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  2. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Unusual names have caused issues for scientists explaining genetic diseases to lay-people, such as when an individual is affected by a gene with an offensive or insensitive name. [13] This has particularly been noted in patients with a defect in the sonic hedgehog gene pathway and the disease formerly named CATCH22 for "cardiac anomaly, T-cell ...

  3. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    Its name is a reference to prion diseases like bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Infected snails show rabies like symptoms, including irritability, foaming at the mouth and aggression, which in reality was caused by a splinter Gary had after Squidward tried to make the area around his house snail proof.

  4. Medical slang - Wikipedia

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    Medical slang is the use of acronyms and informal terminology to describe patients, other healthcare personnel and medical concepts. Some terms are pejorative. In English, medical slang has entered popular culture via television hospital and forensic science dramas such as ER, House M.D., NCIS, Scrubs, and Grey's Anatomy, and through fiction, in books such as The House of God by Samuel Shem ...

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  6. 100 Funny, Creative Fitbit Names That Will Get You Up ... - AOL

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    Here are some funny and creative Fitbit names to consider. Related: From Corny to Super Catchy, Here Are 105 of the Best Cornhole Team Names. Funny Fitbit Names. Red Hot Chili Stepper.

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    While English-speakers may find this city's name to be funny, its official name is said to be the world's longest, which does make a hard man humble at one point. Bang Mun Nak: A district in Phichit province, upper central Thailand. "Mun Nak" means "otter poop" in Thai, and the issue about the other word can be found in nearby entries. Bangor

  8. 35 Funny Names for the Toilet—Including the Loo, Dunny & Bog

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    35 Funny Names for the Toilet 1. The Super Bowl. As in "Take the 'Browns' [football team] to the Super Bowl." This one has been said by my husband for the entire 28 years we have been together ...

  9. List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    Placeholders for personal names include variations on names Иван (Ivan), Пётр (Pyotr / Peter), and Сидор (Sidor), such as Иван Петрович Сидоров (Ivan Petrovich Sidorov) for a full name, or Иванов (Ivanov) for a last name; deliberately fake name-patronymic-surname combinations use one of them for all three ...