The "What's a good name for this?" thread

@Hermie The Frog — Metropolitan Kops (United). there, I said it.

edited 2nd Jul '13 4:11:55 AM by ShanghaiSlave

Is dast der Zerstorer? Odar die Schopfer?

Thanks!

I was thinking of assigning "T" (Throwback, Thunder, Toad, Tropic) or "S" (Snake, Solder, Scatter, Snowplough) for capital ships - though I know that S is technically already taken for anti-ship missiles. Which do you guys think works best?

Similarly, does "Nocturne" sound like a good name for a jammer that broadcasts classical music over whatever channel it's jamming?*

Admittedly I can't think of a serious name, but I can think of a (rather pants) nickname for it used by those who are involved with it (or who perhaps know a bit more than they should) - the Men in the Know Union/University*

, often just shortened to "Men in the Know".

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Don't forget "Brevity Codes": "Sweet" means a system is up and running, "Sour" means it's INOP (or in layman's terms, iz broken).

So names like "TANGY", "TANGERINE" would be good for a jammer

"SUGARCANE" for a support craft.

All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be a case on The First 48

Good point! Thanks for all your help, Taira.

Thinking on it further, I think I'll assign T to more offensively oriented cap-ships, whereas S is reserved for support vessels (I.E. the equivalent of a carrier might be called Trout, and its' EW support vessel has the reporting name Silent).

I think I'll use TANGY/TANGERINE and SUGARCANE for the quasi-Western equivalent's jammers.

Just one last question before I give things a rest*

- one special forces group in my setting is called Armata, and the other is the Special Activities Force*

Again, another nod to real life - in this case the Special Activities Division

. The third I haven't thought of a definitive name for, though ideally it would be Spanish. The only idea I've had for naming it thus far was "Tercio", but since that is literally just a (perhaps outdated) word for an infantry unit I felt that was relatively unimpressive or unmemorable*

Of course, considering what they do, perhaps that's exactly what they want?

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edited 2nd Jul '13 6:32:13 AM by Flanker66

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Oh, I like Men in the Know. I may use that and just think of an alternate more serious name. Blah, technical details and world building.

No problem! I think the really neat thing is the fact that it sort of parallels the idea of the Men in Black - I can almost imagine some tinfoil hat wearing crazy muttering something about "the Men in the Know" who are going to take him away and do things.

I'm glad that you like it, though.

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Looking for a name to give to a Hellish Horse that would serve as the Cool Sapient Steed of a Sauron-like Sorcerous Evil Overlord, and a sort of spiritual expy of Invincible from Warcraft. Shadowfax from The Lord of the Rings, sounded rather cool and impressive of a name for a horse, especially considering its allusions to Skinfaxi and Hrimfaxi, so I'm aiming to employ the "-fax" suffix as well ^note "fax", nearly obsolete in modern English, is ultimately derived from Old Norse, meaning "mane (of a horse)".. Preferably should be, in descending order of priority, 1) a case of Names to Run Away from Really Fast, 2) "etymologically sensible" when combined with "-fax" (i.e. the prefixing word is more or less English in its "roots", rather than a relatively recent loanword from another language), and 3) the prefixing word is of two syllables (to mirror Shadowfax's pronunciation).

edited 6th Jul '13 6:05:43 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Looking through lists of Old Norse or similarly derived nouns, the name "Draugurfax" ("ghost-mane") jumps to me.

edited 6th Jul '13 6:53:27 AM by Blueeyedrat

"I've come to the conclusion that this is a very stupid idea."

What's a good name for a Pretty cure-esque team of magical girl warriors using the power of animals?

Better way of wording it: Gaoranger meets pretty cure

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Some ideas:

• Flying Foxes (If they have a Kitsune on the team)

• Honey Badgers

• Fire Cats

• Team [INSERT TOTEM ANIMAL HERE]

edited 6th Jul '13 1:30:27 PM by TairaMai

All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be a case on The First 48

not like a football team. Something like, I don't know, Hoeru Pre Cure

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Usually with Animal Themed Super Being, it's ANIMALName Man/Woman/Boy/Girl.

If they're sponsored by a company I could see sports team naming.

Otherwise:

• [Animal name] Scouts/Witches/etc

• [Animal Name] Girls: KitsuneGirls, OrcaGirls whatever is their main "totem" animal as it were.

• [Animal Name] Rangers/Squad/Team: a more adult version of the above, either they are adults or want to be taken more seriously.

edited 6th Jul '13 1:36:14 PM by TairaMai

All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be a case on The First 48

I feel like I'm not being specific enough

This is what my team looks like:

• Cure Tiger
• Cure Dolphin
• Cure Gecko

I just need something to replace 'Cure'

Btw, which sounds cooler, Cure Eagle or Cure Crane or Cure Swan?

EDIT: how about 'Magical Beast Girls, Anima?'

edited 6th Jul '13 2:51:12 PM by Spdude48

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• Healing, Helping, other words for Cure.

• Replace Cure with an "active" word: Fighting, Protecting, Enforcing (as in law enforcement), Avenging, Crusading ____

Eagles are Twenty Percent Cooler, but

• try replacing Anima with one of these:

conscience, courage, elan vital, essence, feeling, fervor, force, genius, heart, individuality, noumenon, personality, secret self, spirit, spiritual being, vivacity