It’s time for another theme week: Cooking With Spam!

You know those spams you get that are nothing but a string of random words at the end and you think, “Who is this company trying to sell me V-I-@-G-R-A and why do they think I’ll be more interested if they title the e-mail ‘Monkey Apple Carborator Skydiving’?” Well, it turns out spam is a great resource for naming ideas. This week, I’ll be going through a random sampling of spam and give you some tips on how to name your child through dodgy e-mails sent from the sons of deposed Nigerian generals.

Spam #1: effort opaque elliot nil hoosier jet instillation mann concierge disruption embraceable corporeal

Actual name or the nearest thing: Elliot
Almost a name: Mann
Most likely to be used as a bad trendy name: Jet, Nil
Least likely to be used as a bad trendy name: Instillation
“But it SOUNDS pretty”: Corporeal
Random noun middle name, possibly used by hippies, Wiccans or drug dealers: Opaque
Parents should be shot if they used: Concierge