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Snarky advice on how to name things

Making fun of poorly chosen names for babies and consulting firms.

Q: My husband wants Elijah Haakon. I want Legend Haakon. What do you guys think?
A: I feel like haaking. You know a kid named Legend will be bland and unaccomplished, just like girls named Charity are selfish, Faiths are atheists, Chastitys are bimbos and Hopes are suicidal. And if you're going to name a kid after a Tom Cruise movie THAT unapproachably bad, name 'em Cocktail.

Q: What about Jackie-O for a girl or Sinead?
A: Tough call. It all hinges on what hairdo you were planning.

"The most popular associations with the name marchFIRST were `military' and `marching without thinking.'" It's small wonder that the company blew through several hundreds of millions of dollars and within a year was so cash-strapped that it couldn't mail W-2s to laid-off employees.

See also the infamous Utah Baby Names site. Via Reenhead and The Morning News.

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