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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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Befor scanning through this thread this morning, I had never heard "Peter" used as a euphamism for penis.
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I am convinced that every word in the dictionary is, or will be, an euphamism for genatalia or some sex act.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Edit: Oh good lord eros! I am again reminded why sex-ed was so much fun. I'ma laughin' my arse off over here.
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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.
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"?
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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.
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.
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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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