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Help[Opinions] What do you think is the worst named city you’ve ever heard?
While I know there are tempting, viable options in PA, I’m still going to say that I think the ugliest town name I’ve ever heard is Bemidji, MN followed by Corpus Christi, TX. Gross!
Yourselves?
Yourselves?
This message was edited 5/14/2025, 11:14 AM
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Due West SC, it isn't due west of anything. Also Flippen GA
In England, there's a town called Westward Ho! (named after a 19th-century novel). I actually kind of like it because it's the only town in England to have an exclamation point in its name.
In Québec, there is a village called Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! (with the exclamation points) and I actually kind of love it.
I mean, I've been through Chunky, Alabama.
Dang, I live in Minnesota and think Bemidji is a cool name. :(
Yeah Bemidji is cute, I don't see what's wrong with it.
I think Bemidji is fun sounding. :)
Plus the place is nice, and the meaning fits it.
Plus the place is nice, and the meaning fits it.
I briefly lived in Paineville ("Pain ville") when I was a teenager. I hated telling people that was my address.
This message was edited 5/14/2025, 8:29 PM
I kind of like Corpus Christi to be honest. I once stopped in Plainsville, Connecticut, which lived up to its name. I have to say Athol though, my favorite town in Wethtern Mathachutheth!
Greasy, Oklahoma ...
I've got relatives that live there.
There's also a place in Oklahoma called Slapout.
And a little teeny town in Maryland called Girdletree. Which sounds like either a beaver has chewed all the way around the tree and it's about to die and fall down, or else like a store selling old-fashioned underwear for fat ladies.
I've got relatives that live there.
There's also a place in Oklahoma called Slapout.
And a little teeny town in Maryland called Girdletree. Which sounds like either a beaver has chewed all the way around the tree and it's about to die and fall down, or else like a store selling old-fashioned underwear for fat ladies.
Bemidji is super cute as a town name, what are you on about!
The worst name by far is Newport News I would have to say.
Prattville is also not great.
The worst name by far is Newport News I would have to say.
Prattville is also not great.
Bemidji gives me a feeling of total revulsion.
All in North Carolina
Erect
Climax
Hookerton
Big But Trail
Sh*t-Britches Creek, later named Dirty Britches Creek (named after a Native American who soiled his britches and was spotted by early settlers washing himself)
Locust
Toast
Lizard Lick (a passerby saw a bunch of lizards sunning themselves on a wooden fence licking themselves. "Bunch" is the actual term for a group of lizards! Learn something new today)
Bald Head Island
Kill Devil Hills
Whynot (a group of citizens couldn't decide on a name, so someone suggested Whynot. I guess they were all ready to go home!)
Erect
Climax
Hookerton
Big But Trail
Sh*t-Britches Creek, later named Dirty Britches Creek (named after a Native American who soiled his britches and was spotted by early settlers washing himself)
Locust
Toast
Lizard Lick (a passerby saw a bunch of lizards sunning themselves on a wooden fence licking themselves. "Bunch" is the actual term for a group of lizards! Learn something new today)
Bald Head Island
Kill Devil Hills
Whynot (a group of citizens couldn't decide on a name, so someone suggested Whynot. I guess they were all ready to go home!)
This message was edited 5/14/2025, 4:47 PM
I think Climax is fantastic! Whynot is hilarious, and Toast is kind of cute. The rest... yeah.
In addition to North Carolina and Pennsylvania, there are towns called Climax in Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, and Georgia and a Climax Springs in Missouri. And there may well be examples in other states, too.
Back when these places were named no one would have associated the name with sexuality. "Climax" was not used as a sexual term until 1880 and most people in the general public wouldn't have known of that use until about 20 years after that.
Back when these places were named no one would have associated the name with sexuality. "Climax" was not used as a sexual term until 1880 and most people in the general public wouldn't have known of that use until about 20 years after that.
This message was edited 5/20/2025, 9:53 AM
I wasn’t aware climax was a sexual term? My only association with climax is the climax of a book plot.
This message was edited 5/20/2025, 10:43 AM
From the Online etymology dictionary:
The meaning "sexual orgasm" is recorded by 1880 (also in terms such as climax of orgasm), and is said to have been promoted from c. 1900 by birth-control pioneer Marie Stopes (1880-1958) and others as a more accessible word than orgasm (n.).
I have always thought the reason modern people thought this was a bad place name was because of the sexual meaning. I don't see why people should think the meaning "high point of a story" should be objectionable.
The meaning "sexual orgasm" is recorded by 1880 (also in terms such as climax of orgasm), and is said to have been promoted from c. 1900 by birth-control pioneer Marie Stopes (1880-1958) and others as a more accessible word than orgasm (n.).
I have always thought the reason modern people thought this was a bad place name was because of the sexual meaning. I don't see why people should think the meaning "high point of a story" should be objectionable.
Wow! These are some winners!
There’s an Anus in France.
Illinois has a Sandwich and a Normal
I grew up nearby these so they feel "normal" to me lol
I dated a guy from Sandwich, Massachusetts. I took so many pictures of the cars that said "Sandwich Police" on them, it never got old.
I think there are probably a few Sandwich towns out there!
I think there are probably a few Sandwich towns out there!
The worst ones I've heard:
1. Satan's Kingdom, Massachusetts
2. Unalaska, Alaska
3. Okay, Oklahoma
4. Disappointment Island
5. Why, Arizona
6. Kissimmee, Florida
1. Satan's Kingdom, Massachusetts
2. Unalaska, Alaska
3. Okay, Oklahoma
4. Disappointment Island
5. Why, Arizona
6. Kissimmee, Florida
I wonder if Why has similar origins to the Whynot city in the comment above, haha.
Could be!
Satan's Kingdom is incredible, I need to check that out.
Santa Claus, Indiana.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
No Name, Colorado.
Ding Dong, Texas.
Experiment, Georgia.
Satan's Kingdom (why???), Vermont.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
No Name, Colorado.
Ding Dong, Texas.
Experiment, Georgia.
Satan's Kingdom (why???), Vermont.
No Name is the winner.
Dildo, Newfoundland. They've made it work for them, though.
My husband was just telling me he found a town called Accident, in Maryland.
My husband was just telling me he found a town called Accident, in Maryland.
Intercourse PA
There’s also Blueball, PA
Theres also Climax, Virginville, Chinchilla, Hazard, Normalville, and Panic. All in Pennsylvania.