Capital One bank was founded in 1988 in Richmond, Virginia. The obvious nickname of “Crapital One” has been cited in print since at least 2001.


Wikipedia: Capital One
COF, or Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) is a U.S. based bank holding company specializing in credit cards, home loans, auto loans, banking, and savings products. A member of the Fortune 500, the company helped pioneer the mass marketing of credit cards in the early 1990s, and it is now the fourth largest customer of the United States Postal Service and has the 8th largest deposit portfolio in the United States. It has its corporate offices in Tysons Corner, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, near McLean.

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From: “rob.wn5”
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:18:22 +0100
Local: Mon, Jul 2 2001 2:18 pm
Subject: Re: [OT] A little breath of sanity

Personally I’d have written Crapital One, but thats just me going for the obvious lowest common denominator.

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From: (david91326)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:48:46 -0800 (PST)
Local: Mon, Nov 12 2001 8:48 pm
Subject: Re: Capital One - Arbitration Clause in Agreement

There’s no way in hell I’d miss out on a CAL against Crapital One!

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dixidriftr
02.23.2003, 00:48
Capital One credit line increase?
I decided to call crapital one’s “R” dept the other day.

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Platinum
08.24.2003, 07:04
Re: Capital One (http://www.cap1sucks.com)
CRAPITAL ONE REALLY SUCKS !!!

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maddyrose1664
8th May 2006 16:38
Crapital One
Hi All,
My hubby and I are in the process of getting our hard earned cash back from Crapital one.