Product originally called baby gays

The product was originally called Baby Gays, and in , the labels were changed to read Q-tips ® Baby Gays. Later, the name Baby Gays was discarded and Q-tips ® became the identifying mark for cotton swabs.

In , he changed the name ever so slightly to “Q-tips Baby Gays.” Eventually, it became known as the far more familiar and simpler “Q-tips.” That stands for “quality tips,” by the way, but it was never meant to be a product name. It’s actually just a brand name, most common in Canada and the U.S.