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

Prosaically, 1-bromo-1,2-dichloro-2-fluoroethylene.

What is the context behind the chemistry question?

Are you look for a serious name or one used by laymen?

It's a hypothetical carbon tetrahalide composed of one central Carbon (C) bonded with Fluorine (F), Chlorine (Cl), Bromine (Br) and Iodine (I).

Wait h*ck I read it wrong

Yes, but what are you looking for?

The whole name for the thing or the short one that regular people can use as well?

Example:

Chemistry: H 2 O

Laymen terms: Water.

Edited by TitanJump on Jun 28th 2021 at 6:06:32 PM

The long one used by industrial chemists.

Thanks for clarifying this one.

Okay, for a mixed halide, you'd just need to stack the names onto one another. So *deep breath* bromochlorofluoroiodomethane.

(Faith in own reading comprehension pre-caffeine: -25%)

Edited by eagleoftheninth on Jun 30th 2021 at 1:15:49 AM

It also has a wikipedia page

Edited by Synchronicity on Jun 29th 2021 at 3:01:38 AM

What would be a good title for a cold but beatiful girl?

Context: The character in question is a 17 year old student in Cornell University in 1904. She is tall, very beautiful, smart, and comes from a quite wealthy family (her father is the most successful lawyer in all of Maryland). But she almost never talks and has what can be described as "resting bitch face" on the whole time.

The mosy obvious nickname is "Ice Queen" but boy howdy that's WAY too overused to use unironically. XP

Then just call her "Ice Bitch".

Keep in mind that in that year that´s just the expected behaviour of a wealthy girl. It´s unlikely anyone will even mention it as something weird enough to deserve a nickname.

Hmm...that so?

Maybe "Snowflake"?

For reference, students doesn't give each other nicknames unless there are two students in the same class that has the exact same name, and even then, the nickname is only used within the class of those two itself and nowhere else.

(Example: In my old, old, old class long ago, there where two Christopher.)

(The guys in the class decided to name one "Coffing" (due to the Pokemon craze just starting at the time) and that was that.)

(Also, the Christopher who got it... hated that nickname with a passion.)

(Which is why he changed it to "Coffee" instead.)

As an example.

...

...Wow, I feel old now. (For realizing that I was around when Pokemon was born into the world.)

Yes, more than a hundred years ago it was not expected for wealthy girls to be friendly to everyone around. In fact, it is likely that one that acted like that would get very unflattering nicknames.

Nicknames can be used even if there is only one person with same name, specially derogatory ones.

Edited by Oculto on Jul 2nd 2021 at 4:21:33 PM

Just provided an example.

And whoever would be dumb enough to give a rich girl a derogatory nickname, should be prepared to get expelled for it by the teachers on demand of her parents.

-facepalms-

God, I must've forgot that college does not work like in high school.

Man, this question was a stupid one. XP

I mean, for a short time everyone in my class called me "pumpkin" because of a dumb joke that derailed and caught fire. So these things can happen. Granted, the nickname was a joke and not bullying, but my point still stands.

And for the longest time, a lot of our friends went by randomly designated country nicknames, like Canada.

Another girl I know went by Fish...

So it's entirely possible that the nickname could've started as an inside joke that caught on and morphed into something meaner.

Edited by WarJay77 on Jul 2nd 2021 at 12:43:49 PM

Probably going to land myself in pun jail for this, but Maryland Queen of Scolds.

You.

You win this thread forever.

HAHAAHAHAAHHAH

Gold!

I don't get it.

Very good indeed, that wordplay! ^_^

It is, I believe, a play on the historical "Mary, Queen of Scots".