Over time, the question “What does it stand for?” quietly stopped mattering. Advertising turned Kit Kat into a feeling: the tiny rebellion of stepping away from your day for a minute. The mystery never hurt it; if anything, the ambiguity made it stronger. The name doesn’t need a definitive origin to be meaningful. It just had to last long enough for everyone to fill in the blanks with their own break.
What Does Kit Kat Really Stand For? (The Surprisingly Complicated Story Behind a Simple Name)