PC's Name is Funny/Disparaging Slang

[Saeviomagy]

If you're using urban dictionary as a reference for anything, then that's where you've gone wrong.

Actually, remove "as a reference for anything" from that sentence.

I think you would be hard pressed to find a sequence of pronounceable syllables that doesn't have a negative connotation attached to it there. If you do find one, feel free to attach a negative connotation to it.

 

[Argyle King]

I once played in a game where a player named his character 'Merkin.'

 

[TarionzCousin]

I once played in a game where a player named his character 'Merkin.'

Hopefully he was completely hairless and wore an (obvious) wig.

 

[Argyle King]

Hopefully he was completely hairless and wore an (obvious) wig.

lol, no

The player was completely oblivious to what it meant. He tried to mix "Merlin" with something else and came up with the name.

 

[fba827]

If you're using urban dictionary as a reference for anything, then that's where you've gone wrong.

Actually, remove "as a reference for anything" from that sentence.

I think you would be hard pressed to find a sequence of pronounceable syllables that doesn't have a negative connotation attached to it there. If you do find one, feel free to attach a negative connotation to it.

After reading this thread, I even more afraid to ever use a what-i-believe-to-be-made-up-name because it will, apparently, have an existing denotation/connotation I am not aware of but at least one of my depraved motley crew of fellow gamers probably know...

xerix and merkin indeed....

 

[TarionzCousin]

After reading this thread, I even more afraid to ever use a what-i-believe-to-be-made-up-name because it will, apparently, have an existing denotation/connotation I am not aware of but at least one of my depraved motley crew of fellow gamers probably know...

I hate to tell you what "fba827" means in Yiddish!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I hate to tell you what "fba827" means in Yiddish!

[shakefist]Oy! I almost tarionzed my matzoh ball soup![/shakefist]

 

[fanboy2000]

I had a DM once who named one of his BBEGs Xerix. He was supposed to be the epitome of evil. Not after I found this:

Urban Dictionary: xerix

Ok, that's it. I give up on fantasy names. There are clearly people on this earth who are trying to give everything a sexual connotation. From now on I'm naming all my PCs everyday day names like Bob, Carl, or Mike. If people don't like it, complaining about it braking their willing suspension of disbelief, I'm going to point them to this thread.

I think you would be hard pressed to find a sequence of pronounceable syllables that doesn't have a negative connotation attached to it there. If you do find one, feel free to attach a negative connotation to it.

I think you've just discovered rules 36 and 37 of the internet.

 

[ryryguy]

I saw someone's wiki on "Obsidian Portal" they had a campaign called "Exploring Onara"... This cracked me up because in Japanese, "onara" means, uh... passing gas. Which is not something I'm eager to "explore". Or at least, not have a whole campaign devoted to exploring.

(Turns out there is a fantasy setting/world named "Onara" - published, I think? Here's a website I just found: Onara Online )

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ok, that's it. I give up on fantasy names. There are clearly people on this earth who are trying to give everything a sexual connotation. From now on I'm naming all my PCs everyday day names like Bob, Carl, or Mike.

Well, just a word of advice- you might not want to ever refer to any "Carl" PC as "Hot" in any way...and "Bob" and "Mike" can be found in the Urban Dictionary as well.