# Naming retarded baby ”Trig”

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 6, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-retarded-baby-trig/627380 "2012-07-06T02:16:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-retarded-baby-trig/627380/22 "2012-07-06T03:17:27Z")

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> [@Even seven](#):
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> 1. It’s not a joke.

[Do tell.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489126)

> [@Palin the intellectual says she always wanted a son named Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/14):
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> I was hoping that she would keep the trigonometric trend up: Trig, Sine, Cosine, Tangent,…

> [@Palin the intellectual says she always wanted a son named Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-the-intellectual-says-she-always-wanted-a-son-named-zamboni/469139/16):
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> Nah, it’s gotta be school subjects. Trig, Track, Band, Homec, SATprep, and so forth.

:dubious:

And that’s just _here_. We _are_ hip and smart, but there’s nothing particularly unique about the jokes we tell.

Except one time when I said _Never go in against a Cecilian when depth is on the line._ Not many other places that one would work. 😉

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