# Name Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/73022>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 19, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/73022 "2001-07-19T05:52:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/73022/1 "2001-07-19T05:52:04Z")

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We played this on another message board, thought folks here would like the challenge. Basically you make a statement using the initials of someones proper name…

**C** ertainly **E** very **C** onundrum **I** s **L** aughable  
**R** avishing, **O** pulent **B** eauty, **E** rin’s **R** eplacement **T** allied **S** tatuette  
Got it?

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**Author:** ![Shogun\_Haircut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Shogun\_Haircut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shogun_Haircut)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/73022/2 "2001-07-19T06:29:47Z")

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Point of Clarification, can it be any name?

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/73022/3 "2001-07-19T11:29:41Z")

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Hey, who’s Cecil Roberts? The World’s Smartest Actress?

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**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/73022/4 "2001-07-19T15:46:01Z")

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Well I have always just used people’s names, but I suppose it could be any word, the key is just that the phrase you make refers back to the word.

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-game/73022/5 "2001-07-19T16:29:42Z")

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**J** ustifiably an **E** normous **R** ack, **I** ndeed!  
**R** ouses **Y** our **A** nimalistic **N** ature!