We take the concept of getting inspiration from the world around us quite literally, here at Tanks that Get Around. In an effort to never run out of funny and immature tank top ideas, we’ve created a list of the world’s most funny city names, complete with street signage we bet gets stolen a lot.
Without further ado, the complete list of the world’s most funny city names!
Accident, Maryland
Anais, Portugal (meaning anals)
Anus, France
(source)
Arse, Indonesia (a small island off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia)
Arsenic Tubs, New Mexico
Athol, a town in Massachusetts, USA
(source)
Bastad (a town in Scania, Sweden)
Bastardo, Umbria, Italy
Bastardstown, County Wexford, Ireland
Bath, Somerset, England
Batman, Turkey
(source)
Beaverlick, Kentucky, USA
Bell End, Worcestershire, England (bell end is the tip of the penis)
Beer, a village in Devon, England
(source)
Big Arm, Montana
Big Beaver, Saskatchewan, Canada
Big Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Big Bone Lick (a state park in Kentucky)
(source)
Big Butt Mountain (several mountains in North Carolina)
Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, USA
Bitche, France
Bitchfield, Lincolnshire, England
Bitter End, a town in Tennessee, USA
Blow Me Down (A small Provincial Park on the west side of Newfoundland)
Bitch Mountain (summit in Essex County, New York)
Bland Shire, New South Wales
Blue Ball, County Offaly, Ireland
Bong County, Liberia
Boogertown, North Carolina
Boring, Maryland
Boring, Oregon
Boring, Tennessee
Boquete, Panama (boquete means blowjob in Portuguese)
Bowna, Riverina, New South Wales, Australia
Bra, Piedmont, Italy
(source)
Bread Loaf, Vermont
Brest, Belarus
Brokenwind, Scotland
Buggerru, Sardinia, Italy
Bumblebee, Arizona
Butte of Lewis (The most northerly point of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland)
Butthole Lane (The name of a small road in Shepshed, Leicestershire)
Cabbage Patch, California
Caleb Pusey House, a house built in 1683 in Upland, Pennsylvania
(source)
Cama Porca, a village in Portugal (cama porca means dirty bed)
Carpenis River, Romania
Catbrain, a village in South Gloucestershire, England
Cemeterio, a village in Portugal (cemeterio means cementery)
Chicken, Alaska
(source)
Chinatown, WIsconsin (a small town in Wisconsin that is not a Chinatown)
Christmas Island, an island near Java
Christmas Pie, a hamlet in Surrey, England
Port Circumcision, a cove in Grahamland, Antartica
Clam, Virginia
Clo-oose, British Columbia
Climax, Pennsylvania
Cock Hill, a village in Ireland
Cockburn Island, an island in Ontario
Cockburnspath, a village in Scotland
Cockermouth, a village in Cumbria, England
Cocking, a village in West Sussex, England
Cockup, a village in Cumbria, England
Cocks, a village in Cornwall
Cockwood, a village in Devon
Coffin Top, a mountain in Georgia
Condom, France
(source)
Cool, California
Coupon, Pennsylvania
Cowes, England
Crackenback, New South Wales
Crackpot, North Yorkshire
Crapstone, a village in Devon, England
Crumps Butts, a road in Bicester, UK
Cut and Shoot, Texas
Dead Dog Beach, Puerto Rico
Deadhorse, Alaska
Dead Women Crossing, a bridge in Cluster County, Oklahoma
Desire, a town in Pennsylvania
Devil Town, a town in Ohio
Devil’s Bit, a hill in Ireland
Devilsmother, a bigger hill, also in Ireland
Dick Peaks, Antarctica (a group of mountains)
Dicks Butte, a mountain in California
Dick’s Knob, a mountain in Georgia
Dickshooter, Idaho
Dicktown, a town in New Jersey, USA
Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada
(source)
Ding Dong, Texas
Dingle, Ireland
Disappointment Islands, a group of Pacific Islands on
Disco, Tennessee
Disko, Greenland
Dismal, Tennessee
Doghouse Junction, California
Dogtown, Alabama
Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin, Ireland
Double Trouble, New Jersey
Drama, Greece
Dull, Scotland
Earth, Texas, USA
Eek, Alaska
Egg, Austria
El Pito, a town in Asturias, Spain meaning The Dick
Embarrass, Minnesota
(source)
Emo, County Laois, Ireland
Emo, Ontario, Canada
Erect, Randolph County, North Carolina
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Eureka, California
Experiment, Georgia, USA
Faggot Hill, a hill in Boylston, Massachussetts
Fear Not, Pennsylvania
Fertile, Iowa
Fingringhoe, a village in Essex, England
Flushing, a town in Michigan
Frankenstein, Missouri
Fucking, Austria
(source)
(source)
Gay, Georgia
Gay, Michigan
Gaylordsville, Connecticut
Gene Autry, Oklahoma
Good Grief, Idaho
Good Intent, a town in New Jersey
Goodenough Island, an island in the Solomon Sea
Gogogogo, a town in Madagascar
Gore, New Zealand
Gotham, Nottinghamshire
Great Kills, a New York neighborhood
Half.com, a small town in Oregon that changed its name for a year to receive $100,000, computers for its public schools, and other financial considerations from its corporate namesake
Hazard, Nebraska
Ha! Ha! River, a river in Quebec, Canada
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, an area in the Albertian foothills of the Rocky Mountains
Hell, Michigan
(source)
Hell, Norway
(source)
Hell for Certain, Kentucky, USA
Hippo, Kentucky
Ho, Ghana
Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey
Hole of Horcum, North Yorkshire, England
Hooker, Oklahoma
Horni Police, Czech Republic
Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland
Hot Coffee, Mississippi
House, New Mexico
House, North Carolina
Howlong, New South Wales
Humptydoo, a town 40km away from Darwin, Australia
Hurt, Virginia
Idiotville, a ghost town in Oregon
Imalone, Wisconsin
Inaloo, Perth, Western Australia
Inchmore, Ireland
Inchmore, Strathfarrar, Scotland
Inexpressible Island, an island off the Southern tip of Antarctica
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
(source)
Jackpot, Nevada, USA
Jam, Iran (but they produce petroleum products)
Jupiter, Florida, USA
Joe Batt’s Arm, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
(source)
Kickapoo, Kansas
Kill, County Kildare, Ireland
Killbride, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
Killinaboy, County Clare, Ireland
Kilkenny, Ireland
Kilmacow, Kilkenny, Ireland
Kilmore (13 places are named Kilmore, but mostly in Ireland and Scotland)
Kissing, Bavaria
(source)
Knobhead, a mountain in Antartica
Knoblick, Missouri, USA
Kommunizm, Tajikistan
Lake Butte des Morts, Wisconsin
Lake Disappointment, salt lake in Western Australia
Le Tampon, Saint-Pierre, Reunion
Lick Fork, West Virginia
Liphook, East Hampshire, England
Little Dix Bay, a bay on Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
(source)
Lizard, Cornwall, England
Lizardlick, Wake County, North Carolina
Long Dick Creek, a stream in Iowa
Lord Hereford’s Knob, a mountain in Powys, Wales
Lower Dicker, site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England
Los Baños, California
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
Margarita, Piedmont, Italy
Marrowbone, Tennessee
Meat Mountain, Northwestern Alaska
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Meme, Mingin, Burma
Mesick, Michigan
Mexican Water, Arizona
Miass, Russia
(source)
Mistake Peak, a mountain in Antarctica
Mock City, Washington
Mold, Flintshire, Wales
Money, Mississippi
Moneymore, Northern Ireland
Monkeyrun, Arkansas
Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky
Monster, Netherlands
Mooball, New South Wales
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
(source)
Moose Jaw, Saskachewan, Canada
Mooseland, Nova Scotia
More Tomorrow, Cayo District, Belize
Moron, Argentina
Moron, Mongolia
Mosquitoville, Vermont
Mount Buggery, a steep hill in Alpine National Park, Victoria, Aus
Mount Cannibal, a hill near Garfield, Victoria
Mount Cocks, a mountain in Antarctica
Mount Despair (there are 3: two in the USA, one in Australia)
Mount Dick, Auckland, New Zealand
Mount Disappointment, a hill on the edge of Melbourne
Mount Slaughter, a peak in Antarctica
Mount Terrible, a mountain in Victoria, Australia
Mount Terror (there are two mountains named Mount Terror: one in Washington, and Antarctica)
Mount Terror, Antarctica (source)
Mount Terror, Washington (source)
Mount Toogood, Antarctica
Mudchute, London, England
Mystic, Iowa
Mystic, Connecticut (famous for the seaport)
(source)
Nameless, Tennessee
(source)
Nasty, Hertsfordshire, England
Nether Wallop, a village in Hampshire, England
New Erection, a hamlet in Virginia, USA
Nipple Peak, a mountain in Antarctica
No Man’s Land, Cornwall, England
Normal, Illinois
North Pole, New York (that has a theme park called Santa’s Workshop)
(source)
Nothing, Arizona
Nowhere, Oklahoma
Nowhere Else, Tasmania, Australia
No Name, Colorado, USA
No Place, County Durham, UK
Oatmeal, Texas
(source)
Obama, Japan
Ofakim, Israel
Office Hall, Virginia
Ogre, Latvia
(source)
Okay, Oklahoma
Once Brewed and Twice Brewed, villages in Northumbria
Paintlick, Garrard County, Kentucky
Pardeeville, an Amish town in Wisconsin
Paw Paw, West Virginia
Pee Pee, Ohio
Penistone, South Yorkshire, England
Pennycomequick, Plymouth, England
Petting, Bavaria
Pie Town, Mexico
Pigeon, Michigan
Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada
Pity Me, Durham, England
Point No Point, Washington, USA
Polkadott, Ohio
Poo, Himachal Pradesh, India
Poop, Yucatan, Mexico
(source)
Poop Hill, a hill in the United Kingdom
Porcupine, South Dakota
Pratt’s Bottom, a village in the London Borough of Bromley
Prickend (former name of Wes Chrislehurst, London)
Protection, Kansas
Puddletown, Dorset, UK
Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario, Canada
Pussy Creek, a creek in Harrison Township, Ohio
Pussy, Savoie, France
Ragged Ass Road, a street in Yellowknife, Canada
Rectum, a hamlet in Weirden, Netherlands
(source)
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Red House, the least populous town in New York
Red Shirt, South Dakota
Rest and Be Thankful, Argyll and Butte, Scotland
River Styx, Ohio
Rottenegg, Austria
Rough and Ready, California
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Canada
Sandy Balls, Hampshire, England
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Santa Claus, Arizona
Satan’s Kingdom, Massachusetts
(source)
Satan’s Kingdom, Vermont
Scratch Face Lane, a road near Exeter, England
Scratch my Arse Rock, an atoll in the Cook Islands
Scratchy Bottom, a hilltop valley near Durdle Door, Weymouth in Dorset, England
Searchlight, Nevada
Sexbierum, Netherlands
(source)
Sexmoan (former name of Sasmuan, Pampanga, Philippines)
Shades of Death Road, a road in Warren County, New Jersey
Shag Rocks (four places with these names: Massachusetts, South Georgia, Tasmania, Western Australia)
Shagnasty Island, an island lying in Clowes Bay
Shamrock, Texas
Shit (a name of 3 villages in Iran)
Shitterton, Dorset, England
Shortlands, London, England
Silly, Belgium
(source)
Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire, England
Slave Lake, Alberta Canada
Slippery Rock (or Slimy Pebble), in Butler County, Pennsylvania
Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
Stupid Lake, a lake in Manitoba, Canada
Sucker Lake, a lake in Ontario, Canada
Sugartit, a town in Kentucky
Superior Bottom, West Virginia, USA
Supporting Party Mountain, Antarctica
Surprise, Arizona
Sweet Lips, Tennessee
Taylors Mistake, New Zealand
Te Puke, New Zealand
Tenderloin, San Francisco, California
Termonfeckin, County Louth, Ireland
The Office Girls, prominent rock nunataks in Victoria Land, Antarctica
Thong, a hamlet in Kent, England
(source)
Three Cocks, Powys, Wales
Tightwad, Missouri
Titty Hill, West Sussex, England
Toad Suck, Arksansas
Toast, North Carolina
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
(source)
Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Ireland
Twat, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Twig, Minnesota
Two Egg, Florida
Uck, a river in Sussex, England
Ugley, Essex, England
(source)
Uncertain, Texas
Upper Dicker, a village in Weald, East Sussex
Upperthong and Netherthong, West Yorkshire, England
Uranus, Missouri
Useless Loop, Western Australia
Virgin, Utah
Virgin Islands
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Walla walla, Washington, USA
Wank, Bavaria, Germany
Wankers Corner, Oregon, USA
War, West Virginia
Waterproof, Louisiana
Wee waa, New England, New South Wales
Weed, Siskiyou County, California
Wetwang, East Yorkshire, England
What Cheer, Utah
Whiskeytown, Shasta County, California
Who’s Thought It, Texas
Why, Arizona
Whynot, North Carolina
Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia
Worms, Germany
Y City, Arkansas
Zap, North Dakota
Zigzag, Oregon
The World’s Most Funny City Names
I suppose it’s possible that we’ve forgotten one or two of the world’s most funny city names. If you know this to be true, please leave a hint at what we’re missing in the comments below! And if you see one or many funny city names that are just dying for a tank top design, let us know that, too!
Mianus, Connecticut
Just sayin…
That’s a pretty good one.
How did we miss it??
– Maddy
Kush in Afghanistan. Afghan Kush or Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan
Appreciate your contributions, Blunt wrap XD
Hempfield, Pennsylvania
This one’s just begging for a t shirt design…
Lucky Slap , Angus , Scotland.
#DreamDestination
Tittybong, Australia
Oh, the possibilities
As for Australia:
https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/news/the-australian-state-with-the-weirdest-place-names-31860/
https://marvellousmaps.com/shop/stgs-marvellous-map-of-actual-australian-place-names
Lots of rude places for one ‘type’ of name…
Hempstead, Texas
You’ve missed plenty of them. You should look up the cartographer STG (link below). They have maps pointing out rude names (for one type of map) in different parts of the world. You’re missing a famous Welsh place too (see below). In California there’s ‘Devil’s Golf Course’ and ‘Hell’s’ Gate’. There are cities called ‘Hell’ (I think you mentioned some but maybe didn’t get them all). There’s at least one place on Earth that the very bowels of the place has been likened to hell itself. I know there are many others. If you want a link to the cartographer: https://marvellousmaps.com
They have more than just funny and rude names though. A few comments on some of the places though.
First of all as for the German names: the -ing suffix refers to a family. And the ‘Fucking’ is not pronounced as in English. If you want the German word it’s ‘ficken’. Brits have stolen the sign many times, one citizen had to tell an Englishwoman ‘There are no Fucking postcards’. They even installed CCTV cameras to prevent people recording themselves having sex in front of the sign. There are other stories involving that town. There’s a town also called Fugging.
Christmas Island on the other hand is a detention centre for refugees that’s part of Australia – and has atrocious conditions too but never mind that.
You should look up the judgemental maps also. Some in UK: Little Snoring (Maybe you already got that though), Red Nose, Turkey Island, Booze, Jingle Pot, Elf House, Wreaths to name a few of many many more.
Welsh place: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (it’s usually abbreviated Llanfair PG).
Good list but you have a very long way to go …
Oh there is a place on one of the moons of Pluto called ‘Mordor’. Wiki is wrong to say ‘trilogy’ and besides that Mordor pre-dates The Lord of the Rings (it’s in earlier Ages and even those who read The Lord of the Rings would know that but there are other tales too) but never mind those facts …
Oh a few more German notes:
Straße means ‘Street’ (and much like if you don’t have the umlaut you can add a letter ‘E’a after it you can just type ‘ss’ for ß though it’s not always used in place of ‘ss’). And indeed Romantische Straße means ‘Romantic Street’. And if you want to say ‘kiss’ in German (as a verb) it’s ‘küssen’. That’s the same as ‘kissing’ incidentally. That also applies to ‘ficken’: it means both ‘fuck’ and ‘fucking’.
And it’s about time I get ready for bed so I’ll say ‘good night’ or if you prefer I’ll continue with German – ‘guten nacht’ (I love German in case you could not tell).
*Gute nacht… An titbit with German.
And whilst at it I’ll add my curiosity on the sign that really does look like a real sign that has ‘I <3 Fucking'. I find that very interesting because that's clearly not German. The source unfortunately does not show where in Fucking it is but all I can think of is that that those are flats (or houses or some living place) and maybe someone who also speaks English lives there. I have a comment on the place 'Beer' in England that I'll post separately (the etymology is not to do with alcohol actually).
Hey Cody,
You’ve given me so much to think about!
Thanks for taking the time to share your expertise and the entomology lessons. As a Spanish minor, I’m obsessed with the roots of words though I’ll admit that this article could use another deep edit in light of your insights.
If this is something you’d like to help assist with, I’d love to hear your proposal! Just email me at contact@tanksthatgetaround.com.
Maddy
As for America here is another map:\
https://www.mapworld.com.au/products/marvellous-map-of-genuine-american-place-names
A fun British one:
https://marvellousmaps.com/shop/stgs-rather-cheeky-map-of-great-british-bottoms
Aren’t words and names wonderful ? There’s a music map, a food/drink map and all sorts of others. Just check the links I have given for more.
On Beer in England the etymology is apparently OE (Old English) from the word ‘bearu’ which meant ‘grove’ referring to the original forestation there. The book is ‘A Dictionary of British Place-Names’; looking it up it appears to have thousands of names too. As for verifying OE translation there is a wonderful website: https://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk which is a trove for philologists and etymologists alike.
Pennis Lane Fawkham longfield england
#DreamDestination
Apparently there’s a place in Washington DC called “Foggy Bottom”
Nice find, Ninjacat86!
I think you have missed quite a few.
1. Bumfuk Egypt (yes a real place)
2.Timbuktu California (also a real place)
3 Goobertown Arkansas
4 Wiener Arkansas
5. Possum Grape Arkansas.
Thanks for calling us out (and adding to our list!)
Rectum, Netherlands, should be a sister city with Uranus, Missouri.
Sisterly love <3
El Sexmo in Southern Spain.
Poo River in Siquijor, Philippines
Püssi, Estonia
Cunter, Switzerland
Fukui, Japan
Dum Dum, West Bengal, India
How could we have missed these gems! Thanks Anthony 🙂
Bald Knob, Arkansas
Blue Ball, Arkansas
These are gems.
-Maddy
Drain OR, Hangtown (Placerville) CA (Now Disowned By City Dads), Rescue CA (11 Miles West Of Hangtown)
Oh the possibilities!
Peculiar, Missouri
Very strange, indeed
Withlacoochee, Florida
Now that’s art.