# Name Game
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 10, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905 "2003-04-10T22:35:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/1 "2003-04-10T22:35:24Z")
Take any famous name, warp it, and create a blurb that describes the change.
Example:
Britney Spears, after receiving a terrifing beating, changed her name to Britney Pruninghooks, and vowed to “study war no more.”
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### Author:  [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/2 "2003-04-11T04:00:04Z")
The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, tired of hearing people mispronounce his new name, decided to hell with it and changed his name to Bob.
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### Author:  [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/3 "2003-04-11T05:19:02Z")
This isn’t exactly according to form, but I couldn’t keep it to myself.
The pop artist Cher, who plans to have herself cloned in the near future, announced that she and her clone would be known as, “Cher and Cher Alike.”
::ducks the flung tomatoes::
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### Author:  [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/4 "2003-04-11T05:23:36Z")
Jennifer Love Hewitt…finding the whole 3 name thing tiresome, changes her name to Jane Smith.
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### Author:  [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/5 "2003-04-11T06:52:27Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by KCSuze \*
> \*\*“Cher and Cher Alike.” \*\*
I like it, I LIKE IT! 😃
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### Author:  [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/6 "2003-04-11T06:54:39Z")
How about Jenifer Glove Hewitt decided to chuck show business and become a urologist.
(She also traded in her Lexus for a Probe.)
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/7 "2003-04-11T15:14:40Z")
Simon Bates, the Brittish disk jockey, decided after gain his judo 5th dan to be refered to as Master Bates.
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/8 "2003-04-11T15:16:37Z")
Saddam Hussein, after fleeing Iraq and several opperations is now refered to as Trixy Minx and is working as a call girl in Cairo.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/9 "2003-04-11T16:18:23Z")
Andy Dick, in an effort to establish himself as a serious actor, will from now on be known as Randy Dick.
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### Author:  [@IDemandBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDemandBeer)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/10 "2003-04-11T16:23:52Z")
George W. Bush, after accepting his oral-sex fixation, will now be known as Gorge A. Bush.
–IDB
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### Author:  [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/11 "2003-04-11T18:32:28Z")
😕 Um, I think I get this game…
Canadian Prime Minister **Jean Chrétien** , after reading up on dianetics, has introduced several new bills to the House, and changed his name to **Jean Scientologue**.
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### Author:  [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/12 "2003-04-11T20:00:26Z")
Heehee - good one, **wolfstu**!
When the IRS objected to her filling out her 1040 without a last name, **Madonna** officially changed her name to **Ma Donna**. She also considered this new name a celebration of motherhood.
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### Author:  [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/13 "2003-04-11T20:49:48Z")
In an attempt to improve its image and woo a better clientele, The Betty Ford Clinic has changed its name to, The Betty Lincoln-Mercury Clinic
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/14 "2003-04-11T20:52:54Z")
Jane Seymore, after her unfortunate accident whilst running with scisors shall from now on be known as Jane Seyless.
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### Author:  [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/15 "2003-04-13T06:19:37Z")
Michael Jackson, realizing that his current alias name just wasn’t convincing any more, switched back to the use of his real name, **Quornzollshnixus of the planet Scrotulus V**.
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### Author:  [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/16 "2003-04-13T06:27:13Z")
> [@](#):
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> I like it, I LIKE IT!
Gee, thanks! :😊:
Let’s see…
Helen Hunt, after a run-in with PETA protesters, changed her name to “Helen Catchandrelease.”
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/167905/17 "2003-04-13T07:19:29Z")
Tired of the mean-spirited jokes about his name, Carrot Top has changed his name to Red Bottom.