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Is Buster acceptable?

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Blahia · 09/02/2015 13:03

Just following on from the 'coolest boys name' thread where a few people mentioned Buster, which I (growing up outside of the UK) love ( d ), but which I thought was out of bounds due to its connotations in English speaking countries?

So: is it okay to name your boy Buster or is it still used as a disrespectful term for a boy/ man you don't like?

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Lambbone · 09/02/2015 13:05

Is Buster acceptable?

Of course not! It is a ridiculous name.

Good for a dog though.

Pandora37 · 09/02/2015 13:06

I've never heard of it being used as a disrespectful term but I do think it's very silly. I've known too many dogs and budgies called Buster to take it seriously as a human name.

BlueberryWafer · 09/02/2015 13:06

Acceptable for a dog? Yes. For a human? No.

Kundry · 09/02/2015 13:06

It's then name of a dog or a gangster.

SweetsForMySweet · 09/02/2015 13:07

For a dog yes, for a child No

MegMogandOwlToo · 09/02/2015 13:07

I immediately thought of the oh dear book...

Buster went to stay with grandma on the farm... Grandma asked buster to fetch the eggs...

StampyShortnose · 09/02/2015 13:08

It's a nickname or a dog's name I'm afraid!

SardineQueen · 09/02/2015 13:09

Buster Bloodvessel is who I think of.

Which is no bad thing, I guess. It's quite a distinctive name though.

HoneyIsBeePoo · 09/02/2015 13:09

It's FIL's nickname for my son and I bloody hate it!

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Blahia · 09/02/2015 13:10

What a shame. It's a perfectly acceptable name in other parts of the world. :( but sadly a clear no-go here then. Thanks!

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SunnyBaudelaire · 09/02/2015 13:12

we have a dog called Buster.

ZeldaMae · 09/02/2015 13:30

I have lived in many parts of the world.

I have never seen Buster as a given name. Nickname yes, but not a given name.

Ditto Bubba.

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Blahia · 09/02/2015 14:52

ZeldaMae, so have I, and I know Busters of three different nationalities ;) doesn't matter though, as I wouldn't use it with it's connotations in the UK, where he will (mainly) grow up.
Thanks all!

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maryporter77 · 09/02/2015 17:04

Dog's name

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 09/02/2015 17:27

Buster is my dog's nickname Smile

GettingFiggyWithIt · 09/02/2015 17:34

Erm...ni-ni na-na na-na nu-nu noWink
Yay! Buster is...
Phil Collins at his worst
A scrub - a guy who thinks he's fly
One of the koala brothers

Grin
grocklebox · 09/02/2015 17:36

Where exactly is it a perfectly acceptable name?

GettingFiggyWithIt · 09/02/2015 17:37

Sorry OP, just teasing.
Have you considered Edward nn Buzz
Know a couple of those albeit many would then say infinity and beyond
a few dozen times...

RabbitSaysWoof · 09/02/2015 18:02

I really like it.

Zsazsabinks · 09/02/2015 18:33

I'm sorry to offend but no, it's terrible. You can't call a little boy Buster, it's terrible. At best a dog's name, probably some kind of bulldog.

AuntieStella · 09/02/2015 18:40

You could use it as a NN, unrelated to actual name (eg Buster Keaton was Joseph)

The only one I known who has it as a real name in real life is a Labrador.

Anotheronesoon · 09/02/2015 18:45

I know a young boy called buster. Bloody ridiculous name for a child.

Didactylos · 09/02/2015 18:46

the mythbusters crash test dummy is known as Buster
he does not have a good life

dalmatianmad · 09/02/2015 18:47

My dm's staffie is called Buster Smile

Koalafications · 09/02/2015 18:48

Absolutely not.

Not acceptable at all.