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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 109 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago

Taiga's a Japanese name, though uncommon

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 91 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What are you doing steppe nomad?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Using flat terrain to facilitate fast movement and colonization. I sure hope no one invents a way to kill me while I descend on your village

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[–] HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I wanted to name a daughter Tundra.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 58 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 days ago (3 children)

🎶 One of these things is not like the others 🎶

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago

I guess cause when the name was made, a good place for a battle was a big ole field. (Speculation)

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 46 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Cliff

For(r)est

Meadow

River

Brook

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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sierra is not an uncommon name, River as well. Probably more.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago
[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 41 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I know a kid named River 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I do as well. She's a real badass too

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And she can kill you with her brain.

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[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Xeric Shrubland is definitely a LOTR character.

[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Xeric as a name actually sounds kinda badass

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 20 points 5 days ago

If I ever see it as a name I'm just going to assume it's someone who was named Eric by his parents and had it changed to be edgier when he was fourteen

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[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

Marsha Marsha Marsha

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago

Taiga is a nice name too

[–] wunderbred@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] StThicket@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

My son's class have girls with names like Savannah, Mali and Marina. I find it way too funny.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 19 points 5 days ago

In Spanish, Selva (rainforest) is a somewhat common girl's name

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Taiga became popular in 2022. Definitely looking forward to seeing that one around. So many Ice Queen jokes.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

What about For(r)est Gump?

[–] mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Theorycrafting this - Tundra would be a nice name. So would Mesa, Fen, and Delta.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sitting behind these hairdos in class and at the theater definitely sucked back in the 80's.

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[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 20 points 5 days ago

Does Forest not count? Gump is sad.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not biomes but ...

Cesspool is an acceptable nickname tho.

South wetlands is reserved only for the exceptionally hot individuals.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Cesspool is an acceptable nickname

Is it though?

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago

only if they're a single-prop airplane enthusiast

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 days ago

Accepted by half of the two individuals involved

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Tangent but.. Wow it didn’t even occur to me that paludariums were so named because that’s the type of ecosystem they are mimicking, rather than some guy named Paul invented a cool-style terrarium/aquarium merger.. (example below)

TIL!

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

Well, Tundra is already in use. Forest is more common than you know. Arid would work if it didn't mean what it does.

[–] shai_hulud@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

I'm going to change my name to Peat Bog

[–] wax@feddit.nu 13 points 5 days ago
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If I have a daughter, I'll name her Swamp Thing.

[–] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sounds like a life destined for venirial disease

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[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Not Man-Thing?

[–] EndMilkInCrisps@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago
[–] qaopjlll@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Forest Whitaker DESTROYED

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Xeric Shrubland is going to Google his name in 16 years and dedicate his life to hunting you down.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 12 points 5 days ago
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago
[–] jack@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

there's probably somebody named lake

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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Xeric sounds kind of like a cool name to give a kid if you want that kid to suffer for their entire life.

But then again they could rise above it and become a cool person, maybe not quite on the level of Streetlamp leMoose but close.

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[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

I bet you could find someone named chaparral.

Also I'm sure there's a scrub joke to be had here.

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