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Lazy-Heffalump

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SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 25/10/2012 11:37

For a DD?

Pros:

  • descriptive
  • accurate
  • unique
  • relieves my feelings of intense fed-upness

Cons:

  • chavtastic hyphen, but that's easily solved

Thoughts please? Baby due last Saturday.

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mathanxiety · 01/11/2012 18:10

Well done! Hope all is well.

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SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 01/11/2012 18:00

Tardy Heffalump decided to put in a last-minute appearance this morning at 41+5. She spared me an induction (just!) so I'll spare her the expletive...

Good luck mimmy :)

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mimmymouse · 31/10/2012 22:22

Speaking at 41 + 6 here, you can add any obscenity you want!! Good luck

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SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 31/10/2012 16:29

Thank you mimmy.

Does anyone know if you're allowed obscenities as middle names? Mere grumpiness does not do justice to my feelings at the moment.

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mimmymouse · 27/10/2012 07:54

Slightlysuperior: Tardy is all yours! Still waiting here too....

mathanxiety · 27/10/2012 04:21

The hyphen has to go.

GurlwiththeFrothyCurl · 26/10/2012 20:47

Or you could go with the new trend of using random apostrophes:

L'Z H'Fa L'mp

[hgrin]

Heifer · 26/10/2012 20:37

like it, but surely it should be

Lazee-Heifer-Lump

double hyphen not so chavtastic

AntsMarching · 26/10/2012 19:43

May I point out that Jefa (pronounced Heffa) in Spanish means boss. I think your dd has proven that to be true, so it is a very apt name Grin

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SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 26/10/2012 13:39

Tardy! Shock You are an absolute genius. What a lovely, beautiful name! Timeless, classic, elegant. Love, love, love it. Can I steal it?

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HorridHeffalumpsWickedWoozles · 26/10/2012 13:18

IMO Heffalump is a wonderful name [hwink]

May I also suggest Hurry-the Jeff Up, or perhaps Gettout Before Ipulluout.

Seriously considered similar variants for my two extremely tardy DDs as we approached 43 weeks.

Hope you get some activity soon :)

EarnestDullard · 26/10/2012 13:04

Ooh greylady, I like Effie but wasn't keen on Euphemia. Didn't think of Heffalump. Hmm, DH is going to register her birth next week..

amck5700 · 26/10/2012 12:45

pity it's not a boy and you could have had Leight-un.

mimmymouse · 26/10/2012 12:35

Like it! We're a week overdue. Our current favourite name: Tardy.

Kittykatmacbill · 26/10/2012 11:47

Just plain brilliant [hgrin] you should definitely call by only that name until she is at least 40

thegreylady · 25/10/2012 20:35

Lay-Z sounds like an armchair.I would make it Leah-Zee so she can shorten it if she wants to.Heffalump good mn though...nn Effie.

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SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 25/10/2012 19:53

:o

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Dogsmom · 25/10/2012 19:06

I like it but couldn't use it as it'd cause confusion with the post if she had the same name as my husband.

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SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 25/10/2012 16:14

Snowflake how old is your DD? If she's under 1 you can still change it very easily.

Thanks for the suggestion squoosh but I think adding silent letters is setting DD up for a lifetime of misery having to correct people all the time.

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SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 25/10/2012 16:12

We did looked at the Winnie the Poo connection and considered Wurzel for a while as it's less well known but Heffalump has such a special meaning for us we don't want to lose it.

Good points on the spelling, thanks for all the inputs.

How about:

Lei-Zi Heffalump

or does Lay-Z Heffalump look better? I like the Jay-Z connection too.

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squoosh · 25/10/2012 14:34

What about Psnot-Oooze? (the p is silent)

littlebubbalove · 25/10/2012 14:16

I love it!! But wouldnt your DD get teased at school? Because of winnie the poo and Heffalump?? I dont know its your call xx

Snowflakepie · 25/10/2012 14:15

Liking your thoughts there. May I offer Grumpychops-fartypants, which we should have named DD as it suits her so perfectly now but only came to us after she was registered with a boring old top 10 name.

InkleWinkle · 25/10/2012 14:04

Sorry, I'm not sure if that's a boy's name or a girl's?

If its a girl's you could shorten to Heffa?

scentednappyhag · 25/10/2012 13:50

I think you should spell it Lay-zeigh though, if you want to be really unique. Who wants their child to be one of five Lazys in a class at school?!