Where I live (
Quebec) there are three common nicknames for
Radio Shack stores.
Radio Scrap is the most popular because it works particularly well in both French and English. There's also
Radio Shaft and
Radio Shite. Other common Radio Shack brands have been nicknamed as well, like the Trash-80 instead of the
TRS-80, a computer they sold under a
Tandy brand back in the '80s. Also, if you do a search on
Google for 'radio scrap' right now, the first listing that comes up is Radio Shack Canada. The Canadian Radio Shack company knows customers might search for this term and, although derogatory, why risk a customer going to a competitor?
Their motto: "You've got questions? We've got shrugs."