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What does your name mean?
Elizabeth - literal meaning "That'll Never Live".
Literal meaning
"That'll never live."
History
Seen written in fiery letters across the boiling clouds of an angrily crimson night sky by a drunken tramp around 11am, the name Elizabeth was originally used loosely to refer to nuns and the violators of nuns, before evil spread across the land like some big evil butter.
Famous Elizabeths
1. Elizabeth Nivea ("The Uncanny"), named in court as holding compromising material concerning the monkey cartilage gear system;
2. Elizabeth O'Lilly Li, reputedly trapped for eight days under a fallen monument to the self-propelled gardener; ghost-writer of Yootha Joyce's expressionist autobiography, FEAR MY MOP; last holder of the office of King's Bath Taster;
3. Elizabeth Tinkermouse, early user of the world's sturdiest box;
4. Inspector Elizabeth Staplegun ("The Pale"), champion of Tramp Drink; ghost-writer of Anne Boleyn's offensively illustrated autobiography, REMINISCING FROM MY DEATHBED;
5. Elizabeth V Nightdodge, MSc, fascinated to death by edible bark; first holder of the office of Emeritus Professor of Prophecy Professing, Oxford;
6. I Am Elizabeth Mapduster, once saved by the methods of Judge Dredd; ghost-writer of Alastair Sim's shatteringly political autobiography, READ MY STORY IN THIS BOOK;
7. Elizabeth I Oaf, co-habitee of twenty-seven people associated with the world's most attractive bucket; ghost-writer of Mr Grimsdale's litany of crimes autobiography, SOMEBODY PUNCH MY FACE - I MUST BE DREAMING;
8. Elizabeth de Trabmaw ("The Blue"), who discovered more types of bacterial infection than any twenty-eight people can name;
9. Elizabeth Orbiting, exposed in the press as having swapped a child for the world's most popular cosh;
10. Elizabeth d'Endeavour, champion of the right to use the early career of Roy Clarke; ghost-writer of Charles Hawtrey's heavily censored autobiography, THE MAGIC OF ME.
Typical Elizabeth motto
"A guilty conscience is like a crippling gloom: both cause crippling gloom."
nevla's journal:What does your name mean?
Elizabeth - literal meaning "That'll Never Live".
Literal meaning
"That'll never live."
History
Seen written in fiery letters across the boiling clouds of an angrily crimson night sky by a drunken tramp around 11am, the name Elizabeth was originally used loosely to refer to nuns and the violators of nuns, before evil spread across the land like some big evil butter.
Famous Elizabeths
1. Elizabeth Nivea ("The Uncanny"), named in court as holding compromising material concerning the monkey cartilage gear system;
2. Elizabeth O'Lilly Li, reputedly trapped for eight days under a fallen monument to the self-propelled gardener; ghost-writer of Yootha Joyce's expressionist autobiography, FEAR MY MOP; last holder of the office of King's Bath Taster;
3. Elizabeth Tinkermouse, early user of the world's sturdiest box;
4. Inspector Elizabeth Staplegun ("The Pale"), champion of Tramp Drink; ghost-writer of Anne Boleyn's offensively illustrated autobiography, REMINISCING FROM MY DEATHBED;
5. Elizabeth V Nightdodge, MSc, fascinated to death by edible bark; first holder of the office of Emeritus Professor of Prophecy Professing, Oxford;
6. I Am Elizabeth Mapduster, once saved by the methods of Judge Dredd; ghost-writer of Alastair Sim's shatteringly political autobiography, READ MY STORY IN THIS BOOK;
7. Elizabeth I Oaf, co-habitee of twenty-seven people associated with the world's most attractive bucket; ghost-writer of Mr Grimsdale's litany of crimes autobiography, SOMEBODY PUNCH MY FACE - I MUST BE DREAMING;
8. Elizabeth de Trabmaw ("The Blue"), who discovered more types of bacterial infection than any twenty-eight people can name;
9. Elizabeth Orbiting, exposed in the press as having swapped a child for the world's most popular cosh;
10. Elizabeth d'Endeavour, champion of the right to use the early career of Roy Clarke; ghost-writer of Charles Hawtrey's heavily censored autobiography, THE MAGIC OF ME.
Typical Elizabeth motto
"A guilty conscience is like a crippling gloom: both cause crippling gloom."
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Date: 2003-06-05 03:19 am (UTC)Becky - Literal meaning
"Christ, get that thing away from me."
History
Whispered in an empty room exactly three hundred years ago next week, the name Becky was originally used chiefly to refer to a famous sect of surly, pilfering domestic servants, before seeking its fortune on the sea.
Famous Beckys
1. Becky Dufallily, proponent of the world's seventh highest-rated episode of Mr Pastry;
2. Professor Becky A Jesus, director of the new Bond movie, FIRE AND MUD;
3. Becky Sponetote, opponent of those funny pirate hats; first holder of the office of Emeritus Professor of Prophecy Professing, Oxford;
4. "Terrible" Becky Y Tidecatcher, channeller under supernatural influences of Paul McCartney's Wings;
5. Becky Happenstance, champion of the right to use the Brass Nose; last holder of the office of Gross Miscarriager of Justice;
6. Becky H Endeavour-Nightdodge, co-habitee of thirteen people associated with the legendary Source of the Thames;
7. Becky E Nivea, who discovered Explode-O, the wonder bang dismantler;
8. Becky Macaulay, of the generation which fondly remembers the entertainment industry blacklist; ghost-writer of Joyce Grenfell's anarchist's handbook and autobiography, TOOT-A-TWANG-TWANG; first holder of the highly regarded office of Queen's Own Loan Shark;
9. Becky Itching ("The Reasonably Broadly Educated"), first victim of the indestructible tortoise; ghost-writer of Reg Parfitt's cousin's autobiography, FEAR MY MOP;
10. Doctor Becky Tube, who lost a fortune on the Formidable Coat.
Typical Becky motto
"Neither a woman nor a foreigner be."