Now that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ruled the “Redskins” name to be “disparaging to Native Americans,” D.C.’s NFL team may be in the market for a new name. The ‘skins might want to consider crowdsourcing some of these ideas:
The Washington Thinskins #NewRedskinsName
— Andrea Silver ن (@andilinks) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName the Washington Lame Ducks
— Fingers Malloy (@FingersMalloy) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName Washington Red-tapes
— Ori (@OriKeinan) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName The Washington Regulators
— Zach (@the_gonzo7) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName The Community Organizers
— Captain Awesome (@CaptinAwesum) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName The Washington Squirrels. Works on several levels, if you think about it.
— LovecraftRipoff (@LovecraftRipoff) June 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/dbartolec/status/479272340019478528
#NewRedskinsName The Washington Phone & Pens
— Valerie's Puppet (@Anewhomestar) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName Washington Bronies
— Nick (@DogGilmour) June 18, 2014
@Steeve0S #NewRedskinsName The Sitting Bullshitters?
— Cruz-shed (@Wodeshed) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName The Foggy Bottoms
— Earl Fando (@earlfando) June 18, 2014
The Potomic Pearl Clutchers #NewRedskinsName
— God's Comic Relief (@Crapplefratz) June 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/jfgroves/status/479277460253839361
The Washington Carneys
*they'll never win but they'll do a hell of a spin on why they lost*
— Mush (@MushKat) June 18, 2014
The Washington Plead the Fifths #NewRedskinsName
— Carlton Hinds (@methuselaschild) June 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/JamesEnsor/status/479278129299865601
#NewRedskinsName Washington Overreach
— That Guy Dave GPie (@DavidGpie) June 18, 2014
Fightin' Bidens #NewRedskinsName
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) June 18, 2014
The Washington Shut Up Racists #NewRedskinsNames
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName the Unfireables
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 18, 2014
#NewRedskinsName The PC Fuck-Alls
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) June 18, 2014
All good suggestions. But just to be safe, the team-soon-to-be-formerly-known-as-the-Washington-Redskins should probably check with the bosses first:
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 18, 2014
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