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HelpTaking hipster baby names up a notch
A clever little tongue-in-cheek article from Buzzfeed that may or may not be mocking Nameberry.
The Definitive Ranking of Hipster Baby Names
http://www.buzzfeed.com/morganshanahan/21-hipster-baby-names-that-take-it-up-a-notch
The Definitive Ranking of Hipster Baby Names
http://www.buzzfeed.com/morganshanahan/21-hipster-baby-names-that-take-it-up-a-notch
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Ha! This is indeed very clever and worth the read. I especially liked suggestions of Truant, Quinoa and Chia along with the advice, "Just steer clear of Isis." :-)
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Um.... that MADE my day. Hilarious. I barely got through the very first comment of Narwhal.
You know there are readers taking the sarcasm to heart and we may (or may not) see a few people posting "What a GREAT idea! I am definately naming my daughter Xola Kiwi!"
You know there are readers taking the sarcasm to heart and we may (or may not) see a few people posting "What a GREAT idea! I am definately naming my daughter Xola Kiwi!"
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I'm naming my future child Narwhal. No one can convince me otherwise.
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Who would want to? It's perfection.
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I've met two Holdens and two Athenas, so they don't really feel hipsterish to me. I wonder if they're fans of My Well Dressed Imaginary Toddler Daughter, since they included Quinoa.
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Ok some of the sarcastic suggestions are actually my thing.
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Actually, I thought most of the comments had a laughable suggestion and an accepted one. I mean Truant is hilarious, but Daria is totally legit. [commentary on alternatives to Rebel, from article]
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I was thinking the same thing...
A lot of those are really nice names. The real story should be the names listed in the comments. Those are the ones that raise eyebrows.
A lot of those are really nice names. The real story should be the names listed in the comments. Those are the ones that raise eyebrows.
This message was edited 1/11/2015, 2:22 PM
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Hm.
I don't find the article particularly clever. Some of them are pretty sensible names, like Clementine. And naming your child after a novel is not the worst thing in the world, either.
They're not necessarily the ones I would have gone for, anyway.
I don't find the article particularly clever. Some of them are pretty sensible names, like Clementine. And naming your child after a novel is not the worst thing in the world, either.
They're not necessarily the ones I would have gone for, anyway.
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The main list is names that are already established favorites in the hipster community. The comments below each name is a take on the extent that some parents will go to give their kids the newest and freshest hipster names.
Clementine is legit (as it was one of the established names) - the sarcasm was comparing it to Plum and Kiwi. Which is even more tongue-in-cheek since Plum is becoming trendy online as a middle.
I didn't find the whole thing witty - but Narwhal really made my day.
Clementine is legit (as it was one of the established names) - the sarcasm was comparing it to Plum and Kiwi. Which is even more tongue-in-cheek since Plum is becoming trendy online as a middle.
I didn't find the whole thing witty - but Narwhal really made my day.
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Plum has already been used as a name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_(disambiguation)
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