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*** Are we confusing "bum" with "fanny" here?
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*Cree Summer Francks? Not a terrible name for a girl. However, naming her '''brother''' Rainbow Sun Francks definitely falls into UnfortunateNames territory for their parents.
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* [[Twilight Reneeseme Carlie Cullen.]]

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* [[Twilight [[{{Twilight}} Reneeseme Carlie Cullen.]]
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* Tim Allen was born Timothy Allen Dick; you think that's bad, pity his Uncle Richard.

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* Tim Allen was born Timothy Allen Dick; you think that's bad, pity his Uncle Richard. Not to mention his cousin Peter.
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** One species of tit is called the Great Tit. So if you have a pair of them then you've got...
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*** Is it? In Scotland it's one of the LEAST offensive ways to refer to one's backside.
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** {{Word Of God}} says he was named after the band.
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* Namor the Sub-Mariner of MarvelComics. While there's nothing wrong with his name proper (Namor meaning "Avenging Son", appropriately enough) he has an unfortunate ''nickname'': Subby. It's worth noting that it's a short list of people who get to call him "Subby" without [[BerserkButton having a hole punched through their head]], mostly people he served with in WorldWarII.

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* Namor the Sub-Mariner {{Sub-Mariner}} of MarvelComics. While there's nothing wrong with his name proper (Namor meaning "Avenging Son", appropriately enough) he has an unfortunate ''nickname'': Subby. It's worth noting that it's a short list of people who get to call him "Subby" without [[BerserkButton having a hole punched through their head]], mostly people he served with in WorldWarII.



* When Spider-Man villain Shocker was first named, it didn't have any other connotations. Of course, now that it's slang for a sexual act, you'd think he'd change his name.

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* When Spider-Man {{Spider-Man}} villain Shocker was first named, it didn't have any other connotations. Of course, now that it's slang for a sexual act, you'd think he'd change his name.



** Nicolas Cage is actually a member of the Coppola family. He chose this name for himself after Luke Cage, MarvelComics' Power Man. Ironically, Luke Cage wasn't ''his'' real name either; he changed it from Carl Lucas after he got out of prison [[spoiler: by smashing through the wall]].

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** Nicolas Cage is actually a member of the Coppola family. He chose this name for himself after [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage, Cage]], MarvelComics' Power Man. Ironically, Luke Cage wasn't ''his'' real name either; he changed it from Carl Lucas after he got out of prison [[spoiler: by smashing through the wall]].
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*The Malaysian government tried to ban PowerRangers because their title "Mighty Morphin'". And morphine is a drug.
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**[[DidNotDoTheResearch Actually]] that would be ''pekpek mo''.
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** How about the cantina band from A New Hope? According to the EU, their style of music is called Jizz
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* Many folks fondly remember river rafting in [[http://www.ctmuseumquest.com/?page_id=4088 Satan's Kingdom, Connecticut]].
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* Sodom, from FinalFight and StreetFighter. Being named after a city that was destroyed by the wrath of God and eventually gave its name to countless acts of sexual perversion, including homosexuality and even [[ButYouScrewOneGoat bestiality]]? Hilarious.
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* From the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Manuel Phfister. (sp?)
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* Also DC villain Blackguard Richard Hertz prefers people to call him Dick. SoYeah.

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* Also DC villain Blackguard Richard Hertz prefers people to call him Dick. SoYeah.



* Another hockey player with a unfortunate last name is the russian Alexander Semin. What makes it worse is that he's currently teammate with a player named Brooks Laich (last name pronounced "like"). This means that there's always the possibility (and a frequent joke on hockey forums) that the team will play the forward lineup (a forward lineup constisting of three players): (random player), Laich... SoYeah.

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* Another hockey player with a unfortunate last name is the russian Alexander Semin. What makes it worse is that he's currently teammate with a player named Brooks Laich (last name pronounced "like"). This means that there's always the possibility (and a frequent joke on hockey forums) that the team will play the forward lineup (a forward lineup constisting of three players): (random player), Laich... SoYeah.
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** It gets more unfortunate as Dr. Cox's full name is revealed: Percival Ulysses Cox.
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* [[Twilight Reneeseme Carlie Cullen.]]
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* There's a state park in Kentucky called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bone_Lick_State_Park Big Bone Lick]]. Apparently, the area drew large Pleistocene animals to a natural salt lick.
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* There are people out there with the surname B'Astard. Some of them are in the army, and attain the rank of Major.

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* The Bishop Museum in Hawaii had, for several years, Director Donald Duckworth.

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* The Bishop Museum in Hawaii had, for several years, Director Donald Duckworth. Duckworth.
* There is (or was, I don't think he's still in the business) a British TV extra and sometimes presenter called Justin Case.
* In a similar vein as Ford Prefect, there's an England international rugby player named Austin Healy.
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***They weren't? Then explain [[http://washingtonindependent.com/67191/the-slur-that-must-not-be-named this.]]
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** One of the weathermen for [=AccuWeather=] is named Joe Bastardi.

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* Mike Hayke, pronounced like "Mike Hawk". Try saying his name real fast.

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* Mike Hayke, Myke Hawke, pronounced like "Mike Hawk". Try saying his name real fast.


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** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] several times on ''TheSoup'', especially now that Myke has his own DiscoveryChannel show.
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***South Carolina's rival, Clemson University, also sells shirts with "Beat the Cocks" on them.

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***South ***As a result, South Carolina's rival, rival Clemson University, also sells University has shirts with "Beat the Cocks" on them.
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***South Carolina's rival, Clemson University, also sells shirts with "Beat the Cocks" on them.
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** By his own account, he played that for laughs in a minor argument one time, telling his adversary something along the lines of, "Yeah, I'm a Dick! My father's a Dick, too! I come from a long line of Dicks!" The woman he was arguing with, who didn't know who he was, was ''shocked''.
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* The Bishop Museum in Hawaii had, for several years, Director Donald Duckworth.
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*Let us not forget the African [[http://www.slrobertson.com/images/africa/namibia/etosha/damara-dik-dik-1-big.jpg dik-dik]], and the European [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tnBivV5P9FE/SZnSqm-tbcI/AAAAAAAABzI/9HPycPyfT_w/s400/blue+tit+2.JPG tit]].
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** Meanwhile, their dog is named Susan Michelle.

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