Teachers Share Student Names That Correlate With Bad Behavior

I still remember the names of the problem children from my elementary school. There was this kid named Parker who, in the middle of my 3rd-grade teacher talking about math, asked her if there was a guy inside of mascot costumes. I think he knew there was indeed some guy or lady inside of all …
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Twitter Reacts to Techno Mechanicus, the Secret Third Child of Grimes and Elon Musk

Baby names have long been one of those areas in which famous people are liable to get a little too, shall we say, «creative». Nobody comes up with a moniker made for playground teasing quite like certain celebrities.  In recent years, the most notorious of these has to be Grimes and Elon Musk. When they …
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20+ Overly Unique Names That Are Nothing Short of a Tragedeigh

How time flies. The infamous «chalkboard mom» who became a meme for showing off all the bizarre baby names she had considered for her daughter now has an 11-year-old girl who she recently showed off to TikTok. Laikynn seems to be doing well (it seems like they added in the i post-production) but not everybody …
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High-Achieving Mom Names Her Kids ‘Stanford’ and ‘Yale,’ Is Too Stupid To Understand Why That’s a Bad Idea

Growing up in a town where everybody expected their kid to attend an Ivy League school is a wild experience I wouldn’t wish upon anyone. I don’t think there’s something inherently wrong with wanting your kid to succeed, but putting constant pressure on them to be the best usually does nothing more than make them …
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‘[It’s] gonna be a Category 5 douche’: Hurricane Bret was legitimized with an official name and instead of battening down the hatches, Florida is bashing every ‘Bret’ stereotype

Hurricane season is a scary time for most of North America. For folks in the Gulf, the Caribbean Islands, the coastal south and Atlantic coast are all preparing for the worst with the first big hurricane of 2023: Hurricane Bret. Naturally, Floridians have no fear of the oncoming storm and several people on Reddit are …
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Wife Accuses Husband of Being «Unreasonable» Because He Doesn’t Want to Name Their Baby «Novalynn,» «Ryleigh,» or «Caeleigh»

Millennials are killing the normal name industry, or at least so it seems. The weird names young parents give their kids have become bonafide memes at this point. I don’t know if we’ll ever get to a point where McKinsleigh will be considered a normal name by the majority of the population. At the same …
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Twitter Users Share The Strangest and Most Unique Names They’ve Ever Seen

Our names can be one of the most important things about us. Just as much as our appearance and behavior, they can dictate our first impressions and how others see us in general. A lot of us out there had parents who made some pretty uninspired naming choices, but often this is a blessing. All …
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Teacher Shares All The Names That Parents Shouldn’t Use for Their Children

Naming your kid is not only one of the earliest responsibilities that a parent will take on, but also one of the most impactful on their day-to-day lives. You might be the most loving, supportive and all-round amazing caregiver in the world — but if you choose to call them something like Talula Does the …
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People Share Disbelief at Shaggy’s Real Name in Cast Announcement of ‘Velma’

Scooby Doo has been a weekend cartoon staple for generations. There’s barely a kid out there who hasn’t been introduced to the antics of Mystery Incorporated, the meddling kids who wondered around solving hauntings. Its iconic status is hard to argue with, which is probably part of the reason that Mindy Kaling has decided to …
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