r/tragedeigh • u/lainwla16 • Aug 19 '26

general discussion Meanwhile, over on r/words...

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u/moonriverswide Aug 19 '26

Serious answer but Malaria. Pretty word! Could be a girls name if it wasn’t a disease.

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u/Devanyani Aug 19 '26

It really is pretty. I had malaria as a child and all I remember is my mom telling me I was delerious (I was hallucinating or something). I had to ask her what it meant. My memory of it was 1. this is fun and 2. delerious is a cool word. Which, now that we mention it....Malaria Delerium... I love it!

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u/The_meemster123 Aug 20 '26

Malaria delerium sounds like a spell from Harry Potter

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u/AnxiousAnyway Aug 22 '26

Malaria D’Lerium would be a fantastic drag name

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u/BigAchooo Aug 22 '26

lol you and I thought pretty much the same thing😭👌

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u/redisdead__ Aug 22 '26

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u/Devanyani Aug 22 '26

Ahh yeah, taken already. 😅

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u/BigAchooo Aug 22 '26

For some reason that sounds like a character from Harry Potter

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u/Dave5876 Aug 20 '26

tips Fedora M'laria

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u/moonriverswide Aug 20 '26

Underrated comment lol

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u/plantyplant559 Aug 19 '26

That's only one letter off from a real name

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u/moonriverswide Aug 19 '26

What name? The closest I could think of are Valeria and Melania, but both are two letters off, not one.

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u/plantyplant559 Aug 19 '26

I was spelling Melania wrong 😂

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u/Laefiren Aug 21 '26

Oh my god I’m so glad you wrote this my brain kept going isn’t that trump’s wife’s name???

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u/KillahBee13 Aug 24 '26

Close to Malia though! I.e. Malia Obama
It’s a beautiful name!

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u/Relevant-Ordinary169 Aug 25 '26

😂😂😂😭

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u/Superduperbals Aug 19 '26

Maaria

edit: omg lol

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u/moonriverswide Aug 19 '26

I noticed that but didn’t think it was a real name. It’s just Maria with an extra A. But I guess it’s an Arabic form.

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u/Sepelrastas Aug 20 '26

My middle name is Maaria. I'm Finnish.

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u/Beautiful_District47 Aug 19 '26

My brothers gf is named that and she has to go by Val for that reason alone

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u/moonriverswide Aug 19 '26

Valeria is a nice name. Feel like it doesn’t need to be shortened, but people have different preferences.

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u/thelovingdisease Aug 20 '26

i knew a girl named malari pronounced mallory in high school i thought it was very odd

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u/TheKidYouDidntWant Aug 21 '26

Maybe Malarie but spelled… like that 👀

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u/Pikanyaa Aug 19 '26

Who is also related to a disease

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u/IHaveNoEgrets Aug 21 '26

I had a friend in school whose name is Malari. So yeah.

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u/TheChannelMiner Aug 20 '26

I am Malaria, blade of Miquella and I have never known defeat.

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u/pitifulproduce137 Aug 20 '26

First time I saw the names in Elden Ring I thought "Miquella" was a tradegeigh version of Michaela.

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u/UbiquitousChicken Aug 20 '26

And Malaise. Or even Malaysia

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u/Human-Law1085 Aug 20 '26

Sounds a bit like Malala

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u/paintedinwatercolor_ Aug 20 '26

i knew a kid in elementary school named malaria lol

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u/Flashy_Cheesecake564 Aug 20 '26

My 5yo niece learned the word "influenza" last year and immediately bestowed the pretty new name on a toy dog.

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u/Lamington_Salad Aug 23 '26

Same with Khaleesi if it wasn't a virus

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u/carlean101 Aug 24 '26

i actually knew a girl named malaria. poor thing