. . . her middle name, Nouvel, is spelled really weird. It means "new" in French, but the way it's spelled is an adjective solely for masculine nouns beginning with a vowel. Since it's a girl, it would be better if the name took the feminine form, Nouvelle.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Actually "nouvel" can either be a misspelling of the feminine "nouvelle" or an old form of the word "nouveau" that stays in some sentences like "nouvel an" (new year).
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Shilo Nouvel Jolie-Pitt
Hmm...
I think it's really an honor that they chose to name her after me. Sweet, really.
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
Poor celeb kids - they get these horrible faddish names that will sound even more laughable in five years when the next fad rolls around.
On a related note, there was a woman named Chaka in my NEO class for work. Most people snickered when she was called up for inprocessing. Poor woman.
<hates fad names>
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
I usually like weird names, to a point, but Shiloh is totally a doggie name. Might as well name the poor kid Old Yeller.
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
Yeah weird is fine, but I think there is a fine line between weird and fad/popular.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Old Yeller Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
*hums "A Boy Named Sue"*
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Soon, the Pitt-Jolie baby and the TomKat baby will battle...with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
-pH
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Shilo v Suri?
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Ridiculous celebrity kid names are not exactly new. Dweezil and Moon-unit, anyone?
--Enigmatic
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
quote:Poor celeb kids - they get these horrible faddish names that will sound even more laughable in five years when the next fad rolls around.
In Freakonomics, Levitt argued that "new" names the upper class gives their babies often catch on in popularity with the rest of America. Although I think "Dweezil and Moon-unit" are safe.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I heard on NPR that Namibia is considering making a national holiday for this baby.
Could I possibly have heard that correctly?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
sadly, yes
And I think that the current celebs may not be high when naming their children, I'm pretty sure Zappa was high.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
I'm wondering what's going to happen to us when all these kids hit their tweenage years.
--j_k
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
They'll all go by Bob or Mary.
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
Apple? (Gwyneth Paltrow's kid)
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Apple's little brother is Moses, which people said was a big deal but I already know a kid named Moses (sibling to Lazarus and Jerusha, cousin to Meshach and Samaritan).
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I really like the names Apple and Moses. I'm annoyed that if I use them now, I'll look like a copycat.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Try the Hebrew versions, Tapuach (Tapi for short) and Moshe.
Moshe is actually not an uncommon name in my circles.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Or, how about Maçã?
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I agree that Apple and Moses are acceptable.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
And isn't Suri just another form of Sarah? I know they said it meant princess in hebrew.
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
Anna, "nouvel an" actually follows the rule that Brian mentioned.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:I'm pretty sure Zappa was high.
And where was the mother?
quote:Try the Hebrew versions, Tapuach (Tapi for short) and Moshe.
I like Moshe. But if you name your kid "Tapuach" in non-Hebrew-speaking circles, aren't a lot of people likely to think you're misspelling/faddishly spelling "Tupac"? As in "Shakur"?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Tupac spelled backwards is "Caput". Which he is.
Posted by Heffaji (Member # 3669) on :
quote:Originally posted by breyerchic04: sadly, yes
And I think that the current celebs may not be high when naming their children, I'm pretty sure Zappa was high.
Just wanted to jump in here and note that Zappa was vehemently anti-drug. He was disgusted with people who wasted their time using them and didn't use them himself. It's a common misconception, but nothing Zappa created stemed from drug use.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Try the Hebrew versions, Tapuach (Tapi for short) and Moshe.
No thank you. I actually speak English very well.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
I'm working with a black guy right now whose first name is Starsky...possibly a backlash from the blaxploitation of the 70's, typified by that TV show's Huggy Bear character.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Tupac spelled backwards is "Caput". Which he is.
That's what they WANT you to think.
-pH
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Huggy Bear is a great name for a kid.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You name your kid Huggy Bear, I think he might sue you for emotional distress.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by breyerchic04: And isn't Suri just another form of Sarah? I know they said it meant princess in hebrew.
Suri is a Yiddish-y pronunciation of the name Sarah. I know people named Suri.
Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :
I think that when the most beautiful man and the most beautiful woman have a child it is worthy of note, it is like natural Eugenics. I suspect that the appellation of NEW is meant by Jolie to imply the next step in human evolution the coming of the Ubber Menche...
BC
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
There was a kid in my afterschool program (when I was, uh, 8 or so) named Daddyboy. As in, that was his first name. Daddyboy Dela Cruz.
And, of course, the old classic...ABCD. Pronounced "absidee."
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
See I was close enough on the Suri thing. I know of someone who goes by Suri but her actual name is Sarah (so is mine, I pay attention to these things).
Shilo is a bit worse, the only shiloh I know is a chocolate lab.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I understand they're going to name the rest of their kids "Gettysberg", "Apomatix" and "Vixburg".
If they have Twins they're going to name them First and Second "Wilderness"
Posted by Ryoko (Member # 4947) on :
I'd just like to point out that how attractive you are makes a big difference in your ability to pull off having a weird name.
One of many examples:
Uma Thurman hasn't had much trouble going by "Uma"
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Oh pix, I thought they had chosen other dog names, battles is so much better.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Maybe when she grows up she an grow one of those little civil war era beards like all the confederate generals had. You know, the go-tees that hang an extra 2 inches off the chin?
Sexy.
Pix
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ryoko: I'd just like to point out that how attractive you are makes a big difference in your ability to pull off having a weird name.
One of many examples:
Uma Thurman hasn't had much trouble going by "Uma"
No? Some day, Suri Cruise is going to be up on the Oscar stage with someone named Sarah, and the MC is going to say, "Suri, Sarah. Sarah, Suri."
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
See, when I think of Shiloh, I actually think either of the biblical town or the song by Neil Diamond about the imaginary playmate.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Actually, Shiloh is the name of my hometown. At least it was. When they went to incorporate they found there already was a Shiloh, Arkansas so they had to pick another name.
Still, there are tons of things around town still named "Shiloh" from Shiloh Street to the Shiloh Museum.
Shiloh is the last name of one of my comic's characters because of this. I don't think it makes a good first name, but "Fiona Shiloh" sounds cool to me.
It still makes me think of the civil war, though.
Pix
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I think Civil War, too.
I knew a couple of Mormon Civil War buffs who gave all their kids horrible names, following the pattern:
-Book of Mormon first name -Dead pioneer ancestor obscure first middle name -Civil War second middle name (one was actually Appomattox, one was Stonewall) -Hyphenated last name
Poor kids.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Except for the hyphenated last name, those sound like cool names.
Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt?
First thing that came to mind when I heard the kid's full name on the radio.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Blast you Architraz! Now I'm gonna be seeing that darn song all freaking day! And you can't sing the song without yelling the end, so my co-workers are giving me really odd looks.
*buries face in hands in shame*
I want to name my kid Killgore (as in Kilgore Trout). Is that too faddish? With Badonka as the middle name. Killgore Badonka Vonk. Best. Name. Ever.
Edited to spell Kilgore correctly, but I still like it with two 'l's
[ May 30, 2006, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: vonk ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Except for the hyphenated last name, those sound like cool names.
Did I forget to mention they chose the really obscure unpronounceable Book of Mormon names and the pioneer anscestor names were ones that make you think immediately of an old, sourpuss grandparent type? And they gave them to children? The kids got teased pretty mercilessly.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by starLisa: Some day, Suri Cruise is going to be up on the Oscar stage with someone named Sarah, and the MC is going to say, "Suri, Sarah. Sarah, Suri."
A few years back there was a minor Australian actor named "Yahoo Serious". I would have loved to introduce him to Whoopee Goldberg: "Whoopee, Yahoo. Yahoo, Whoopee."
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Did I forget to mention they chose the really obscure unpronounceable Book of Mormon names and the pioneer anscestor names were ones that make you think immediately of an old, sourpuss grandparent type? And they gave them to children? The kids got teased pretty mercilessly.
You didn't mention it, but I pretty much assumed it.
I like names like that.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Mr Serious's 15 minutes are mercifully up.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:I like names like that.
But... Their childhood! Merciless teasing! Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Maybe the kids will be so ultra-cool that all the other kids will wish that they were named "Nephi Ebenezer Gettysburg Mayonnaise-Whitebread".
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:But... Their childhood! Merciless teasing!
Being teased for your name is a defence, as it deflects you from being teased for something that will actually hurt your feelings.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by vonk: I want to name my kid Killgore (as in Killgore Trout). Is that too faddish? With Badonka as the middle name. Killgore Badonka Vonk. Best. Name. Ever.
Kilgore Trout's name is spelled with a single "l". But then there's the malevolent AI in the comics who spells it Kilg%re.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Back in Hawaii, (on Maui, I believe) I knew of three brothers who were named "Hy-Hoe," "Quick," and "Sterling." Their last name was, you guessed it, "Silva."
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Oh, goodness. That's so sad.
quote:Being teased for your name is a defence, as it deflects you from being teased for something that will actually hurt your feelings.
In my experience, being teased about anything is a springboard to being teased about everything. Being ridiculous in some way, whether it's your name, your hair, whatever, makes you "other", and so you get teased in a way and to a degree that is only vaguely akin to the teasing about small issues that every child endures once in a while.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Well, except for being ridiculously tall and athletic, that makes you get NOT teased Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Not necessarily, Myrddin, my daughter is teased often about being athletic. She's eight, and the other second grade girls teased her and told her she must be a boy with long hair because of how she performed in the Presdiential Physical Fitness test. (She had the highest number of pull-ups in the grade - beating all other 2nd grade girls AND boys. Go Emily!)
I firmly believe it's impossible to tease-proof your kids - they're going to get picked on about something, you're better off just teaching them how to handle themselves when they're teased than trying to ensure they don't get teased at all.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
In my experience, being alive is a springboard to being teased about anything.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
quote:Originally posted by starLisa:
quote:Originally posted by Ryoko: I'd just like to point out that how attractive you are makes a big difference in your ability to pull off having a weird name.
One of many examples:
Uma Thurman hasn't had much trouble going by "Uma"
No? Some day, Suri Cruise is going to be up on the Oscar stage with someone named Sarah, and the MC is going to say, "Suri, Sarah. Sarah, Suri."
Or she'll get her first haircut with bangs and she'll be 'Suri with the fringe on top".
I'm with Porter about Apple and Moses being attractive names. But then, I named my daughter after the weather, so what do I know?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
It's awesome to never have anybody else around with your name.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
But always a touch disappointing when you can't find one of those keychains or little license plates at the tourist gift shop with your name on it.
Is it not so, Porter?
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Belle - I was talking about my own childhood experience, and I spose I should have put the emphasis on "ridiculously tall"... I was so much bigger than anyone else in the class that no one would DARE make fun of me. It was kind of cool.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by jeniwren:
quote:Originally posted by starLisa: Some day, Suri Cruise is going to be up on the Oscar stage with someone named Sarah, and the MC is going to say, "Suri, Sarah. Sarah, Suri."
Or she'll get her first haircut with bangs and she'll be 'Suri with the fringe on top".
<gasp> Oh. My. God. Don't do that while I'm drinking. I almost had to buy a new keyboard.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I have a cop friend who swears he did a traffic stop on a woman who pronounced her name as SHA-theed.
I won't put in here how it was spelled on her driver's license, but the second syllable was "thead"
If you run through the various ways of getting a sh sound in front of that, you'll figure out the nice joke her parents played on her.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I love the name Shiloh. I've considered naming a kid that. I'm not so sure about the middle name, but I love the first name.
Her siblings are named Maddox and Zahara, so the quasi-geographical pattern fits.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: But always a touch disappointing when you can't find one of those keychains or little license plates at the tourist gift shop with your name on it.
Is it not so, Porter?
A price I willingly pay.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Me included, there are six (6!) women named Anna in my choir.
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: It's awesome to never have anybody else around with your name.
When I was a kid, my name was pretty rare and I never met anyone else with the same name until high school, but she was a few grades ahead of me, so it didn't really matter. Now I probably know about 10 people with my name and it's been one of the more popular names for girls for the past five to ten years.
It sucks. I don't like other people having my name.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
2005 was the first year I remember not seeing my first name on the top ten list for baby girls, and i think it was 11.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Your name is "eleven?"
That is a bit odd.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I think it's prime, Bob!
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
heh, I should proofread posts.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I think there's a difference between an unusual name, like Aerin, and an outlandish name, like Audio Science (the son of actress Shannon Sossamon).
I absolutely HATED not having anything personalized. I didn't mind having a unique name, but I think unique names are more common in the South.
I think girls do better with unusual names than boys.
[ June 02, 2006, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: Mrs.M ]
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
My name is Amanda and I could never find anything personalized with that or Mandy as a kid. Now that is a much more popular name and I can find that stuff all over except now I don't want any of it. Luckily my daughter's name is common enough to find on the cute personalized barrettes we saw yesterday. Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Freakonomics has a chapter about how names come into existance and how names go on to become popular choices.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I was always one of 3 or more Annes growing up (not counting Anns and Annies.) I didn't mind it. We prefer slightly less popular but classic names for our kids, but we tend to err on the side of "having another one in her class won't hurt her." (Of course, the name we have chosen for our second son is a very popular one in Ireland, not so here. But still.)
This is fun: NameVoyager Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I sincerely doubt I would ever be able to find a bike license plate that said "Pearce" without having to custom order it.
What I find funny is when people ask me how to pronounce my name. I tell them, "PEA-ARE-SAY! It's like Beyonce, but not." ....then I try really, really hard not to giggle. Occasionally, they believe me.
-pH
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Oh man. If I ever meet you, I hope I remember to call you that the whole time. I love it.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Try finding vanity stuff for Ana-with-one-N.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Mrs. M you are wrong for posting that link. It made me spit Diet Dr. Pepper.
quote:Thazel is a name I've wanted to use for either a boy or a girl. Is that name too weird? It's a combination of my grandmothers who pasted away just three weeks apart. (Thelma and Hazel)
"So where'd you get that interesting name, Thazel?" "A string of mysterious tragedies. Now I'm haunted by two bickering old ladies from far beyond the grave." "Oh, that's nice."
quote:Hi, I would like some opinions on these two boy names for girls? I really like them. Brandyn, I am really liking this name? Curious about different spellings? Brandon, Brandin? Branden? Jayson, Also curious about different spellings? Jacen? Jaycen? Jaysen? Tyler?
This was actually written by Dr. Evil's father in a mad attempt to back up his claim he invented the question mark. He used it for all punctuation, whether it was a question or not, until the authorities caught up with him. In his madness, he also thought T-Y-L-E-R was pronounced "Jason."
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
quote: Brooklyn Makenzie or Alexia for a girl and Hunter Gage, Justus Brice, or Darian for a boy and... The name Jaden for a girl or boy
Child grows up to become character in Danielle Steele novel.
Justus Brice! Hunter Gage!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote: My fiance and I named our first born Cam'ron, I thougt at the time it was pretty unique but the name was actually pretty common last May. Just different spellings.
Oh dear God, they've discovered random punctuation to go with random lettering. Any minute now, they're going to bust out the umlauts and I've going to go into hiding.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:I am having this baby boy on Aug 6. Dad and I love Alexander Scott but our last name is Smith. Will the initals be a huge problem? We don't want him to be teased.
That's OK. Kids are pretty uncreative when it comes to teasing. They'll never eventually spot that one.
*chokes*
quote:How about Lou? When I was in England, I heard that name and it seemed to have a little tinkle to it. Randy is good too.
Okay, that one is obviously not for real.
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
quote:my hubby got on a kick of the names rhyming, believing we would have no more. lol, we are due in nov! so, i am in a tight place. my dd is kaesyn paige,(jason w/ a "k"), and my son is richard brycin (goes by mn).
if this bb is a girl, her name will be adecyn shai (addison shay)...
i need a name w/ the "sin" sound, not the spelling! lol! i am not fond of jaxon, but my dh likes aryxon (erikson) and i am fond of tycen. ...
New naming rule: If in typing the name out you have to follow it immediately with another version in parentheses, because otherwise no one would have the slightest clue this was supposed to be a name and not Klingon for "Wax my forehead, supple wench," this is a bad, bad, woah bad bad name
I HOWLED with laughter at the above comment...
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
The worst name I ever saw in a birth announcement was 'Magenta Poodle Pittman'.
Yup. Let's name her 'pink dog'.
Apparently one of the Spice Girls had a baby the other week which she has named 'Bluebell Madonna'.
*Is just thankful she wasn't named Tylette, Nicka, or Harlotte*
[ June 02, 2006, 06:19 PM: Message edited by: Bella Bee ]
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Hey, My dog's name is Nicka!
actually it's Nikka Mia Sheila, but she's Nikki or Nick, and this is a 90 pound 12 year old airedale, not some fluffy snowball.
Posted by Gecko (Member # 8160) on :
Nick Cage named his kid Ka'lel
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Like from Superman?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
exactly vonk.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Wow. Awesome.
Hmm. Google tells me that Ka'lel is a Jaffa warrior from Stargate SG1. Or is it supposed to be Kal-El?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
it might be Kal-El or some variation of those letters.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: And, of course, the old classic...ABCD. Pronounced "absidee."
I would think this should be "Abkuhdeh." As in "Abkuhdefguhjeckelmanopkwerstoovwicksizz."
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
*rubs eys*
Welcome back, PSI!
Posted by Mig (Member # 9284) on :
When your parent's are mega rich and famous movie stars, I don't think you get teased at school very much. If you tease, you risk not getting invited to parties at the movie star kid's house. The kid could have been named Peach Pitt and she'd still be more likely to be over sucked up to than teased.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Or you're homeschooled and only hang out with other celebrity kids with freaky names.
Ooooh! Wait until the freaky-named celebrity kid marriages start!
-pH
Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
quote:Originally posted by breyerchic04: And isn't Suri just another form of Sarah? I know they said it meant princess in hebrew.
And it means "thief" in another language. Humm, I think it is Hindi.... or?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
One of my friends decided today that the Jolie-Pitt baby might be the anti-Christ.
-pH
Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: Or you're homeschooled and only hang out with other celebrity kids with freaky names.
Ooooh! Wait until the freaky-named celebrity kid marriages start!
-pH
They will name their Babies Mike, Sarah, Chris, Jason and Lisa, if only to shock their parents. Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Sarah Jolie-Pitt-Holmes-Cruise.
Yes, Suri and Shiloh's homosexual civil union with space ponies will happen in twenty years.
-pH
Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
Sarah Jolie-Pitt-Holmes-Cruise? Ouch. Her life work will be to open a branch office of Scientology in Nigeria.
Do you remember the Moore-Willis daughters? Rumer (quite appropriate for a Hollywood kid ), Scout, Tallullah. They're already teens. Or even twens? Bruce and Demi were pioneers in giving strange, no, excentric names, weren't they? At least, as long as we don't mention celebrities with Hippie parents. River, Leaf (a.k.a. Joaquin) and Rain/Rainbow Phoenix.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
I've worked for 12 years in a major call-center. I've come across some really strange names that weren't given by celebrity parents.
How about:
Danson Myaskoff Able Hooker Frank Weiner Euana Bunch Franklin Beans Imogene Washer Peter Cock (a bit redundant, no? As if he could get away unteased with either one alone.) Ilene Left
And my personal favorite - Harry Quatch.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
My dad went to school with a guy named Rusty Pipes. His dad was a plumber.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
He must've loved his job! I remember being traumatized as a 12-year-old when my dad mentioned to me that he worked with a guy named Dick Seeman.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
I was at a trade show and one of the vendors there had a nametag that said "Peter Handler". One would think that he'd at least have gone by "Pete".
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Dr. Richard M. Butcher has been practicing dentistry...
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Befor scanning through this thread this morning, I had never heard "Peter" used as a euphamism for penis.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Befor scanning through this thread this morning, I had never heard "Peter" used as a euphamism for penis.
Well, I won't ask for a poll, but I'm fairly certain you're in the minority.
Oh, and my dentist in Va Beach was Dr. Will B. Payne. Seriously.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I am convinced that every word in the dictionary is, or will be, an euphamism for genatalia or some sex act.
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
*boldly resists responding to mr.p.h's comment*
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
I didn't know about the other meaning of Peter either. 0_0 Now i'm trying to remember everytime I said the name and whether or not it was accompanied by snickers!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I am convinced that every word in the dictionary is, or will be, an euphamism for genatalia or some sex act.
Heh! He said "dictionary"!
But seriously, I've been familiar with the term "peter" as a euphamism for "penis" since...oh, I don't know, probably late grade school or so. Other names that are euphamisms for "penis" that I'm familiar with include "willy" and "percy".
You know, in thinking about it, I'm realizing that while I know a good number of food words that double as euphamisms for female sex organs (primary and secondary both), I can only think of a few food words that do the same for male sex organs.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
quote:Originally posted by Leonide: I didn't know about the other meaning of Peter either. 0_0 Now i'm trying to remember everytime I said the name and whether or not it was accompanied by snickers!
I don't think it's so common that it's the first thing people think about. I mean, John is also a euphemism for toilet and for a male patron of a prostitute, but no one snickers every time someone says their name is John.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Other names that are euphamisms for "penis" that I'm familiar with include "willy" and "percy".
Also "johnson," although that's more of a last name as well as somewhat anachronistic.
quote: You know, in thinking about it, I'm realizing that while I know a good number of food words that double as euphamisms for female sex organs (primary and secondary both), I can only think of a few food words that do the same for male sex organs.
I think there are quite a few, but they seem to be rather limited in type -- i.e., varieties of meat-related words.
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Edited to add: and no, I really can't bring myself to list them here, although it underwent serious consideration. Good taste prevailed, thankfully.
So to speak.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
Thinks to self . . . "banana", "cannoli", "pickle", "zuchini", "nuts", "grapes", "cherries", well there's definitely a theme there, but it has nothing to do with meat.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Ah. See, I could list several dozen in the meat-related theme. However, I concede that there is also room for vegetarians and lovers of Italian pastries. *grin
(I will also concede that you are probably more well-versed than I in this area, KarlEd, having that particular advantage of the dual perspective. Darn it. *shakes fist
... and as far as I know, that one isn't, BTW. Is it?)
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Ahem. I mean, I wasn't referring to that -- which I am aware of -- but to that. If the term for that included that, wouldn't it invite confusion?
And am I inviting editing by our beloved Moose?
(Er, "Moose"? "Camel," certainly, as per certain ads, but "Moose" seems a bit ... antlerish.)
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
Which one? "fist"? Goodness, I hope not. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
See edit above.
And let's not discuss any of it any further. I am decidedly less cocksure about my knowledge of the language in this area than I was when we started.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Temporary self-ban, coming right up.
*ding!*
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*dong?*
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(Yes, I am in second grade.)
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by KarlEd: Thinks to self . . . "banana", "cannoli", "pickle", "zuchini", "nuts", "grapes", "cherries", well there's definitely a theme there, but it has nothing to do with meat.
See, I agree that all of those could be used[/url] as euphamisms, but except for "pickle" and "nuts" they aren't generally words that I would say [i]are euphamisms. Does that make sense? I think that my original point has been refuted, though, by those two examples and by Sara's unnamed cylindrical meat products.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
edit: nevermind, I better not leave that there.
[ June 07, 2006, 01:09 PM: Message edited by: breyerchic04 ]
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Is it bad that I'm giggling like a schoolgirl?
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
Noemon, I've heard all of them spoken in film, TV, and in casual conversation.
But I'll drop this particular line of conversation before I get myself banned.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I am convinced that every word in the dictionary is, or will be, an euphamism for genatalia or some sex act.
MPH, why did you feel the need to say penis 21 times in that post?
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Thinking along these lines, my last name, which is Bates, got me quite a bit of teasing when I was younger.
When I started work as an engineer, one of the technicians thought it was a pretty funny joke. He didn't find it so funny when he found himself scheduled to do muck probes the next week.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
*gives Dagonee a wedgie*
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Heh, he touched your undies!
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
This thread continues to make me grin my little toothy butt off in the office.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
From back on page 2.
quote: But always a touch disappointing when you can't find one of those keychains or little license plates at the tourist gift shop with your name on it.
One of the best gifts I've ever received was a wooden key chain with my first name carved into it. The only way you get "Zan" on one of those things is to custom order it.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by KarlEd: Noemon, I've heard all of them spoken in film, TV, and in casual conversation.
But I'll drop this particular line of conversation before I get myself banned.
Really? huh. I guess I just haven't heard as many euphamisms as I'd thought.
Are we really butting up against the line in this thread? I mean, there's a lot of "tee-hee"ing, but really we're just talking about language.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:Really? huh. I guess I just haven't heard as many euphamisms as I'd thought.
Are we really butting up against the line in this thread? I mean, there's a lot of "tee-hee"ing, but really we're just talking about language.
There are a lot of things that fly on TV that wouldn't fly here.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
I have reread all the above posts and aside from mph's blatant use of penis in his post, I don't see where anyone has been offensive here.
Posted by Onanism Thread (Member # 8525) on :
I'm off to Verb my Noun!
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:I have reread all the above posts and aside from mph's blatant use of penis in his post, I don't see where anyone has been offensive here.
It continues to amuse me that so many people still find the use of "penis" and "vagina" or even "vulva," "clitoris" or "testicles" to be offensive, but certain cute euphemisms are A-OK.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:blatant use of penis
*tries to suppress laughter*
*laughs uproariously*
Oh my!
Edit: Oh good lord eros! I am again reminded why sex-ed was so much fun. I'ma laughin' my arse off over here.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
*pokes erosmaniac's funny detector with a stick*
*decides not to mention that he's not wearing any underwear*
Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
Do you have a national holiday today, or what?
This morning, I checked the forum for new posts, because most of you write at 4 in the morning (for you: between 7 and ten p.m.). And now it's between 1 and 4 p.m.! Nothing to do in the office?
You all at Hatrack, and I'm not sleeping! I'll mark this day in my calendar.
P.S.: Cucumber, carrot... Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
quote:Originally posted by erosomniac:
quote:I have reread all the above posts and aside from mph's blatant use of penis in his post, I don't see where anyone has been offensive here.
It continues to amuse me that so many people still find the use of "penis" and "vagina" or even "vulva," "clitoris" or "testicles" to be offensive, but certain cute euphemisms are A-OK.
That's why they are euphemisms, and not... uhmm... what's the opposite of "euphemism"?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Malphemism. Or cacophemism.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Sara's unnamed cylindrical meat products.
Thank you, Noemon, for the thoughtful clear attribution. It's exactly what I wanted to be remembered for.
(I hesitate to point this out, but not all are explicitly cylindrical. (link is to UrbanDictionary.com, and though there are no pictures, the words aren't really worksafe) And I'd like to emphasize that my familiarity with such things is solely due to my exhaustive vocabulary and voracious reading skillz regarding work matters.
Seriously.)
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by erosomniac: There are a lot of things that fly on TV that wouldn't fly here.
I wouldn't click here if you don't want to see the kind of thing that flys on TV but doesn't fly on Hatrack.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Thanks Tante! I really needed that laugh right now.
For the record, I was joking about what mph said and I was joking about being offended.
Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Malphemism. Or cacophemism.
Thanks. Now, that's a useful word to show off with! Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
quote:Originally posted by erosomniac: There are a lot of things that fly on TV that wouldn't fly here.
I wouldn't click here if you don't want to see the kind of thing that flys on TV but doesn't fly on Hatrack.
*grin*
Can pictures be euphemisms, too? Then this is an euphemism for a bat.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pinky: Thanks. Now, that's a useful word to show off with!
Well, it's worth noting that I put both terms together myself--mal- for the Latin version and caco- for the Greek. It'd probably be better to go with the greek, since the stem being modified is Greek in origin too.
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But if you name your kid "Tapuach" in non-Hebrew-speaking circles, aren't a lot of people likely to think you're misspelling/faddishly spelling "Tupac"? As in "Shakur"?
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But... Their childhood! Merciless teasing!
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