxycol,

Panacet,

Zydone,

Mercodinone,

Synkonin,

Norgan, [I hope Morgan takes this someday so I can call her Norgan Morgan ... HAH]

Xodol,

Hydrokon,

and, perhaps most recognizably, Vicodin.

Suddenly I'm glad our nickname for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is phonetically nonsensical, and not reminiscent of licenced narcotics. :)

P.S. Thank you Wikipedia for the list of drug names. It's not like I'm THAT familiar with drug brands ... Hah.