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An association may be so strong that it overwhelms the meaning of a name, even a disagreeable meaning; e.g., the association with the cult of St. Demetrios made the name Demetrios one of the most popular in the Greek Orthodox Church, though its meaning is "belonging to [the pagan goddess] Demeter".
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In some cultures (e.g., in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, formerly in China, and sporadically in ancient Greece), however, the children are (or were) sometimes given "bad" names with meanings like "ugly," "disagreeable," or "crippled".
"Look, you can disagree without being disagreeable.
We can disagree without being disagreeable!
Don't be disagreeable when you disagree.
He disagreed without being disagreeable.
66/1 Disagree without being disagreeable.
It is absolutely possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
On the table in front of him at his Soho office, his coffee mug bears the legend "Crabbit": a Scottish dialect word meaning "ill-tempered, grumpy, curt, disagreeable".
But, however firmly John might disagree, he was never disagreeable.
Don't be overly disagreeable -- even if you disagree.
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