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Butter chicken* 
not sure where or why the name came about, but it's a terrible name. Butter chicken to me is the browned butter chicken dish from Sweetwater (do they still make that). Anywho, butter chicken is about the best thing on earth so should be called Nirvana chicken or Ambrosia chicken or something else.

Eggplant
Yes, yes we all know the unripened ones are white like eggs. We all know and eat the purple though. Aubergine is a good name.

Shrimp
Prawn is a better word. Shrimp is a size. And jumbo shrimp is just crazytown.

What are yours?

*In 1975, the English phrase "butter chicken" curry first appeared in print, as a specialty of the house at Gaylord Indian restaurant in Manhattan. (wikipedia)
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianFood/comments/1ab93lt/indias_courts_to_rule_on_who_invented_butter/

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Butter chicken is a direct translation of Hindi/Urdu Murgh Makhani (Chicken with a buttery gravy).

Eggplant and Aubergine both are stupid names.  It should be Baigan or Baigun.  The cuisine that makes the best Baigan should name it.  What is the Mandarin name for it?

As for prawns or shrimps...I dislike both names.  I prefer Jhinga for shrimp and Jal-pari for prawns. 
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