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I think of Percy Jackson's sword Riptide from the Percy Jackson books.

Sounds too much like a superhero name.

Um, no. Beach bum has nothing to do with it.
It actually seems like anybody who would think this is a good name wouldn't be a real beach bum, because a real beach bum would not think a riptide is a nice thing.
Riptides are dangerous. Naming a kid Riptide would be like naming him Jellyfish or Sunburn.

I want to read it as “reptile”.

Yeah. Potential siblings Barnacle, Driftwood, Tsunami.

If possible, it's even worse than Neaptide.

not a name at all

Yeah ... it is too beach bum I guess (fanatically, even). And it also makes me uncomfortable because riptides are seriously dangerous, so it makes me think of people getting swept away and drowning. Not a fun or playful vibe like I'd expect a beach bum name to have.

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Ripley's not so bad ... maybe that instead.
Eh, maybe not these days when people are saying "rip" as they do.

This message was edited 11/5/2020, 10:01 PM

This is too much, really doesn't work for me at all. Yes, it sounds like a surfboard brand.

I don’t even know what this name is. It sounds like a crackhead or something named their child. 1/10.