IHOP annoys everyone again with another name change

This again?
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IHOP annoys everyone again with another name change
IHOP is up to its branding shenanigans again. Credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images

So we're doing this again, huh, IHOP?

A year after the restaurant chain caused a stir by changing its name to "IHOb" to tease its new burgers, and experienced some pretty hilarious burns as a result, it's right back to teasing a new name.

But, this time, no one's having it.

On Monday, IHOP shared the following tweet:

It's hard to make sense of this because the chain actually reverted back to its original IHOP name only a month after the June 2018 "IHOb" stunt, even shuttering its "IHOb" Twitter account. So is it doing something special with pancakes or is there more tomfoolery afoot?

Maybe the "P" will now stand for "Pancizza," their bizarre pizza-pancake hybrid they created for a special promotion in select cities in February.

Still, annoyed Twitter users let IHOP know they were not amused.

Others got more creative and offered their guesses as to what the "P" means with one particular answer leading the way.

We'll have to wait until June 3 to see what this year's IHOP stunt has in store but, personally, I'm rooting for "puppies." To cuddle with, not to eat you monsters.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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