Meaning of porn-star name | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Dinner-party guests have⟳ noted the popularity of a new parlor game—the porn-star name⟳ game, whereby a simple formula is used to discover⟳ what name⟳ a person would go by if he or she were a porn star.”

“8 Your porn-star name⟳ (your first pet’s name⟳ plus the name⟳ of the street you grew up on)”

“‘And your pet’s name⟳ plus the name⟳ of your street is your porn-star name⟳,’ said David.”

““Hey, want⟳ to know⟳ how to figure⟳ out your porn-star name⟳?” “My what?” “You know⟳, your porn-star name⟳. Porn stars never use⟳ their own⟳ names.” […] “Tell⟳ me the name⟳ of the street you live⟳ on.” […] “Now tell⟳ me the name⟳ of the first pet you ever had.” […] “Then your porn-star name’s Duke Ridgetop.””

“Let⟳ me see⟳ – first pet and mother’s maiden name⟳; my porn-star name⟳ will be Muffin Pullman.”

“They would work⟳ on their porn-star names, using the name⟳ of their first pet (neither of them had a first pet as yet, and so they had infinite choice), and their mother’s maiden name⟳.”

“Try⟳ the porn-star-name formula. Your first pet’s name⟳ combined with the street name⟳ where you were born, that’s a good one. […] It does sort⟳ of sound⟳ more like⟳ a porn-star name⟳ than a writer’s name⟳.”

“It was just a funny name⟳ I made up, a porn-star name⟳. There was no such thing as Mayer Hawthorne.”

“It was like⟳ figuring out what your porn-star name⟳ would be except with weather instead of pets.”

“I listed work⟳ colleagues old and new, his former girlfriends, his football club, the nickname of his football club, his tortoise’s name⟳ followed by the house he grew up in (this was a game we played in the pub years ago, Hercules Hamleigh is a mediocre porn-star name⟳), his favourite holiday destination, where we got married, where he married Eloide, and of course I tried Melody, with and without her surname.”

“But my porn-star name⟳ sucks. You know⟳ how you’re supposed to take⟳ the name⟳ of your first pet and pair it with the street you grew up on?”

“In the version I knew, you take⟳ your middle name⟳, you make⟳ it your first name⟳, and for your porn last⟳ name⟳ you use⟳ the name⟳ of the street you grew up on. (Or the name⟳ of your street now. I gave everybody a choice to make⟳ it more fun and because the street that I grew up on was boring.) […] And so we figured out Andy Rooney’s porn-star name⟳: Aitken Partridge.”

“They say⟳ the way to figure⟳ out your porn-star name⟳ is to combine⟳ the name⟳ of your first childhood pet with the name⟳ of the street you grew up on. By that rule⟳, my porn-star name⟳ would be Superfly Punalei.”

““So,” says Ivy, stretching the single seductive syllable, “what’s your porn-star name⟳?” […] “My . . . what?” “You know⟳,” says Ivy, “you take⟳ the name⟳ of your first pet, add⟳ your mother’s maiden name⟳, and that’s your porn-star name⟳.””

“Oh, and should I be giving them my real name⟳ or do you want⟳ me to use⟳ some weird formula like⟳ my first pet’s name⟳ and the street I grew up on to figure⟳ out a porn-star name⟳?”

“‘[…] You know⟳, your porn-star name⟳?’ Sensing my confusion, she elaborated. ‘It’s the name⟳ of your first pet, and then the street you grew up on.’”

“(A list of options for security questions, those things it is impossible to forget⟳: what is your mother’s maiden name⟳, what is the name⟳ of your first pet; a schoolyard game that dictates that your porn-star name⟳ is the combination of your first pet’s name⟳ and the street on which you first lived – those things it is impossible to forget⟳.)”

““Have⟳ you ever played that game where you work⟳ out your porn-star name⟳?” Harriet stares at me. “My what?” Of course she hasn’t. “What’s the first street you ever lived on?” […] “What’s the name⟳ of your first pet?” […] “Then Budgie McGill is your porn-star name⟳.””

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