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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsA rebirth of occupational last names?
I dont know about you, but sometimes I make them up for my cell phone. For instance, the maintenance man at my apartment. I dont know his last name, so I list him as Gary Maintenance. My hairdresserI know her last name, but shes listed as Christie Hairdresser.
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A rebirth of occupational last names? (Original Post)
raccoon
Sep 2012
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LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)1. My husband refers to his boss as
(name withheld) Asshole.
I guess that's an occupation.
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)2. I don't think I like this idea much.
People would start calling me "John Lazy Bastard."
pink-o
(4,056 posts)6. My thought exactly
Anja Slacker does not have a good ring to it!
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)3. I'm a damn variable.
A co-worker called me a Jamaican.
Which basically meant I have a lot of different unrelated side jobs included with my main job.
I look nowhere like a Jamaican... Although it might be interesting to have Jamaica as a last name.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)4. Betty Prostitute.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)5. You're incorrigible, HH. nt
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)7. That's my forte.