Twitter Has Plenty of Suggestions About What the #NewRedskinsName Should Be

Getty Images After news emerged that The United States Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, it took

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After news emerged that The United States Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, it took Twitter roughly 9 seconds to make #NewRedskinsName a trending topic nationwide. Of course the trademark cancellation doesn't necessarily mark the end of the use of the Redskins name, but that didn't stop the Twittersphere from creating several (mostly unusable) alternatives. Here were a few of our favorites:

The Washington Nondescript Human Beings #NewRedskinsName

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) June 18, 2014

#NewRedskinsName The Washington Flaming $18 Trillion Tire Fire

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 18, 2014

#NewRedskinsName The Otherwise Unemployable Poli-Sci Majors

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 18, 2014

"Redtails" would honor the Tuskegee Airmen, courageous African-American pilots in WWII. It gets my vote. #NewRedskinsName

— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) June 18, 2014

Might as well name the team the Washington Bootleg Merchandise. #NewRedskinsName

— A Concept of Jared Stern (@FunnyJared) June 18, 2014

#NewRedskinsName The Washington Filibusters

— Marian Call (@mariancall) June 18, 2014

#NewRedskinsName Washington Drone Pilots

— B2B Natty Club (@ColemanUWG) June 18, 2014

#NewRedskinsName Washington Gridlocks.

— interested party (@larry_kurtz) June 18, 2014