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2015 Name of the Year: The Final Four
They hail from all corners of the United States; from Idaho, Florida, New York, and Connecticut. They are two men and two women, all between the ages of 18 and 29, all members of a young generation...
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2015 Name of the Year Final: Lancelot Supersad, Jr. vs. Amanda Miranda Panda
In March, we ran out a field of 64 names and instructed our readers to whittle that field down to one. What followed was a two-month period filled with heartwarming stories, examinations of Southeast...
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Amanda Miranda Panda is the 2015 Name of the Year
When we began our yearly expedition into the Wide World of Name two months ago, we did so without a clear favorite in mind. The order in which we seeded our naminees conveyed a general blueprint for...
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Presenting the 2016 Name of the Year Bracket
For a PDF version of this year's bracket, click here.These are exciting times for Name of the Year. Since we spoke to you last, several of our past winners have found themselves back in the headlines....
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2016 Name of the Year: Bulltron Regional, Round One
Our annual voting process begins in the Bulltron Regional, where the two-seed is carrying on an important and unusual baseball tradition. Cleveland Indians farmhand Sicnarf Loopstok is one of the few...
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2016 Name of the Year: Sithole Regional, Round 1
As we continue our quest to ascribe the alias of the annum, we move to the Sithole regional, where we find an ebullient epistolary entity who exasperates editorial boards. Sithole nine-seed Emzy Veazy...
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2016 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon Regional, Round One
This season's Name Of The Year contest kicks off as the repercussions of an uneven economic recovery have been laid bare. Members of Middle America's working class have rarely had it worse. Pensions...
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2016 Name of the Year: Crotchtangle Regional, Round 1
What will your legacy be? When all is done and the dust has settled, what small part of you will continue to live on? Some leave legacies that affect the lives of millions. Others have no choice but to...
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2016 Name of the Year: Bulltron and Sithole Regionals, Round 2
As the NCAA tournament enters its final round, America's Most Important Bracket advances onto the Terrific Thirty-Two. Already, many high seeds have bit the dust: Southern Lehigh High alumna Billie-Jo...
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2016 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon and Crotchtangle Regionals, Round 2
The first time I remember feeling truly jealous of my brother was during my junior year of high school when he, as a freshman, stole earned my spot on the varsity cross country team. It wouldn’t be the...
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2016 Name of the Year: The Sweet Sixteen
When judging Name of the Year matchups, should backstories be taken into account? This is a fundamental question we return to year after year, and it has no clear answer. For some, a great name is a...
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Name of the Year: The Elite Eight
The terrifically-named Pope family has made some waves among our user base, but meanwhile, another papal naminee has quietly booked his own spot in the Elite Eight. North Carolina academic Pope “Mac”...
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2016 Name of the Year: Final Four
Taco supremacy reigned in the Dragonwagon final, where Mr. Pope handily defeated Howdy Goudy, which, I don't know, is hard to feel good about. It basically reinforces the idea that dynasties dominate...
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2016 Name of the Year Final: Pope McCorkle III vs. Sweet Orefice
Back in April, college basketball fans experienced a final for the ages, with Villanova's Kris Jenkins hitting a buzzer-beating game-winner and launching a parade of memes. One month later (in our...
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Pope McCorkle III Is Your 2016 Name of the Year
Those of you who have raised your pitchforks at us over the last few rounds of our contest might want to keep your torches lit. Pope McCorkle III, the Duke University public policy professor who earned...
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Here Are Your 2017 NOTY No. 1 Seeds
Welcome back, NOTY fans. The 2017 Name of the Year Tournament should begin later this week. Check here or @NOTYtourney for updates.In the meantime, meet your No. 1 seeds:Bulltron Regional: Illinois...
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Introducing the 2017 Name of the Year Bracket
Names are serious business.Want proof? Look at the 2016 election. Donald Trump’s original family name, Drumpf, stuck as a derisive nickname after John Oliver dredged it up for a late-night bit....
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2017 Name of the Year: Bulltron Regional, Round One
Chrotchtange Regional six-seed Teena Touch is poised for a deep run through this year’s tournament, and if a certain financier can find his way through the Bulltron Regional, we could be looking at an...
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2017 Name of the Year: Sithole Regional, Round One
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once said, “A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Well, my French dude, you’ve come...
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2017 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon Regional, Round One
2017 marks the 30th iterations of two beloved annual traditions: our own humble tournament and Shark Week. As we ascended from the filth of a college dorm room to become the World's Preeminent...
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