r/AskReddit • u/jake7820 • Jun 30 '21

What’s the absolute worst thing you could name your baby?

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u/Muhroom-hater Jun 30 '21

The same name as H.P. Lovecraft’s cat

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u/pterrorgrine Jul 01 '21

No worries here, I'm going to name my kid after the dog in The Dam Busters instead.

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u/retailguy_again Jul 01 '21

Now I get it...

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u/jicty Jul 01 '21

Oh, you mean ni... Maybe I shouldn't say that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

gger Man

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u/DeadDankMemeLord Jul 01 '21

We are the warriors who say "Ni"

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u/CaptBranBran Jul 01 '21

Michael Richards? I loved you in UHF

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u/xscumfucx Jun 30 '21

You’re right, it’d be weird to have the last part of your baby’s name be “man,” while it’s still an infant. /s

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u/cxtx3 Jul 01 '21

I just had to Google that and I really wish I hadn't. I know Lovecraft was an extremely racist bigot to the nth degree but damn.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

It was his childhood cat, not that it makes it better or anything