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Help[Opinions] Does everyone here hate these names?
I'm wondering what everyone thinks about vulgar slang words like Jackin, Tit, Titty, Dick, Fanny, Willy, etc.
WDYT?
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WDYT?
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” - Andre Gide
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I am old enough that my mind does not first think of the vulgar meaning of dick. For people my age (70) and older it still seems primarily like a man's name.
As others have pointed out fanny is not nearly as vulgar in the USA as it is in the UK. It does sound sort of silly as a name to me now, though. The examples of girls named Fanny that I know of, though, tend to have been girls from very culturally "sophisticated" families in the USA, almost as if they think using the name shows they understand its history and are thumbing their noses at the uneducated who would only think of "buttocks" when they hear it. :)
Willy really isn't "vulgar" in the USA except if you think referring to the penis at all is "vulgar". It seems more like childhood slang than anything that would cause real offense.
I think Jackin in that spelling would be too readily available for puns to use. However, with the fashion for two syllable boys' names ending in -n being so strong it would not shock me to see some boys in the USA named Jacken or Jackon. In the SSA data there were 7 boys born in 2020 in the USA named Jakin, but perhaps that is being pronounced with the first syllable as "Jay".
As others have pointed out fanny is not nearly as vulgar in the USA as it is in the UK. It does sound sort of silly as a name to me now, though. The examples of girls named Fanny that I know of, though, tend to have been girls from very culturally "sophisticated" families in the USA, almost as if they think using the name shows they understand its history and are thumbing their noses at the uneducated who would only think of "buttocks" when they hear it. :)
Willy really isn't "vulgar" in the USA except if you think referring to the penis at all is "vulgar". It seems more like childhood slang than anything that would cause real offense.
I think Jackin in that spelling would be too readily available for puns to use. However, with the fashion for two syllable boys' names ending in -n being so strong it would not shock me to see some boys in the USA named Jacken or Jackon. In the SSA data there were 7 boys born in 2020 in the USA named Jakin, but perhaps that is being pronounced with the first syllable as "Jay".
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Fanny used to be my nickname and some old friends still call me that. I’m not in an anglophone area though.
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I like Dick and Fanny. Shame they can't be used in modern times. Character potential though.
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I really do like Fanny. It's not usable here anymore, but when I come across it in novels, I like it.
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Willie/Willy isn't really vulgar anymore, more like something a child would say. Personally, I see it mostly as a name, partially because of Willie Nelson. Fanny's not my style, but it would work fine enough in America. Unfortunately, it's a rather vulgar term in the U.K.. I've never heard Jackin, but I think it would easily become the butt of some jokes. Dick is entirely outdated, the use of the term as slang is way too widespread to use in America. I think Tit could work well in its home language, with that pronunciation, but not in English. Titty will never come back.
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Just to add, when I was a young child there was a little girl named Fanny in my class. No one thought of butt. I like it.
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Dick is definitely outdated, and probably the fact that it became socially acceptable to acknowledge openly that you know what it can mean has a lot to do with it. However it has been a legitimate name/nickname for centuries. Likewise Willie. The slang for penis is not as widespread as Dick, more regional, I think. It is dated, and is very strogly associated with older black men here in the US.
Fanny isn't particularly vulgar in the US. It means buttocks, but it's not like ass; it's more like something your grandmother would say: Sit your fanny down this minute and quit making that noise. I'll tan your fanny if you keep that up. In the UK it is a different part of the anatomy and is not so polite.
But again, it hasn't been remotely fashionable for many generations.
Jackin might indeed be a name but it never caught on here. Jack has a slang meaning (many different slang meanings, really) but it's just too commonplace a name to raise eyebrows.
Tit/Titty never caught on here.
Fanny isn't particularly vulgar in the US. It means buttocks, but it's not like ass; it's more like something your grandmother would say: Sit your fanny down this minute and quit making that noise. I'll tan your fanny if you keep that up. In the UK it is a different part of the anatomy and is not so polite.
But again, it hasn't been remotely fashionable for many generations.
Jackin might indeed be a name but it never caught on here. Jack has a slang meaning (many different slang meanings, really) but it's just too commonplace a name to raise eyebrows.
Tit/Titty never caught on here.
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I don't really consider Jackin more vulgar than the uber popular Jack, which I don't like but for other reasons.
Tit and Titty are awkward enough that no one in my culture would use them, so I wouldn't bother with disliking them as names. Titus is fine, though.
Dick I don't like specifically because it's an insult and also Richard is insufferable.
I don't mind Dong. I thought Dong on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was a wholesome character.
Willy is creepy but mainly because of the phrase "the willies" meaning "the creeps". I have met someone named it, and I hated saying it: imagine calling the pastor at your childhood church Creeps...but then, it didn't bother me in the Free Willy movies.
Fanny's quaint. I've met one, and it didn't seem like a more awkward name than Phyllis or Lenore or Sammy really.
Tit and Titty are awkward enough that no one in my culture would use them, so I wouldn't bother with disliking them as names. Titus is fine, though.
Dick I don't like specifically because it's an insult and also Richard is insufferable.
I don't mind Dong. I thought Dong on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was a wholesome character.
Willy is creepy but mainly because of the phrase "the willies" meaning "the creeps". I have met someone named it, and I hated saying it: imagine calling the pastor at your childhood church Creeps...but then, it didn't bother me in the Free Willy movies.
Fanny's quaint. I've met one, and it didn't seem like a more awkward name than Phyllis or Lenore or Sammy really.
This message was edited 3/29/2022, 6:34 PM
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Yes I do! I can not stand the name candy.
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I think your mom would be unamused by this post
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