Name That Pet: Iridium’s Boar
Final name: Precious
Kat from Liquid Silver was the first person to take up the Name That Pet challenge and send me info about a pet that needs a name!
Kat writes about her character:
Iridium dabbles in PvP, when telling a fellow hunter this he insisted that I must get a boar. I picked the Agam’ar boar from RFK. For the only reason that he matched my hair.
I see Iridium like the Princess in the movie Spaceballs, the scene where the Princess gets her hair singed, then turns around and demolishes the guards. She is just as concerned about breaking a nail as she is for making sure she has a scope on her bow.
But for the life of me I cannot come up with a name. Cutie the cat was instantaneous. But Boar… /shrug
You can read more about Iridium and her new boar on Kat’s blog.
So how about it, pet namers? What have you got for Iridium’s boar?
[Edit: Okay, everyone -- over to Kat's blog to help her decide!]
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brisket!
I also had for a while a bloodelf hunter with the same “beautician from the fifties” hairstyle, and was a lot like Kat’s, a bit superficially vain in a few ways. Always made me think of the kind of girl who “snagged” herself a husband who was in the Mafia. So when I picked up Bjarn as a pet at 11 (because he reminded me of a big expensive fur coat which perfectly matched her platinum-blond hair-do) , I tried looking for a name suggesting a muscle-man kinda guy who was not real sharp upstairs, mostly looking for either an Italian name like “Vito” or something suggesting the big bruiser guy on the football team (which would go well with the role of a boar, as her pet).
So, that explains my raher oddball suggestions:
PigMontana
PoopsieDarling (because these gals always give their big thug guys “babynames”)
Tortellini (suggesting an Italian dish with red sauce)
Ok so maybe they only appeal to me ^_^ but I think the theme she wants is a bruiser guy who accentuates her “glamor gal” style.
Hmm … maybe just .. Bruiser?
Bangle
Babs
Bubbsie
Bubbles
heh - patches
ok, it doesn’t fit anything said above but it kinda fits the mangy look (better than leper)
ok, I’ll stop.
Inspiried by Brash’s comment…
The Hogfather (or just Hogfather) X)
For some reason I cant email you so I am posting this. I recently tamed a Jaguero Stalker so that I could learn Cower 5 and prowl 3 but after I tamed and had it for a couple of minutes those moves where no longer there. They were not there when I entered Booty Bay.
Nevermind the moves only went away from the Jaguero Stalker I tamed but I still got to learn them.
Bolt. ’nuff said :)
Because I recognized Iridium as the name of a chemical element, I looked at the chart on Wikipedia to search for a reddish element that would fit your boar’s fur:
Copper, or more precisely the latin name Cuprum.
Erbium, one of those odd elements hanging at the bottom of the table and used in making pink coloured porcelain, jewelry and glass (e.g. sunglasses).
Cristatus (Indian boar)
Ussuricus (Japanese boar)
Scrofa (African boar)
Vittatus (Indonesian boar)
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Vespa
Druish
Sorry I’m hung up on the spaceballs thing.
oh c’mon guys…..she’s like the princess from Spaceballs. Obviously the name should be BARF! I know know, Barf was a dog, but still. Then again, maybe that’s not such a good idea afterall….
Lonestar. Or possibly Truffles.
I had one for a while named HoneyGlazed.
Hmm…Cutie the cat…how about Babe the boar?
Or following Tsani’s train of thought: Plumbum (latin name for lead). That one still makes me chuckle.
Find an ally you really dislike (who acts like your pet) and name it after them. Then sic your pet on it’s namesake.
Dot, like Princess Vespa’s robot in Spaceballs.
Pylofuf?
Ombor?
Gorgle?
I dunno. I think those sound like boar sounding names, is all. :)
From the lighter side:
Swinefeld
Oprah (a pig and a “bore”)
Kosher
Snortimer
Scooter
Hamlet
Rumplepigskin
MagnumPIg
Pigglesworth
Tron or Sark (Especially for the blue/red RFK boars)
Guess what, i come carrying more latin names
Praecido (multilate)
Plecto (to punish)
Oblivio (forgetting/oblivion)
Nocens (wicked/evil)
Mulier (woman) your pig is a girl, no?
Infirmus (weak)
Incurro (attack)
Immortalis (immortal)
Socius (partner/ally)
Vendolius (vendevil, whatever that is)
Abutor (abuse)
Agnosco (acknowlegde)
and i could go on.. http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/frivs/latin/latin-dict-full.html#P
If you’re not into serious names; KevinBacon.
Ack!
forget about “Mulier (Woman) your pig is a girl, no?”
I misunderstood something >.<;
there is only one name for a boar like that
name it Gorgeous
If you to keep within spaceball, i would choose like slayerboy to call him “Barf” wich is also a diet for pet, Bones And Raw Food (http://www.barfworld.com) which quite indicated for a pig and their convenient diet or also as a pvp pet.
my 2 cents
Oh yeah, great idea… and have it reported by pvp’ers who target people with a name-based macro and get the pet instead of the player.
You can be sure that the GM will rename the pet to something well thought out like Spot of Fido. ><
/sarcasm
Never mind the fact that it is much more of an insult to the pet. ;P
Just a few more obvious, mostly along the lines of italian and head-crackers;
Bruce (Willis)
Bud (Spencer)
Buster
Bambino
I really like Bud, officially Bud the Boar, daily speak Buddy :P
But seeing as Iridium would care about appearances, maybe she would like the pet name to be more… shall we say, flashy?
Blaze
Brilliant (More of a female name, but hey, why not? You didn’t actually say if you’d decided on a gender)
Ballantine (whiskey)
Brilliantine (hairdressing!!!)
Good luck!
Buta (japanese for pig)
Keikoku (japanese for Beauty)
Kami (japanese for hair)
Barfolomew - as a tribute to John Candy
If she had tamed Princess she could have gone with Vespa
(My hunters are named for movie characters and I name their pets after related characters/actors in the movies. Vronsky’s wolf is DeNiro and I’m leaning toward Stosh for the boar.)
porkchop
Bacon
Tendereloin
Whitemeat
Slaughterhouse
Duno Boar pets always reminded me of Pork as Food and since he fights for you. Your serving him up to slaughter.
For the heck of it why not Borium.
#2 - Thinking of the charging and then sticking on someone like glue made me think of:
Paparazzo/Paparazzi (singular/plural)
Hairspray
Barrette
Piglet
Hunni
Hammer
Tank
Shelindria said “Borium” and the first thing that came into my mind was “Barium Enema,” which is kind of what your opponents are getting when your boar gores their asses. *shrug*
Boarium is the first thing that comes to mind… Glad to know I’m not the only one with that type of humor Leuko. Partigore (particle) came to mind as well… Or Gorticle…
On a serious note, Osmium is the most closely paired element to Iridium and there is some contention as to the chemical weight of the two… “The measured density of iridium is only slightly lower than that of osmium, which is often listed as the most dense element known. However, calculations of density from the space lattice may produce more reliable data for these elements than actual measurements and give a density of 22,650 kg/m³ for iridium versus 22,610 kg/m³ for osmium. Definitive selection between the two is therefore not possible at this time.” (Wikipedia, 2007)
Goreosmium, Boarosmium, Boarium… or just plain Osmium…
I name my pets so that their name closely resembles that of their owner, Knotbeard. So, I have a gorilla named Knothead, a boar named Knothide, a cat named Knottail, and have had a buzzard named Featherbeard, a raptor named Fangbeard, and a bear named Icebeard (he was the white elite from the dwarf starting area)… Just so you have some idea how my mind works and why I chose those names.
Of course you could always call him Miniridium, but that would just be silly lol…
(I have a blood elf named Eidolonaroth that has the red lynx from the newbie area named Eidolonael)
NielsBoar.
…yep, I’m a dork.
Iniari
“Boargasm”
Transmet
a condesation of “transitional metal” since Ir is such type.
or Strontium, since 38 is about half of 77
I like Rusty to go with his orangy-brownish fur.
Iridium the huntress meats Malachite the boar.
I dont know why, I just like it ^_^
I’ll have my owl for you soon mania…just need to screenie him. Got him last night. noted on my blog.
My favorite boar name is Ziggy or ZiggyPiggy.
I know, I know, different movie but just as funny!
Check it out !
Scarab
Here are my suggestions:
1 - Cyboar
2 - Baconator
3 - Hambo
4 - Applesauce
5 - Porkfromork
6 - Killesterol
7 - Notakodo
8 - Football
9 - Corkscrew
10 - Hamdunk (This was a stretch just to have a full 10. LOL)
Iridium the huntress meats Malachite the boar. Nice reference..
Iridium Ir 77.. member of the precious metals… precious the pig…
How about Trichinella? Mmmmm, raw pork. :)
Well, seeing as many have already gotten names up I guess I’ll shoot with a few as well XD Granted, most of my pet names are named after my Characters from stories <.< and not movies XD
Seeing as she was going for the beauty and match for the pet (Thus the taming of the boar) I would go for something that makes sense over some of the dork names I’ve come to see (God how I hate pets with unthought of names or ALL CAPS names)
Nellas
Falassion
Tasardur
Isilindil
Calaglin
Haldamir
Mahtan
Erestor
Then just for some kicks, and for complete randomness a few names I thought might suit it as well.
Discordia
Demonica
Elensar
and Jaxes
These are all just randomly brought up, just thought some of them appeared interesting enough for said boar (Though I’ve never had much fancy for them myself)
The ultimate name for those boars is…..
Cyboar!
Uh. With the obvious reference to hairstyle, did we forget “Pigtail?”
Hoeman, thats what my pet is named :D well hes a cat though(ghost saber’s FTW) i dont actually know why i like that name LOL :D
Trying to make a final decision
How about just Princess? I think the name itself coupled with the fact it’s a boar provides the irony you’re looking for.
There is an Alliance quest where you have to kill a pig named Princess, correct? I think it is in Elwynn Forest.
Okay, everyone — over to Kat’s blog to help her decide!
Thank you all for helping out. There were so many good ones. Just to give you an update…
Boar’s Name Decided
name it christmasHam…. lol
Bobo or Popo
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