... on the word "rectumtude." I especially like that I've beaten out "Unfortunate Baby Names," which seems serendipitous/fortuitous on a day when the whole world is waiting to hear what the Duke and Duchess are going to name the new princess. Do you think Serendipity is a good baby name? If you ever have twins, a girl and a boy, feel free to use the names I just thought of: Serendippity and Fortuitus. I tweaked the spelling to get an ancient Roman look for the boy and, for the girl, some silly cuteness. You can call her Dippy, as in "Epistle to Dippy":
May 2, 2015
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Fortuitus is good, unfortunately we have already named all the kids, at least one of whom was in fact fortuitous.
We have named all the cats too, so no luck there.
I think the Steelers drafted Fortuitus Jenkins-Foster in the 4th round.
Being in an astronomically classical frame of mind I wanted to name our daughter Andromeda, due to her extragalactic significance, or Berenice, on account of her hair, but my wife quickly beat that idea out of my head.
Thalia (the muse of comedy) was another I liked, shot down because Thalia was a popular Mexican telenovela actress. Nobody remembers her now, hah.
That Mexican actress has a great name btw, Ariadna Thalia Sodi Miranda.
That's a handle of power.
Miranda was another, from the Tempest, but we did settle on something else Shakespearian.
Had to add Maria to it of course, for good Catholic reasons.
The name "Thalia" reminds old-timers of Dobie Gillis.
Dobie wants a gal who's dreamy.
Dobie wants a gal who's creamy.
I loved Dobie Gillis.
What was Dobie short for? Doberman?
If you have twin boys, name them Labrador and Doberman.
Labradora could be a name for a girl.
Possible too close to Labia, which sounds like a name, but belongs on the "Unfortunate" list.
Labrador isn't that rare.
It would be a reference to San Isidro Labrador, patron of Madrid.
Re Labradora, I think I've seen that.
Some Filipino girls names (of a certain time)
Librada - liberated, usually born after 1945 and through the 50s
Luzviminda - Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, another nationalist name.
My father has a twin sister. My grandmother had felt as a child she would have twins, a boy and a girl. She planned to name them Fern and Fawn. After the births, those are the names she gave the nurse for their birth certificates. The following Sunday, the infants were presented in church and given a blessing. The names my grandfather used were Kenneth and Asenath.
My dad only learned of the switch when he needed a copy of his birth certificate to join the military. Dad was always glad Grandpa got his way. Fawn would have been a terrible name for a fighter pilot.
Faun.
Fawn, as in Liebowitz.
Kiln explosions can be lethal. Beware.
Yesterday's neologisms are today's standard English.
I'm old enough to remember when "workaholic" was a neologism (pre-1970s). Now it's standard English.
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So who knows? "Rectumtude", meaning concern for one's hygiene with a dirty public toilet, could one day become standard English if folks adopted it.
I don't recollect Dobie being called anything but "Dobie". Dobie Gray is the only other I can think of.
"Doberman", of course, evokes The Phil Silvers Show".
I have a friend who does a great Doberman impression. Everyone should have such a friend.
I recommend a random name generator based on 1970's American car models. Capri, Nova, Catalina and Skylark are all good names.
Looks like the Chargers are going to have a good running game this year. I only hope Gordon doesn't have too many miles on him.
Pretty close to 'rectum tube.'
Which brings to mind Papillon, who stored money in his ass in prison in a small metal tube called a 'plan'.
That's where I went with it.
I am Laslo.
I named one of my sons for a family friend and my brother. Unfortunately, both names caused him problems. One was a common name used for dogs, and the other was an impossible to pronounce spelling of a common name. I should have named him John.
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