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The Worst Baby Name Book Ever

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So many baby names books are on the market, and so much tension revolves around locating the perfect name assignment, that it's a relief to read David Narter's The Worst Baby Name Book Ever, a refreshing alternative with a healthy dose of humor to lighten a tense situation. Hundreds of names and hilarious sidebars tell what each name evokes, its origin, and likely sources of childhood teasing resolving around the selection. So if you pick a name from The Worst Baby Name Book Ever, it'll be with full knowledge of the likely consequences.

Whether your name is Susan, Tom, Elvis, Summer, Steve, Bob , or Dick, no name is safe from Narter's cutting humor. I brought this book to work today and everybody wanted to take a look, each enjoying the wisecracks of the author. It's actually funnier than I imagined it would be and well worth the bargain price I paid for it here on Amazon.

Take some time out and enjoy a funny take on baby names! Naming a baby can be a stressful job....this book won't let you take it too seriously!

You ever have someone tease you for something and, as sometimes happens, you have a retort ready for them that was pretty funny? And have you ever thought of something even better to say later on when it's no longer relevant? That's almost what this reminds me of.
The book, by itself, is funny, but it's overshadowed a bit by it's predecessor, Don't Name Your Baby. The author himself is fairly witty and creative, so it was a little mind boggling to see him re-hash the same idea he had for the previous book.
Both are quite funny and I still stand by what I said about over sensitive individuals not knowing how to take a joke deciding to rip apart what is clearly a funny book, but I think next time we should be allowed to expect something different, and he should expect it as well. Damnit. It's like AC/DC in that they mimmic their own music in every song...c'mon Narter, you and I (and many others) know you can do much better than that!
Throw that curve ball!

This is a very funny book that my husband and I got along with serious baby naming books. It is nice to take a break and read what not to call your baby. We still haven't picked a girl's name but have a boy's first name in mind. Don't take this book to heart and the author tells you this in the first few pages. It is great for a laugh. Some reasons are just plan dumb but the book is for fun. I would recommend it for baby naming relief.

I reserved this book from the library curious to see what names were in this book. What I found out was that pretty much every possible name was in this book. Now there are some pretty horrible names out there, but a lot of the names in this book are common names that have been around for a long, long time. Maybe I should lighten up a bit, but I was a tad offended when I read what the author wrote about my name, my husbands name and my daughter's name (we all have pretty common names). The only name he really didn't have anything bad to say about was David which is good for him seeing it is his name and my father since it's his name too. Other than that all of my family and friends' names were knocked.