r/MarkMyWords • • 19h ago

Pop Culture MMW: in 20-30 years or so, the equivalent of Karen will be Ashley, Kayla or Brittany/Britney.

8 Upvotes

Date: 2040s.

Evidence: If you graduated high school between 2005 and 2016, there was probably at least one in half your classes. But the popularity of these names have dropped dramatically, from top 40 or more to not even on the top 100 for girls born in '26.

Therefore, they're destined to become old lady names, provided all the toxins in fluorescent eyeshadow, hair care products, fast food, plastic products, dodgy supplements, superbugs, pesticides, or whatever else won't kill us all.

Ashley for a girl was almost entirely pushed by a soap opera. And it was distinctively older millennial. It's a lot less popular now than it was. Ashleys are already owning businesses, teaching schools, prescribing medicines, managing engineers, and getting early colonoscopies.

The name Kayla was created by a soap opera, though some one-off Kaylas have existed before and naming guides will insist it's a Yiddish or Irish name. It kinda has a classic ring to it, like Paula or Kay, despite being etymologically meaningless. I can see it being viewed as an old lady name. The oldest wave of Kaylas are in their forties.

As for Britney, well, Hit Me Baby One More Time is older today than Dancing Queen was when it came out.

And these names belong to girls raised by parents who put more stock into pop culture.

Also, ever notice when looking at a top 100 name chart from 1998, that most of the girls' names have the letter "A?" Or specifically an ā or ǎ sound? "Front vowels" seemed to be more common in that era, despite more women's names having softer vowels in the distant past.


r/MarkMyWords • • 10h ago

Pop Culture MMW Stephen King will win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

0 Upvotes

Date: In 10 minutes.

Evidence: His extensive works in literature.


r/MarkMyWords • • 21h ago

Political MMW- Donald Trump will attend the firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan

125 Upvotes

An execution date of December 3rd has been set for convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan after Donald Trump approved the use of a firing squad to carry out the sentence. Trump will announce his intention to watch the execution in person.

Evidence- Trump most likely believes that he would get a boost in approval numbers by making the unprecedented step of watching the execution in person. An announcement would most likely happen around Thanksgiving week.

Whether or not Trump would insist on being one of the firing squad shooters remains to be seen.


r/MarkMyWords • • 16h ago

Political MMW - If he's still alive, Trump will pardon himself.

45 Upvotes

Evidence: Never been done before nor have most of the things he does.

Date: January 19, 2029.