In 2010, Taco Bell came out with a new promotion called the $5 Buck Box. They promoted it as part of a tie-in with the NBA with commercials featuring Charles Barkley. In the ads, Charles would say things like “There’s lots and lots in a five-buck box.” The Five Buck Box was a good value with a catchy phrase and as of this writing, they still have it around. Soon after they started the promotion, I went to Taco Bell to get one. I was standing in line behind and older man. When he was placing his order, he told the employee, “Give me one of those five-dollar buck boxes”. I thought it was funny because I had never heard anyone say it that way. Charles Barkley called it a “five-buck box” and so did I. Everyone I had ever heard say it, said it like Charles Barkley. But then I looked at the sign and saw the dollar sign in front of the number 5. This old man in front of me was saying it right. From that point on, I have called it the “five-dollar buck box”. Other fast food places have also created $5 Buck Boxes and they also call them the “five-buck box”. But they are wrong, aren’t they? I think you will start calling it a “five-dollar buck box” too.