Comments on: Hashtag, Meet Facepalm https://techcitement.com/culture/hashtag-meet-facepalm/ get excited Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Ben Gelman https://techcitement.com/culture/hashtag-meet-facepalm/#comment-19491 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=14930#comment-19491 In reply to RaananInAlbany.

Actually it’s an adjective meaning refreshed. The adverb would be מרענן.

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By: John https://techcitement.com/culture/hashtag-meet-facepalm/#comment-19381 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:38:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=14930#comment-19381 I did some work for children’s services and I must admit drug addicts pick some odd names for the kids that get removed from their care. I recall names like Raygun, Powerful, Doctor, Godzilla, & Gonorrhea on various documents.

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By: Jim MacQ https://techcitement.com/culture/hashtag-meet-facepalm/#comment-19369 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:45:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=14930#comment-19369 A history lesson:

Back in the ’70s, there was a vogue for unusual names; lots of hippie types named their kids “Sunshine” or “Harmony”. Among them, there were a number of celebrities who gifted their progeny with unique names; David Bowie named his son Zowie, Barbara Hershey and David Carradine named theirs Free, and Abby Hoffman christened his boy America. Today, Zowie Bowie is called Duncan Jones, Free Carradine is Paul, and America Hoffman is named Allen.

Back in 1985, when I changed my last name (gave myself a fatherectomy), there was a long list of people on the court docket who were also changing their names. Sunshine was becoming Susan, Harmony was changing to Helen, etc. There is little doubt that 20 years from now, little Hashtag will be forking over a handful of cash to the courthouse to become Hayley or Hannah or some other name.

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By: Jennifer Lawrence https://techcitement.com/culture/hashtag-meet-facepalm/#comment-19363 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:26:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=14930#comment-19363 Could be worse. My adopted sister named her first daughter Metallica.

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By: RaananInAlbany https://techcitement.com/culture/hashtag-meet-facepalm/#comment-19362 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=14930#comment-19362 That’s nothing… Rabbi Pesach Wolicki received a phone call for “Mr. Pee-satch Wall-ick-eye…” I’ll never forget *that* story. And my name, Ra’anan, is an adverb. Means “refreshingly”. Like, “Johnny Dangerously”…

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