{"id":3588,"date":"2016-12-11T09:54:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T14:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2016-12-11T09:54:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T14:54:14","slug":"a-magnificently-rude-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/12\/a-magnificently-rude-map\/","title":{"rendered":"A Magnificently Rude Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The firm of\u00a0Strumpshaw, Tincleton & Giggleswick<\/a> produces whimsical maps of\u00a0funny place names, including the Magnificently Rude Map of World Place Names<\/a>, which shows where on the globe there are places with\u00a0names that mean Naughty Things in English. Because we are 12 years old. [Buzzfeed<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The firm of\u00a0Strumpshaw, Tincleton & Giggleswick produces whimsical maps of\u00a0funny place names, including the Magnificently Rude Map of World Place Names, which shows where on the globe there are places with\u00a0names that mean Naughty Things… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692,233],"tags":[192,105],"class_list":["post-3588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-toponyms","category-unusual-maps","tag-funny","tag-posters","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1788273,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/01\/xkcd-reaction-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":3588,"position":0},"title":"xkcd: Reaction Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 January 2020","format":"image","excerpt":"The latest xkcd comic suggests a fiendish way to express yourself: by creating phrases from driving direction waypoints. 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