Nacirema???like or dislike??

Question

Nacirema is AMERICAN backwards...my husband came up with it and he said the meaning behind it is because of the saying "the american dream" and when you turn it backwards its the "american nightmare" dont ask he was in Iraq bored but even though im having a boy i was thinking about naming our next child (if its a girl) Nacirema but as a middle name...what are your thoughtss??just want opinions whether u like it or not its still up 2 me lol and its pronounced Na-Cir-rema

Answer 1

hideous name. please dont.

Answer 2

I like the symbolism.  It's sort of like flying the American flag upside down as a distress signal.  You could name her Maerd Nacirema.  Maerd would be pronounced sort of like merde which is French for Sh*t.   But the American Dream doesn't have to be the American nightmare forever.  You don't want to saddle a kid with a name that brings back memories of bad times.  So even though I think it's an amusing idea and I could see doing it to a character in a book I would have to say no to naming a child Nacirema.

Answer 3

Don't do it.  Someone is trying to make a fool of you/your husband.  The Nacirema is an article written by an anthropologist many years ago making fun of Americans.

Answer 4

Sorry I don't like it. It sounds kinda ugly. :-/

Answer 5

DISLIKE. iagree with the person above me.and below me

Answer 6

i am sorry dislike sorry

Answer 7

Poor kid - A whole lifetime of getting bullied. But if you want your child to get bullied then call it that hideous name

Answer 8

sorry but i dislike the name

Answer 9

A new life---a new start.  Give the baby a nice name, not this.  What don't you name him Eric, it is in America.  If you had a girl, Erica.

Answer 10

Sorry but its dreadful

Answer 11

Nacirema sounds like a skin disease.

Answer 12

Sorry, but that's pretty awful.  It sounds like a prescription cream for psoriasis.

Answer 13

i like it how about Nacilina or Nasirina/ nacirina

or Narcisa:pronounced narsissa

or Narelle, Narette, Naina, Nyla, Nila Nilyn, Nirya.

Nalani, Nisa, Nanilah, nanilyn, Natia,

but my faves are Nacirina, or Narcisa.

goodluck

Answer 14

I think naming a child with anything spelled backwards is a poor idea.  But this one is especially awful.

Answer 15

Sounds like Macarena

Eyyy . . . . Macarena!

That would be a big DISLIKE from me