porn-star name

A form of porn star name — A comical name for a person, typically derived from the name of their first pet and the name of the first street on which they resided.

Meanings

nounporn-star name (plural porn-star names)

plural porn-star names

  1. alternativeAlternative form of porn star name.

    8 Your porn-star name (your first pet’s name plus the name of the street you grew up on)

    2002, Glamour, page 172
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    Dinner-party guests have noted the popularity of a new parlor game—the porn-star name game, whereby a simple formula is used to discover what name a person would go by if he or she were a porn star.

    1997, The New Yorker, page 38

    ‘And your pet’s name plus the name of your street is your porn-star name,’ said David.

    2003, Martin Amis, Yellow Dog, Vintage, published 2005, →ISBN, page 220

    “Hey, want to know how to figure out your porn-star name?” “My what?” “You know, your porn-star name. Porn stars never use their own names.” […] “Tell me the name of the street you live on.” […] “Now tell me the name of the first pet you ever had.” […] “Then your porn-star name’s Duke Ridgetop.”

    2005, Susan Wiggs, chapter 6, in Table for Five, MIRA Books, →ISBN, page 93

    Let me see – first pet and mother’s maiden name; my porn-star name will be Muffin Pullman.

    2009, Alan Smithie, Sperm, Wonderful Sperm!, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 184

    They would work on their porn-star names, using the name of their first pet (neither of them had a first pet as yet, and so they had infinite choice), and their mother’s maiden name.

    2010, Roopa Farooki, Half Life, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 235
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