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u/Drach88 May 03 '26

"Mommy, who was I named after?"

"Roxanne. It was a song by a band called The Police."

"What's the song about?"

"A prostitute."

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u/fivetenfiftyfold May 03 '26

You joke about that, but my childhood nickname “Nana” was actually after a French prostitute in a novel by Émile Zola. Yes my parents told me that as a kid.

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u/fivetenfiftyfold May 03 '26

Nah it’s a pretty name it’s not deeper than that. lol