Does anyone else hate the name...
...Lola?
I think it is ugly, and gross. What is your opinion?
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I think it is ugly, and gross. What is your opinion?
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I actually think it’s really pretty. :)
I agree. It has a sticky and yucky feel to me. It's difficult to take serious to me.
Yes and no. No I think by itself its an okay name with an okay girly sound, though no something I'd expect to see irl. Yes I hate it because all I can see is an annoying shih tzu dog owned by a girl I have bad blood with now, but that's a personal thing and not tied to the sound or visual appeal of the name.
I didn't like it before she got the dog though, but I can't remember what wasn't appealing about it originally
I didn't like it before she got the dog though, but I can't remember what wasn't appealing about it originally
I wouldn't expect to meet one! My associations are good, though. First, when we were schoolgirls my friend's family had a little black spaniel called Lola because as a puppy she'd reminded the adults of a Spanish dancer. As she aged, her ears turned grey and her face remained black, so she resembled an African judge in a British colony, wearing a long, curly wig. Dear little dog.
And then there are the Kinks, and the original sweet transvestite who makes a little boy a man ...
And then there are the Kinks, and the original sweet transvestite who makes a little boy a man ...
This message was edited 5/26/2020, 12:06 AM
Yes
I don't hate it, but i am ok with it,
it reminds me too much of the kinks-Lola
it reminds me too much of the kinks-Lola
Nope, I’ve always felt the same way. I don’t mind it as a nickname but I know few adult females that would fit the name “Lola”.
It sounds like the name of a little dog.
This is my MIL's name. I love her, so I like her name.
I don't hate it. I don't think it's ugly or gross. But I don't exactly like it, either. I think it has an overly sexy image. It's somewhat hard to take seriously.
I most certainly do not hate it. It’s my great-great-grandmother’s name. She had fifteen children!
I don't hate it. I used to love it when I first heard it in the Kinks song. That faded because there's just not much there. I think the syllables are cute, though.
I strongly dislike the sound of it.
Meh, it’s not the worst, a little too childish, but not bad. I mean, I wouldn’t name a character or baby it, but I wouldn’t mind meeting one.
I don’t hate it, but I do find it ugly and gross and other negative associations. I would never use it.
I don't hate it or think it's ugly or gross or anything.
I just have a sort of indifference towards it.
I just have a sort of indifference towards it.
I think it sounds pretentious.
Yeah, I think it's kind of ugly.
It's weird that it seems to have been a magnet for icky associations. It shouldn't deserve that.
I struggle to think of it without them, though.
It's weird that it seems to have been a magnet for icky associations. It shouldn't deserve that.
I struggle to think of it without them, though.
Yes. It means "grandma" in Filipino so I think of it as old ladyish and frumpy, and it's unattractive and insubstantial even without that association.
I went through a brief phase of thinking it was cute. It seemed kind of bohemian to me when I was young and because I was surrounded by people with such traditional names, the bohemian appealed.
I feel like for a while it was trendy in Hollywood and then it sort of died out. I think because people realized that it's actually not substantial enough to be a real name. Also, I think the name fizzled out because of the negative associations people have with the name Lola. Lola is a "coquette," a temptress, Humbert's victim in Lolita. The name has baggage.
I feel like for a while it was trendy in Hollywood and then it sort of died out. I think because people realized that it's actually not substantial enough to be a real name. Also, I think the name fizzled out because of the negative associations people have with the name Lola. Lola is a "coquette," a temptress, Humbert's victim in Lolita. The name has baggage.
This message was edited 5/25/2020, 1:37 PM
Yes. I hate the sound of it, I hate the looks of it. It’s just ugly.
I think it's cute for a dog. Or a bunny - Lola Rabbit anyone? Not a cat, strangely.
Definitely not a human.
I'm not convinced I agree with your 'ugly' and 'gross' assessment but I sure think it's tacky and babyish.
Definitely not a human.
I'm not convinced I agree with your 'ugly' and 'gross' assessment but I sure think it's tacky and babyish.
I really don’t like it and the song doesn’t add to the appeal.
“ Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl”.
“ Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl”.
This message was edited 5/25/2020, 1:27 PM