On April 13, 2003, James Scott of the Charleston, South Carolina newspaper The Post and Courier reported that "Heywood Jablome" (a pun for "Hey, would you blow me?", "blow" being slang for fellatio) was escorted from the premises while counterprotesting Martha Burk's protest at the Masters Tournament. received widespread online attention when, after a woman accosted him with a camera as he was leaving a Seattle City Council meeting, he gave his name as "Hugh Mungus" ("humongous"). In 2016, Seattle resident Rudy Pantoja Jr. Īnother well-known example was the Canadian Dick Assman ("dick ass man"), who received some public notoriety in 1995 for his name over the course of four months, especially from the Late Show with David Letterman. The genuine Indian name " Dikshit" ("dick shit") has been repeatedly mocked in mass media, often to the offense of people bearing the name. Often, these are double entendres or suggestive. Roller derby teams and players frequently use gag names. There are also various people named Richard "Dick" Head ("dickhead") and Mike Hunt ("my cunt").Īustralian entrepreneur Dick Smith released a brand of matches named Dickheads, modeled after established brand Redheads. Other names in politics which could be regarded as gag names include John Boehner, Harry Baals, Dick Armey, and Tiny Kox (although Boehner's surname is properly pronounced "bay-ner", someone who has not heard the name in news coverage could mispronounce it as "boner", while Kox's name could be vulgar in English ("cocks"), but not in his home nation's Dutch). Former US Congressman from New Hampshire Dick Swett's name, when pronounced, sounds like common slang for male genital perspiration ("dick sweat"). For example, Hu Jintao, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, whose surname is pronounced like "who", and former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, whose surname is pronounced like "when", have occasionally been the topic of humor similar to the " Who's on First?" sketch. Occasionally, real people with a name that could be interpreted as a funny or vulgar phrase are subject to mockery or parody. Some names that would be considered gag names have been adopted as stage names by performers, often in the adult entertainment industry. Examples of the use of gag names occur in works of fiction in which there is a roll call, a listing of names, or a prank call. The source of humor stems from the double meaning behind the phrase, although use of the name without prior knowledge of the joke could also be funny. JSTOR ( March 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī gag name is a pseudonym intended to be humorous through its similarity to both a real name and a term or phrase that is funny, strange, or vulgar.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ![]() ![]() Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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