# Misinterpreted thread titles

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\
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[Do you re-use pet names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-use-pet-names/1025245)

So, like you have a cutesy nickname for your significant other, then you break up, and then start dating someone else, do you use that same nickname for them? …Oh, they mean literal names of pets.

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