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Generate funny names based on a list
const names = [
"Bumfuzzle",
"Cattywampus",
"Brouhaha",
"Malarkey",
"Gobbledygook",
"Kerfuffle",
"Flummox",
"Bamboozle",
"Flibbertigibbet",
"Lollygag",
"Nincompoop",
"Fiddle-faddle",
"Brouhaha",
"Hocus-pocus",
"Scooch",
"Ballyhoo",
"Hullabaloo",
"Hooey",
"Squabble",
"Razzle-dazzle",
"Silly-willy",
"Blubber",
"Guffaw",
"Snollygoster",
"Piffle",
"Hokum",
"Skedaddle",
"Whippersnapper",
"Bloviate",
"Fuddy-duddy",
"Higgledy-piggledy",
"Gobsmacked",
"Lickety-split",
"Mumbo jumbo",
"Noodle",
"Poppycock",
"Ragamuffin",
"Shenanigans",
"Spelunker",
"Tittle-tattle",
"Touche",
"Wackadoodle",
"Yahoo",
"Yowza",
"Floozy",
"Gazump",
"Hoo-ha",
"Hullerbaloo",
"Jabberwocky",
"Kibosh",
"Kvetch",
"Mollycoddle",
"Namby-pamby",
"Pettifog",
"Rigmarole",
"Rube Goldberg",
"Salamander",
"Scapegrace",
"Schmooze",
"Skedaddle",
"Skullduggery",
"Smegma",
"Snollygoster",
"Spoonerism",
"Taradiddle",
"Umlaut",
"Vamoose",
"Widdershins",
"Wigwag",
"Wonky",
"Xertz",
"Yammer",
"Yokel",
"Zoinks",
"Bamboozlement",
"Berserk",
"Blabbermouth",
"Blatherskite",
"Bloviation",
"Bumbershoot",
"Cockamamie",
"Codswallop",
"Fiddlesticks",
"Filibuster",
"Folderol",
"Gobbledygook",
"Gobbledygook",
"Hemidemisemiquaver",
"Hocus-pocus",
"Hoity-toity",
"Hullabaloo",
"Jibber-jabber",
"Kerfuffle",
"Lickspittle",
"Mumbo jumbo",
"Murmuration",
"Nincompoop",
"Piffle",
"Poppycock",
"Razzmatazz",
"Shilly-shally",
"Skullduggery",
"Snickersnee",
"Snollygoster",
"Spelunker",
"Topsy-turvy",
"Tuchis",
"Wiggle-room",
"Willy-nilly",
"Zaftig"
]
const funnyNames = new Set();
function getRandomName() {
let name;
do {
name = names[Math.floor(Math.random() * names.length)];
} while (funnyNames.has(name));
funnyNames.add(name);
return name;
}
const name1 = getRandomName();
const name2 = getRandomName();
console.log(`The first funny name is ${name1} and the second is ${name2}`);
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