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2017 Name of the Year: Chrotchtangle Regional, Round One
Many believe that humor is no more complex than the subversion of expectations. One expects a chicken to have a reason for crossing the road, or for Abbott to understand that the first baseman’s name...
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2017 Name of the Year: Bulltron and Sithole Regionals, Round Two
Here at Name of the Year, we love unusual names and the people who carry them, but the life experiences of our naminees are far from universally positive. Over the years, we’ve heard from a handful of...
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2017 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle Regionals, Round Two
As the NCAA’s March Madness moves to the Final Four, our competition heads to the right half of the bracket to weed our competition down to 16. The Dragonwagon regional featured a mix of chalk and...
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2017 Name of the Year: The Sweet Sixteen
As the cold of winter wanes and the calendar flips from March to April, Name of the Year too marches onward. This entry marks the beginning of the end; regionals are no more as the 2017 Sweet Sixteen...
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2017 Name of the Year: The Elite Eight
Well folks, it’s once again that special time of year. The leaves are coming back, the remains of that disgusting black snow pile on the corner of my block is finally melting, and the constant deluge...
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2017 Name of the Year: The Final Four
Out of a field of 64, only four names remain. From the Bulltron, six-seed YourMajesty Lumpkins reigned supreme. Down in the Sithole, Marmaduke Trebilcock survived as the last remaining one-seed. In the...
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Name of the Year final: YourMajesty Lumpkins vs. Botes Boats
Name of the Year 2017 is at its apex, and for those of us who make up the NOTY High Committee, it is certainly not the final we expected. In one corner, we have YourMajesty Lumpkins: Bulltron Regional...
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Boats Botes Is Your 2017 Name Of The Year
If you consider Boats Botes' journey through the 2017 Name of the Year field, you'll find it to be a perfect inverse to the tale of the Titanic. In one story, a vessel thought to be unsinkable hits an...
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Kobe Buffalomeat Is Our 2017 Name of the Year
Last month, you the people of the voting public selected Boats Botes, an employee in South Africa's gold mining industry, as your selection for the 2017 Name of the Year. It was, all things considered,...
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In Praise of Kobe Buffalomeat
The following post was first published on Deadspin.Last month, the voting public selected Boats Botes as the 2017 Name of the Year. Congratulations, voting public, on choosing a wildly inferior...
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Presenting Your 2018 Name of the Year Ballot
We're tanned, we're rested, we're ready. Your 2018 NOTY bracket is above. You can read our opening thoughts over at Deadspin. Vote responsibly. Thanks for your support.
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2018 Name of the Year: Bulltron Regional, Round One
If you play Football Manager or Dream League Soccer, you know that the pleasure of stacking a virtual team with Messi, Ronaldo, Aguero, and De Gea, only to run roughshod over Arsenal and Dortmund,...
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2018 Name of the Year: Fruithandler Regional, Round One
Last night, the NCAA tournament predictably ended with the monotonous Mainliners mangling Michigan. This year, we of the High Committee found ourselves agnostic to the tournament that serves as our...
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2018 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon Regional, Round One
Three days into the 2018 Name of the Year tournament, excitement is at an all time high. Thousands of voters are punching their Bulltron and Fruithandler ballots (thank you!), analytical individuals...
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2018 Name of the Year: Bulltron and Fruithandler, Round Two
When the mind turns to salami, where does it first go? Sigmund Freud made a living off of this question. Your author, the Gen-X son of a New York shrink, thinks of Katz’s Delicatessen. If you prefer...
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2018 Name of the Year: Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle, Round Two
The bracket above comes courtesy of reader Evan Gregory, who has filled in the first-round winners. Beyond his NOTY fandom, Evan is also one of The Gregory Brothers, known for their soulful...
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2017 Name of the Year: The Sweet Sixteen
Money, religion, and politics. Emily Post might suggest that they’re not to be discussed in polite company, because they’re likely to cause a squabble among even the most mild-mannered conversants. But...
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2018 Name of the Year: The Elite Eight
An elephant is sitting on your chest. You can barely breathe. 911. EMS. Stretcher, aspirin, nitroglycerin, oxygen mask. Stickers all over your chest. EKG. Screaming ambulance. A harried doctor...
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2018 Name of the Year: The Final Four
We've come a long way since we set our field of 64. Over the past few weeks, Tuna Altuna has been canned, Corky Boozé has been bottled up, Lola Honeybone has been broken, and Genuine Potts has been...
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