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Bespeckled thespiatrix Lindsay Lohan has dealt a serious blow to the El Reg space paper plane bureau by announcing she's going to drop the "Lohan" and emerge as just "Lindsay". According to her mum Dina, there are two reasons for the rebrand: first up, loads of megacelebs like Oprah and Beyonce thrive on a first-name-only …

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    1. Pirate Dave Silver badge
      Pirate

      something starting with N

      Narcolepsy ???

  1. Tigra 07
    Pint

    Got another one you could try...

    Jumbo

    Aircraft

    Created by

    Kindergarden

    Students

    Over

    Neverland

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    Plenty of fish in them seas

    Charlie Sheen

    Winona Ryder

    Mel Gibson

    Russel Crowe

    There are any number of fine, upstanding celebutants who could replace our Linds. Backronyms left as an exercise for the reader.

  3. Sir Sham Cad

    Straw Plane Earth Atmosphere Re-entry Stunt

    Beer Really Inspired The Nuttiest Experiment Yet?

    1. Charlie Clark Silver badge
      Thumb Up

      But is she still news?

      NFT

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    Perhaps - LiLo Lil?

    Obscure?

  5. disgruntled yank

    Hmmph

    Can't she find somebody surnamed Doyle to marry? Lindsay per se recalls to the US baby boomers only John Lindsay, who was mayor of NYC nearly 50 years ago.

    Failing that, can't El Reg come up with a backronym suiting DOYLE?

  6. Bill Fresher

    LINDSAY

    Lunatics Investigating New Design Space Aeroplane Yardstick

  7. Spartacus
    Pint

    Who needs a Lohan when WE have a....

    Kinetic Experiment Into Rocket Altitude

  8. Anonymous Coward
    Happy

    What?

    So Windfrey and Knowles have dropped their names? I didn't get that memo! See how I remembered them though? I say Lohan stays, it sounds more of an insult :o)

  9. bio toxicens

    I dont think....

    ...that Oprah dropped her last name. I mean, she has her own TV station called the OWN

  10. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    One name?

    To be fair Beyonce isn't too common a name. Although it's become more common now with all the chavs calling their kids Beyonce Chardonay Memphis Smith. I certainly can't think of another famous Beyonce so I can't see Beyonce being confused with anybody else.

    There are, however, other Lindsays about, some of them male. So when miss Lohan announces herself as just Lindsay there's a good chance people may be expecting somebody else.

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    L.I.N.D.S.A.Y.

    Let's Invent New Dreary Space Aeroplane. Yawn.

    1. Lester Haines (Written by Reg staff) Gold badge

      Re: L.I.N.D.S.A.Y.

      How about "Fool Rejects Exciting Science, Heartily Exhibits Rancour"?

      If you're going to have a pop, at least show us your surname :-p

  12. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    LINDSAY

    Lindsay Is Not Delivering Suitable Acronym Yet.

    1. HFoster
      Pint

      Mmmm... Recursion...

      Please enjoy this beer on me.

  13. IglooDude

    I say...

    Just keep the name as-is; what the celebutard in question actually does regarding her naming shouldn't make a whit of difference to the engineering marvel which shall be launched skyward. In the end it will be more well-known than the namesake anyway, just as with PARIS.

  14. Big Al
    Paris Hilton

    LINDSAY

    LInDSAy - the Lightweight Innovative Design Space AssaY project

  15. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Home grown talent(*)

    I was toying with LUMLEY (oh, I wish) but gave up because a.) I couldn't come up with anything (not one hundred percent true) and b.) she's a real celebrity, but mostly a.

    (*) Yes, I know she was born in India.

  16. proto-robbie
    Coat

    LINeD & SAtinY

    It's on already.

  17. HFoster

    LINDSAY

    Let go INto DeScent for later ground AcquirY

  18. heyrick Silver badge

    Could be worse

    She could have tried something insane like rebranding herself as a squiggle or some other "meaningful symbol". But, then, who would actually want to do that?

    Oh, wait...

  19. John Smith 19 Gold badge
    Happy

    I'd move the goalposts

    GINGER anyone?

  20. F111F
    Thumb Up

    How About...

    Lifted (by) INflation Device, Stratosphere Aircraft, Yar

  21. Z80

    Falling to earth in its final act

    Playmonaut-

    Operated

    Remotely

    Tracked

    Mission's

    Acroynmic (or Actress-inspired)

    Nomenclature

  22. me n u
    Paris Hilton

    enough of the lindsay acronym already

    Let's ditch the Paris icon and replace it with a Lindsay icon. Maybe it could be snorting some white stuff (flour, I'm sure; yea, right!)

    Paris: cause there ain't no Lindsay (yet)

  23. Z80
    Coat

    Based on PARIS' performance, I suggest

    Descent Unknown: No Satellite Telemetry

  24. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    BRITNEY

    Balloon Release Instrumented Tropospheric Navigation and Exploration - Yahoo!

    1. Chris Adams 1

      re: BRITNEY

      Brilliantly Ridiculous Idea That Nobody Expected? Yeah!

  25. Idgarad
    Happy

    L.I.N.D.S.A.Y

    Lindsy Is Not Doing Sexy Athletic Yoga

  26. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    The only thing this has served to show me...

    ...is that there's a fault in El Reg's commenting system that allows downvotes on our beloved moderatrix.

  27. Trevor 3
    Pint

    One more

    Tiny Haines Exciter Garners Acronyms (from) Many Exemplars?

  28. ShaggyDoggy

    Erm

    I've actually never heard of Lindsay Lohan.

    This is probably a Good Thing.

    Ok back to the RPGLE

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