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Name of the Year: 2015 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon Regional, Round One
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Monday, March 30, 2015. 2015 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon Regional, Round One. We're moving on without laggin', so it's time for the Dragonwagon. In the third of our four regionals, top-seeded Littice Bacon-Blood. A self-described “Eternal Optimist,”. Faces a field of worthy competition from across the onomastic spectrum. Whether it’s hometown hero. Or “Eternal Pessimist”. One thing is clear: seeds two through 16 are out for (Bacon-)Blood. An accountant in Hyattsville, MD. Crispi vs. Dainty? Truly a mat...
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Name of the Year: 2015 Name of the Year: Chrotchtangle Regional, Round One
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Thursday, April 2, 2015. 2015 Name of the Year: Chrotchtangle Regional, Round One. This year's Chrotchtangle Regional is a marvelous, multisyllabic mess and we could not be more proud to introduce you to our colorful nominees. Despite the chaos of the selection process, we developed strong. Fascination with the man who would ultimately lead our last set of fine names. When we think about one-seed Mussolini Africano. Yes, just Q) is a former MI6 gadgeteer turned freshman wide receiver at The University of...
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Name of the Year: The Hall of Name
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007. The Hall of Name. Inaugural Class of 2000. Assumption Bulltron (1991; NOTD 1992). Doby Chrotchtangle (NOTY 1991). Crescent Dragonwagon (NOTY 1993). Honka Monka (NOTY 1996). Excellent Raymond (NOTY 1992). Licentious Beastie (NOTY 1999; INVALIDATED 2006). Mummenschontz Bitterbeetle (NOTY 1994; INVALIDATED 2006). Godfrey Sithole (NOTY 1985). Nimrod Weiselfish (NOTY 2000). Tokyo Sexwale (NOTY 2001). No nominee was named on the minimum 50 percent of ballots. Names of the Year.
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Name of the Year: 2015 Name of the Year: Bulltron Regional, Round One
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015. 2015 Name of the Year: Bulltron Regional, Round One. We begin, as always, in the Bulltron, where this year's top seeds come from disparate backgrounds. The top contender, Cherries Waffles Tennis. Is a young woman from Florida. The two-seed, Fra Pierbattista Pizzaballa. Is a high-ranking member of the Franciscan order. It's Catholics vs. Convicts. Father Pizzaballa, on the other hand, is one of several. Italian Pizzaballas. As the Custodian of the Holy Land. That statement also ...
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Name of the Year: NOTY History
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Name of the Year started innocently enough: a few funny names from the world of sports tacked to a dorm-room door at an Ivy League institution in the fall of 1982. Wouldn’t merit a second glance in today’s competitive naming environment—think football before the forward pass, two-handed set shots, Pong—but he was chosen as the first Name of the Year. Yes, we know that Sithole isn’t pronounced that way, not at least in his native country. Neither is. You like the cadence of.
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Name of the Year: Amanda Miranda Panda is the 2015 Name of the Year
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Amanda Miranda Panda is the 2015 Name of the Year. When we began our yearly expedition into the Wide World of Name two months ago, we did so without a clear favorite in mind. The order in which we seeded our naminees conveyed a general blueprint for how we thought the tournament would turn out, but we knew Dr. Electron Kebebew was not in the same league as, say, undisputed 2007 champion Vanilla Dong. About joining that club. This the last chance at glory for 63 also-rans. On th...
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Name of the Year: 2015 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle Regionals, Round Two
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Thursday, April 9, 2015. 2015 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle Regionals, Round Two. Saying goodbye can be so difficult. In both the Chrotchtangle and Dragonwagon Regionals, we have bid adieu to many wondrous oddities. But it is upon the discarded husks of Hackwelders and Henchmen that we seek our acme - the Name of the Year. [roll credits]. That's the tightest race we've seen so far this year, and we can only expect things to get more heated as we race to the top. Coming in this year as a...
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Name of the Year: May 2015
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Amanda Miranda Panda is the 2015 Name of the Year. When we began our yearly expedition into the Wide World of Name two months ago, we did so without a clear favorite in mind. The order in which we seeded our naminees conveyed a general blueprint for how we thought the tournament would turn out, but we knew Dr. Electron Kebebew was not in the same league as, say, undisputed 2007 champion Vanilla Dong. About joining that club. This the last chance at glory for 63 also-rans. On th...
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Name of the Year: 2015 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle Regionals, Sweet 16
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015. 2015 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle Regionals, Sweet 16. After halving the Bulltron and Sithole Regionals last week, we've returned with the Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle portions of Sweet Sixteen, The Delectable Dieciséis, The Sexy Sechzehn, and the, um, Shining шестнадцать. We're at the point where boys become men, men become legends, and legends are accepted to Harvard Business School without any outside help. For those of us who aren’t yet legends,. Taking th...
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Name of the Year: Names of the Year
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Names of the Year. 2015 Amanda Miranda Panda. 2013 Leo Moses Spornstarr. 2012 No vote held. 2011 Taco B.M. Monster(NOTY High Committee and The People). 2010 Nohjay Nimpson (NOTY High Committee); Steele Sidebottom (The People). 2009 Juvyline Cubangbang (NOTY High Committee); Barkevious Mingo (The People). 2008 Destiny Frankenstein (NOTY High Committee); Spaceman Africa (The People). 2007 Vanilla Dong (NOTY High Committee and The People). 2003 Jew Don Boney Jr. The Hall of Name.
