Name Origin Enthusiast Mugs

"Dad, where did you get the name Baldo?"

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

"For the girls—Kimberly, Caitlin, Lauren, Cindy, and Tracy. For the boys—Cameron, Christopher, Adam, Jeffrey, and Gregory."

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

'I've drawn up a shortlist of baby names.'

"What a coincidence, that's my name, too!"

'Why do they call him Neckline Ned.' - 'He's always plunging down the middle but never showing anything.'

"Why do people think using big words is a bad thing?"

"Are you the one they call El Cóndor?"

'Lance, what does 'NSFW' stand for?'

Tom Cruise

'You failed your Latin exam! But Sweety, it's important to learn Latin: All your friends' names have Latin roots...'

'Then again, who says we can't call it a mangelwurzel?'

"Wait ... I always thought taking each other for granted was a good thing!"

Books: Names That Will Make Your Child Hate You!

'I know you can make this project go. That's why I call you 'The Magic Motor'.'

"Maybe Earth's primordial soup did contain polyester."

Male On Sunday

Ovalifolium Longifora

His real name is Jasper Underwood Farthington III...but we just call him 'Stinky'.

"Really? 'Yeller'? That's what you want to name him?"

"We're callin' 'im Bill, coz he came at the end of the month"

Department of Unrealistic Dividend Earnings: 'We realize it is an unnecessary department but the acronym was just too cool to shut it down.'

1,001 names to Embarrass Your Child for Life.

Backdoor

"She introduces herself as Drosophila Melanogaster, but everyone knows she's just a common fruit fly."

Mr Long and Miss Short.

'For the sake of convenience everybody just calls me Joe.'

Could you be a little bit more specific than an 'arm and a leg'?

"One of you will be Kevin, one will be Kev and one will be K. You decide who."

Margaret...Meatball