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  2. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Drosophila gene. Lunatic Fringe, Manic Fringe, and Radical Fringe. MAP kinase kinase kinase and MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase. MinosPhrime [5] Named after Minos Prime from the video game ULTRAKILL. Found in flower beds outside of college dormitory building, dug 2 inches deep into the soil. Soil was woodchip-heavy.

  3. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  4. List of paraphilias - Wikipedia

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    Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias (which it describes as atypical sexual interests) and paraphilic disorders (which additionally require the experience of distress, impairment in functioning, and/or ...

  5. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A township in Granville County, North Carolina. A locality within Burwood East, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The capital city of Tank District, Pakistan, and located near Dera Ismail Khan. Apparently this place loves tanks. A town in Estonia. "Tapa" means "kill" in Estonian. A river in North Carolina.

  6. List of placeholder names by language - Wikipedia

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    As for place names, there is Mucsaröcsöge or Csajágaröcsöge, little villages or boonies far out in the countryside, and Kukutyin [18] or Piripócs, villages or small towns somewhere in the countryside. A general place reference is the phrase (az) Isten háta mögött, meaning "behind the back of God", i.e. 'middle of nowhere'.

  7. List of fandom names - Wikipedia

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    List of fandom names. Taylor Swift posing with Swifties. Many fandoms in popular culture have their own names that distinguish them from other fan communities. These names are popular with singers, music groups, films, authors, television shows, books, games, sports teams, and actors. Some of the terms are coined by fans while others are ...

  8. List of stage names - Wikipedia

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    Those who changed their names for religious reasons. Those who adopted a matriname: List of people who adopted matrilineal surnames; Those who changed their name(s) due to other or unknown reasons unrelated to show business of any kind. Note: Elton John is listed here because he used the name professionally before he legally adopted it in 1972.

  9. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    List of irregularly spelled English names. This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.