Australian journalist names her baby Methamphetamine Rules

[niyarav]

An experiment with NSW's official name-submission process has left a little boy with quite the unusual name. https://t.co/4pQMgieabn
- SBS News (@SBSNews) September 20, 2023

ABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale decided to test whether the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages had the power to change a baby's name if the one submitted was deemed

Comments

[hellicoptajuuce]

you know what there are some words that would sound pretty if they didn't have their meaning like

Chlamydia - sounds like the name of a Pick Me girl
Syphilis - sounds very old school greek and noble
Malaria - would be like the Angelica to Angela
Hepatitis - like syphilis, i can definitely see some celebrities naming their kid this

[niyarav]

Candida is an actual name but all I can think of when I see it is thrush

[5368f65]

We had a lot of Lydias and Camillas, Claudias in my generation, so I wouldn't bat an eye on Chlamydia. lol

[burntbussy]

[cbluechicken]

not crabs lol

[jellybonessss]

i'm dying at the idea of a baby named crabs, omg

[burntxtoashes]

I always thought Senna would sound pretty if it wasn't a laxative.

[fiery_icicle]

Pretty sure there's a member of the extended Brit royal family named Senna, she's half Maori

[sweetwaterlane]

there's a couple from the Bachelor who named their kid Senna. I remember learning from the comments that it was a laxative and wondering if they'd even bothered to google it before committing to the name.

[sweetwaterlane]

Gonorrhea also sounds beautiful linguistically imo