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Help[Opinions] Re: Euphoria?
in reply to a message by Wish Fish
No, it could not.
The TV show itself would be a disqualifying association from the jump. That's not a downside, that's an association that makes this look a bit ludicrous. (While the show perhaps doesn't have the same cultural cache as this, imagine naming a child Han Solo, or Katniss. It's evocative a specific popular culture interest, and the utility beyond that would be limited. Actually, it would be more akin to naming a child Star Wars - you're not naming the child after a specific character, but rather a piece of popular media itself.
Then there's the word itself. Perhaps this is not technically true, but my immediate association with the word is that it refers to a short-term high, brought on by specific stimulus (exercise, perhaps, but also the various forms of debauchery that the TV show's character's engage in). Compare that to other virtue names, like Joy - Joy is, I think, a longer term state of mind, which puts it in a different category. Can you imagine naming a child Endorphins? Fair or not, I'd consider those two on a similar stage.
I recognize hypocrisy here: if there was a culture and tradition of naming a child Euphoria, my above comments would seem silly.
But my immediate response is: this is not a name. It would not be useable on a child.
Andrew
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The TV show itself would be a disqualifying association from the jump. That's not a downside, that's an association that makes this look a bit ludicrous. (While the show perhaps doesn't have the same cultural cache as this, imagine naming a child Han Solo, or Katniss. It's evocative a specific popular culture interest, and the utility beyond that would be limited. Actually, it would be more akin to naming a child Star Wars - you're not naming the child after a specific character, but rather a piece of popular media itself.
Then there's the word itself. Perhaps this is not technically true, but my immediate association with the word is that it refers to a short-term high, brought on by specific stimulus (exercise, perhaps, but also the various forms of debauchery that the TV show's character's engage in). Compare that to other virtue names, like Joy - Joy is, I think, a longer term state of mind, which puts it in a different category. Can you imagine naming a child Endorphins? Fair or not, I'd consider those two on a similar stage.
I recognize hypocrisy here: if there was a culture and tradition of naming a child Euphoria, my above comments would seem silly.
But my immediate response is: this is not a name. It would not be useable on a child.
put a smile on your face - make the world a better place (:
This message was edited 5/29/2025, 7:21 AM
