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A baby named Hashtag
Meet the trending infant Hashtag Jameson.
The mother reportedly posted a photo of her sleeping baby girl on Facebook with the caption: “Hashtag Jameson was born at 10 oclock last nite. She weys 8pounds and i luv her so much!!!!!” …
This infant’s photo is now buzzing all over the web. However, it seems that no one can confirm her name. It’s unclear if “Hashtag” is a legitimate name from a Twitter super fan, an Internet hoax, or, as the Huffington Post put it, “a very unfortunate typo.” …
As skepticism stewed online, many people took to Twitter to argue a parallel question: Is “Hashtag” an appropriate name for any baby? The conversation quickly adopted a hashtag of its own, #babyhashtag.
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Parenting Makes You A Better Person, part #umpteen-million.
MelonCollie on November 28, 2012 at 11:40 PM
Little Hashtag Jameson should be gifted karate lessons as soon as she is potty trained. Kindergarten will be very late to learn to fight off taunts:
“Hashtag LOSER!”
“Hashtag Yourparents are morons!”
Poor kid.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 28, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Wouldn’t be a bad name for a toy dog, its kinda cute, but absolutely not a human-worthy name.
vegconservative on November 28, 2012 at 11:49 PM
Hashtag sure beats Hashpipe.
steebo77 on November 28, 2012 at 11:52 PM
The mother wrote “She weys …”
Pretty sure it’s Hashtag.
jix on November 29, 2012 at 12:07 AM
Idiocracy, we have arrived.
ShadowsPawn on November 29, 2012 at 12:29 AM
Her middle name is winning!
pedestrian on November 29, 2012 at 12:39 AM
Ha. Thanks mom.
Oh well, could have been worse. Elliot, Rupert, Toby, ouch. Moonbeam? Seriously, I know one.
WeekendAtBernankes on November 29, 2012 at 1:05 AM
Why can’t people stick with normal names like D’Brickashaw or Anfernee?
Chickyraptor on November 29, 2012 at 2:23 AM
Stupid names (Chlamydia, Placenta, Salmonella, Shigella) will be with us forever as long as dumb people have a right to choose. I know there is a 20 year old in Lafayette Louisiana (or that’s where he was born) walking around that I delivered as a resident who was named “Jon Bon Jovi Boudreaux”.
My favorite: “Eurydice Colette Clytemnestra Dido Bathsheba Rabelais Patricia Cocteau Stone”
AbFab fans know her as “Patsy!”, born to a whacko American mother in Paris.
Marcus on November 29, 2012 at 2:33 AM
Clearly the parents smoke too much hash.
John the Libertarian on November 29, 2012 at 2:34 AM
Nicholas Cage’s son: Kal-El (Superman’s name on Planet Krypton)
Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl)‘s son: Pilot Inspektor
Bob Geldorf (I Don’t Like Mondays/Live Aid)‘s daughter: Fifi Trixibelle
Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris (Coldplay) Martin’s daughter: Apple
David Duchovney (X-Files) & Tea Leoni’s son: Kyd (b/c Dad thought it would be funny to yell “Hey Kyd!”
Sylvester Stallone’s son: Sage Moonblood (RIP Sage)
Bono’s daughter: Memphis Eve
Michael Jackson’s son, daughter, & son: Prince Michael, Paris Michael, Prince Michael II (Blanket)
Penn Jillette’s daughter: Moxie Crimefighter
Rob Morrow’s (Numbers) daughter: Tu (as in Tu Morrow)
Frank Zappa’s son, daughter, son, daughter: Dweezil, Moon Unit, Ahmet, Diva Thin Muffin
Jermaine Jackson’s son: Jermajesty (and as Chris Rock says, “Jer-Majesty???—That name’ll get jer-ass kicked!”)
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 29, 2012 at 4:10 AM
Hashtag dittos.
petefrt on November 29, 2012 at 5:26 AM
#:D
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 29, 2012 at 5:51 AM
That’s the crux of it, I think. It boils down to whether the parents acknowledge they’re creating a new person, of if they haven’t considered that far ahead and think they’ve acquired a pet. I’d put “Tu Morrow” or “Hey, Kyd” in the same category as “Come here, Stay.”
Quisp on November 29, 2012 at 6:48 AM
Sez you…
JetBoy on November 29, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Considering…I really don’t think this one is that bad. Dumb, yes. But I have heard much dumber.
thebrokenrattle on November 29, 2012 at 9:16 AM
The parents should have just cut to the chase and named her ‘rehab.’
Urban Infidel on November 29, 2012 at 9:25 AM
If I had a Hashtag, it would look like Travon Martin.
ToddPA on November 29, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Yep. Or a toy.
Well, they coulda named him Sue.
GWB on November 29, 2012 at 9:26 AM
OK, I need to read better, since it’s a girl……… *facepalm*
GWB on November 29, 2012 at 9:27 AM
+100
petefrt on November 29, 2012 at 10:20 AM