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If you met a dog called woody....

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Inbedbynine · 30/06/2019 16:28

... would you ‘think’ Anything? Kids want to name new puppy woody but I don’t know if I’m being silly about penis connotations?

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StoorieHoose · 30/06/2019 16:29

I would think of Toy Story. Get puppy a bandana and you'll be fine

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Pipandmum · 30/06/2019 16:29

Ask Woody Harrelson if he’s had any problems! Also Woody from Toy Story...

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Maykid · 30/06/2019 16:30

My friend has a cat called Woody, never thought anything of it.

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ScreamingValenta · 30/06/2019 16:30

Woodpecker. Showing my age!

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msmith501 · 30/06/2019 16:31

Why not explain to the kids why it is which a bad name? (I'm joking of course but it'd be an interesting discussion - excruciatingly embarrassing maybe?)

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BobTheFishermansWife · 30/06/2019 16:33

I'd probably ask if you've got another dog or a cat called Buzz.
Another one for the Toy Story connection.

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Pretendapony · 30/06/2019 16:33

I know a baby that has just been called woody and I was a bit Hmm but for a dog I think it’s a great name!

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dudsville · 30/06/2019 16:34

I think it's a great name, I wish it was more in use.

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Marmite27 · 30/06/2019 16:34

I’d wonder where Buzz was Hmm

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Saucery · 30/06/2019 16:35

I’d think of Woody Guthrie #oldhippy

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Stationeryqueen · 30/06/2019 16:40

My immediate thought was Toy Story, didn't think of any other connotation until you mentioned it.

Great name for a puppy.

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Oliack1417 · 30/06/2019 16:41

My friend has a beagle called woody :-)

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Ploppymoodypants · 30/06/2019 16:44

I know loads of animals called woody (Horse, 2 dogs, a rabbit and a cat) And at least 3 children and some adults too. I live in the UK. To my knowledge no one under the age of 60 has ever made a penis joke or connotation.

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notacooldad · 30/06/2019 16:46

Bloody hell Op
Where your head at?
That wouldn't occur to me!

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Purplecatshopaholic · 30/06/2019 16:52

I have a cat called Woody - love the name!

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Purplecatshopaholic · 30/06/2019 16:53

And penis connotations? Seriously?Q

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iklboo · 30/06/2019 16:54

That's where your mind goes? Grin

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Floralnomad · 30/06/2019 16:55

I would no way connect Woody and penis , how strange .

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PolkadotLollipop · 30/06/2019 16:56

I’d think Toy Story if you had kids young enough to have named him/her. Though to be fair, the first one came out in the nineties so your kids could be pretty much any age!

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Apolloanddaphne · 30/06/2019 16:58

I knew a dog called Woody and when the family got a new puppy they called it Buzz! Nothing other than Toy Story entered my head.

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BroomstickOfLove · 30/06/2019 16:59

Woody's a normal name to me. No penis connotations.

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GreigLaidlawsbarofsoap · 30/06/2019 17:00

I think it can be quite area specific - I have lived in areas of the U.K. and US where an erection is very commonly referred to as "having a woody" and other places where it's just not used as slang at all. So all the posters basically accusing OP of being some kind of sex crazed pervert presumably live in non wooded areas.
My first thought was the Toy Story connection which is a nice one I think, esp for kids.

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PolkadotLollipop · 30/06/2019 17:04

I’m aware that it is a slang term for an erection but the association wouldn’t be the first that popped into my head with the name.

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PolkadotLollipop · 30/06/2019 17:04

And I’ve got quite a dirty mind.

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CharminglyGawky · 30/06/2019 17:05

Woody is fine, most people would think of toy story before erection! You might get a few jokes but nothing too bad I'd imagine.

I wanted to name a rabbit Bimbo once, it was the second suggestion after Nibbles which mum thought was a bit boring, she backtracked to how Nibbles was a lovely name pretty sharpish Grin in my defence I was about 9 and reading an old (I think Enid Blyton) book about a puppy and a kitten called Bimbo and Topsy.

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