Boaty McBoatface

In a similar vein, my favorite wacky name is the contest winner for the waste management department rebranding in Austin: The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts

https://www.npr.org/2011/02/06/133526729/those-are-crappy-na...

> Observers of contemporary culture coined the term "McBoatfacing," defined as "making the critical mistake of letting the internet decide things."

A good example of "The most entertaining outcome is the most likely."

We have a gritter called Grit Rhys Jones in our area.

Griff Rhys Jones (popular in the 80s - “Alas Smith and Jones”, “Not the Nine o Clock News”) lives nearby, and occasionally drives it.

even though they balked and named it the rather staid name "RRS Sir David Attenborough", it's nice to see some follow throughs:

"Dishy McFlatface", "Trainy McTrainface", "Plowy McPlowface", ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mcface_spoofs

TIL that the original designee of the name Boaty McBoatface is not the actual Boaty McBoatface of this article.

I think around 2008 was when the —y Mc— pattern came about (I remember referring to John McCain as Mavericky McMaverick). I use it with my kids these days and it gets expanded even further, e.g., Grumpy McGrumplestein from Grumplevania.

I knew there was the competition to name the boat, that boaty was top choice, and that the company didn't name the boat boaty. But I didn't know the company followed up by calling one of the AUVs the name!

It's great they followed up! Very classy

Does anyone remember an internet comic in the early 2000s called Boatface? think I might have found it on something awful, or from another web comic I found on something awful.

See also Ferry McFerryface: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/14/sydne...