# Help me come up with a cool planet name **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897 "2010-03-09T20:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/1 "2010-03-09T20:26:21Z")
Yes it’s another one of those threads. I’m trying to come up with a name for an earth colony. I’d like it to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek, in spirit of Niven’s planet names (Jinx, We Made It, Canyon, etc) Naturally I had a good idea at one point and then forgot it. :smack: My current idea is At Last, but I’d like something a bit snappier than that (without plagiarizing) Thanks y’all ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/2 "2010-03-09T20:28:06Z")
Something Simple like,Mike’s Place? unless you want to borrow…LANZY! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/3 "2010-03-09T20:33:25Z")
Pick one: Burt Errol Kenneth Willie ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/4 "2010-03-09T20:43:35Z")
End of the Line Final Frontier Second star to the right ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/5 "2010-03-09T20:43:54Z")
Planet Plan On It Or if its going to be terraformed: Planet Plant It ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/6 "2010-03-09T20:49:35Z")
Questionable Endeavor New Iceland (for an actually reasonably pleasant world - hey, it worked for the Scandinavians) New Greenland (for an icebound hellhole - see above) ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/7 "2010-03-09T20:53:57Z")
“Here.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/8 "2010-03-09T20:58:00Z")
Dirt. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/9 "2010-03-09T21:02:12Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > End of the Line > [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Questionable Endeavor These aren’t bad… What I had in mind was something that implied ‘we finally get off this damn ship!’ but punchier… ‘Finally’ might have been my original idea, actually… or ‘About Time’… While I have people’s attention, anybody got a good idea for something to call a replicator that won’t get me sued by Paramount? Schlock Mercenary uses ‘fabbers’. Transmetropolitan uses ‘makers.’ Since I’m using it to make food, ‘recycler’ is completely out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/10 "2010-03-09T21:04:14Z")
“Rest Stop” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/11 "2010-03-09T21:26:13Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > While I have people’s attention, anybody got a good idea for something to call a replicator that won’t get me sued by Paramount? Schlock Mercenary uses ‘fabbers’. Transmetropolitan uses ‘makers.’ Since I’m using it to make food, ‘recycler’ is completely out. Converter? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/12 "2010-03-09T21:32:49Z")
Last Stop Twinner or cloner? I like converter. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/13 "2010-03-09T21:34:07Z")
Pitstop. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/14 "2010-03-09T21:46:29Z")
Sunev As one of the Three Stooges shorts notes when they visit an alien planet, it’s “Venus” spelled backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/15 "2010-03-09T21:47:15Z")
Unfortunately, this one’s been used in a game, but I still like it: **Dunroamin**. Refer to your magic replicating device as a Generator, and everyone calls it “Jenny” for short. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/16 "2010-03-09T21:51:19Z")
There Already Good Enough This’ll Do Enough Parameters Met Acceptable ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/17 "2010-03-09T21:54:14Z")
I liked the vanity of having a planet named for one’s self, Pushkin’s Planet for example. How’s about giving the colony some sort of official title, not a name just a collection of letters, Colony-XP983.11, and then have a nickname based on what the colonists _really_ think of their home. Or is that just a cliche, so some sort of wet behind the ears traveller from Earth can ask where they are and some colonist or another can grumble and say “but we call it planet… poop.” ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/18 "2010-03-09T21:57:09Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Good Enough > This’ll Do I like these. =^.^= At the moment I’m going with melanger for the replicator. Somebody might be wondering what this is for. I’m making up a series bible for my comic, which means I need background info. It’s about 90% there - the last few terms I need are stuff I have, just don’t have access to at the moment. Some other vocab? The Holographic Harem, which is basically a holodeck, nawuki (an alien species), canjin (an alien species resembling anthro dogs), Plot Hole (how one of the characters gets to work everyday) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/19 "2010-03-09T22:23:10Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > I like these. =^.^= At the moment I’m going with melanger for the replicator. Too _Dune_. If the replication is performed by nanomachines, how about “Bug-Box”? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897/20 "2010-03-09T23:07:17Z")
Atingocni Arret That’s terra incognita backwards. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-cool-planet-name/531897.md?page=2)