what's in a name

A line in Shakespear's "Romeo & Juliet" asking what significance the name of an object has to the properties of that object. Also recited in Tupac's "Peep Game" in reference to himself and his own personal qualities.

1. "What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet."

2. "They do it for the fame, explain, insane, what's in a name, what's in a name? Peep game."

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what is your name?

"what is your name?" basically means "hey, what word should i say out loud to get your attention?"

Person: Hello, what is your name?
Me:My name is sandra.
Person:* okay now i will say this to get your attention *

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Whats the cribs name?

Another way of asking what the address is.

Yo John I heard you were throwing a party. Whats the cribs name?

What in god's name!?

Used when you're in a situation that would generally not be considered common, requiring the reason/s behind its existence. By referring the name of god means that this situation is unholy and you're asking god why has he allowed this to happen. Normally it is combined with the world "fucking" resulting in the phrase "What in god's fucking name!?" though this phrase is used by believers of god, people who are generally christian or people who are just too innocent to use swear words.

You: *Is casually walking down the hall*
Your roommate: Ugh! YEAH!
You: *Sees your roommate humping a pillow* What in god's name!?

What in Jah's name?

Used as a response to confusing or odd situations. Similar to China Fax, but with less potency. Other versions are: What in the name of Jah?, What in the good world of Jah Jesus?, etc.

Person 1: Yo you want to eat some bat soup? I have some left from yesterday.
Person 2: What in Jah's name?

What's the official name of this decade?

"What's the official name of this decade?" was a serious business that occurred toward the end of the first decade of the year 2000, caused by people's indecisiveness with coming up with the "official" not so lame, catchy label before end of the year 2009.

Several contenders that arose:

The New Millennium
The Bush Years (accompanied by facepalm micro)
The Naughties
The Naughts
The Oughts
The Singles
The Zeros
The Ohs

What's the official name of this decade? Besides "The Naughties"?

I bet my wallet that the people reading this in a few years will be calling this decade The Twenty Hundreds. Just sayin'.

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What in the name of saint francis

Variation of the WTF intensifier, sometimes found in Britain. The point being, to draw the expression out as long as possible as in

"What in the name of saint francis the brave was that?"

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