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You have to name a child after body part/body function

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Mrsknackered · 05/10/2017 11:33

I think Pharynx and Chyme are really fine names.

Quite like Ileum too.

This is all hypothetical ofcourse!

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SomedayMyPrinceWillCome · 05/10/2017 11:35

Peristalsis sounds like a girl's name Grin

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VanessaBet · 05/10/2017 11:35

I always liked Iris for a girl so I'd be ok with this!

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LemonScentedStickyBat · 05/10/2017 11:36

Areola

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laptopshmaptop · 05/10/2017 11:39

Areola

I'm sure I've seen it on the baby names are before!

Personally I'd go with Iliac. It's hip.

(I'll get my coat)

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ThumbWitchesAbroad · 05/10/2017 11:40

Is it cheating to suggest Chlamydia?

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HateSummer · 05/10/2017 11:40

Alveoli

Tibia

Thalamus

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MaisieDotes · 05/10/2017 11:40

Patella - nickname Patty Smile

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 05/10/2017 11:40

Vagina sounds like a girls name. Sort of a cross between Virginia and Regina.

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IdaDown · 05/10/2017 11:41

Flatulence

Like the Victorian craze for virtue type names, - Prudence, Mercy etc...

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CandyMelts · 05/10/2017 11:41

Ovary is quite pretty for a girl...

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DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 05/10/2017 11:42

Hip (Nature theme too)

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BuddingGardener2017 · 05/10/2017 11:42

Oh this is my game! What about

Islet
Medulla
Cilia

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Maudlinmaud · 05/10/2017 11:44

Alveoli

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Wingbing · 05/10/2017 11:44

Phalanges or Aorta.

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Veronicat · 05/10/2017 11:45

Talus is pretty for a girl.
Tarsel for a boy.Grin

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histinyhandsarefrozen · 05/10/2017 11:45

Cute little girl called coeliac

Boy called Throat

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PortiaCastis · 05/10/2017 11:46

Esophagus nn Essie

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FiloPasty · 05/10/2017 11:46

Gluteus maximus?

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Maudlinmaud · 05/10/2017 11:46

Larynx could be the brother of Pharynx.
Twins would be even better.

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Lobsterquadrille2 · 05/10/2017 11:48

Tibia. Tibby for a nickname.

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PurpleTraitor · 05/10/2017 11:49

Cochlea?

Or how about Cerumen? Grin

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Clutterbutter · 05/10/2017 11:52

Wasn’t there a thread recently where the poster heard a mum shouting her son, Elbow?

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ScarlettDarling · 05/10/2017 11:52

Fanny Grin

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BeatriceBeaudelaire · 05/10/2017 11:52

Villus
Ulna

And little VenaCava goes to private school

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headintheproverbial · 05/10/2017 11:53

Iris

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