40 Times People Came Up With Hilarious New Names For Something They Couldn’t Remember

There's only one thing left to do which is to concoct another one.

Maryjane

• Published in Funny
• June 6, 2022

Aren’t we all familiar with this peculiar feeling of nonchalantly gliding through a discussion when, unexpectedly, our brains go blank? We start wondering about the name of a certain thing, what letter it starts with, and so on.

We're discussing this torturous feeling of nearly recalling a word or a name but failing to remember it, regardless of how hard we try. We are sure we know the word we are searching for.

The missing word is simply an arm's reach away, but for reasons unknown, we find it difficult to remember. As our brains frantically search for the best way to communicate our thoughts and compensate for the temporary shortfall, there's only one thing left to do — concoct another one.

Preferably, you would quickly consider the ideal word that captures the quintessence of what you were going to say. However, that is rarely the situation.

A Redditor by the name of the_slippery_shoe chose to look further into these silly blunders and took to the r/AskReddit community with an inquiry about the most hilarious name you've heard somebody call an item when they couldn't recall its real name. The things people commented on ranged from "disco chickens" to "boot spoons" and "breath sacks," and it just might be formally retained in our vocabulary.

We’ve assembled 40 of the most hilarious comments from the thread, and they are right below.

Where it all started from...

And as usual, people trooped in with their hilarious replies.

1. Peacock was said to be a disco chicken

2. What the heck is dudesmaids? Lol...

3. What an ex called an animal shelter

4. Exterminator versus ant exorcist

5. I wonder what google told the friend... Lol

6. It's strange how a funny name for object becomes the general name

7. Lol... You're going nowhere child

8. Come back with my hand shoes

9. I'll complete that - Desert

10. I'd look at you like "what!?"

11. Christmas makes all the difference

12. Well it is an angry parade... Lol

13. Cupcake is a party muffin...

14. A cup now has a medical name... Nice

15. Cheers to that dude

16. That geese is a honker

17. The guitar hero is now the carpet banjo

18. So far as you get the point

19. My mind first went to a shirt...

20. When you're spray screaming

21. How can you call a chair Uncle Fred, huh?

22. A cemetery is indeed a field for dead people

23. There's no way they could have suggested"calendar" to you

24. Pass me the cooking tongs, dear

25. I'd look at him like...

26. Well, let me just drop this here

27. I won't blame you for that

28. Won't blame you for that

29. I'm totally confused right now

30. Uhm, what dark place exactly?

31. A good bowl of breakfast soup

32. Birds have leafs to fly... Lol

33. I'd call it that too

34. I'm searching for some drink hats y'all

25. Sure, just put two and two together

36. A skunk is apparently a cat that stinks... Nope

37. Where is my boot spoon?

38. Tickets that you can keep rolling till you're satisfied

39. I have this muscle hangover right here...

40. Dunno but I kinda like the name too

It's difficult to deny that forgetting a word can be extremely upsetting. After all, it isn't that you can't recall the idea behind that word, but that you can't figure out how to communicate it.

When something finally triggers your brain and you find the word you were searching for, you feel a rush of relief clear over your dissatisfaction.

Maryjane