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Alligator bait, ' gator bait: [4] [5] A racist slur used to describe black children and young people, comparing their worth to bait used to catch alligators; the term ' gator bait was banned from a common cheer in Florida due to its offensive meaning, and is generally no longer used. Ancient: An insulting term to refer to an older person or ...
A pun of the portmanteau of Phil Lester's and Daniel Howell's names—"Phan"—and the word "fandom". [91] Danny Gonzalez: Greg YouTuber In one of his videos, Gonzalez looked up "Strong Names" on Google and found the name "Gregory," which he shortened to Greg, and declared it a "good, strong name." [92] DAY6: My Day Music group [93] Deadsy: Leigons
Bubba Ho-tep, a name given to a reanimated Egyptian mummy by Elvis Presley in Joe R. Lansdale's novella and film of the same name; Bubba J, a puppet of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham; Bubba Ritter, played by Larry Drake in the movie Dark Night of the Scarecrow; Leatherface, or Bubba Sawyer, from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Like Latin puer, the word was early used as a name for any boy or lad employed as a servant, and so of male servants in general (Chaucer: Pardoners Tale, 1. 204), and especially a journeyman. The current use of the word "knave" for "a man who is dishonest and crafty, a rogue", was however an early usage, and is found in Layamon (c. 1205).
The Offspring – after a B-movie called The Offspring: They Were Born to Kill. Until 1986 the band was named Manic Subsidal. [238] [239] Of Mice & Men – After the novel by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck himself took the name from a line in the poem "To A Mouse" by Robert Burns, which reads "The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men Gang aft agley"
Parents-to-be expecting a baby in 2023 might be searching for the perfect baby name, but these 40 once-popular baby names are on the verge of extinction.
"The once highly popular and emblematic '-aden' name for boys peaked at No. 62 in 2002. After a steep decline of 162 spots last year, the name now sits at No. 433." Jaden isn't only the name that ...
A woman who performs the duties of a best boy may be called a best girl. In a film crew, an assistant to either of two department heads: the gaffer or the key grip (with the assistant sometimes referred to as the best boy electric or best boy grip, respectively). [17] The best boy acts as the foreman for his department. [18] billing bird's eye ...