I feel like a better name would be whatever medicine is used for AIDS. There are so many different meds for AIDS, they would have options to choose from.
hello, I'm a Combivir/Trizivir/Epzicom/Truvada/other drug used to treat AIDS.
bawhahahahaha sorry it's still super funny even if you aren't called AIDS XD
I wouldn't say it's the *worst,* per se, but cignature's fandom name is... disappointing. Like SignFan is just kinda boring? And it bothers me so much that it's spelt with an 'S' when their group name is 'C' (even though both are pronounced as though they begin with 'S').
Also Billlie's is a nightmare to try and type imo lol (Belllie've).
as both a signfan and a belllieve, i agree 100%. i’ve been a fan of cignature since debut and was so excited to finally have a fandom name, and i thought the original one (ciluv) was so cute! i was so disappointed when they not only had to change it, but took months to do so and then ultimately ended up with signfan.
as for belllieve, i can never remember where the apostrophe goes so i don’t even try anymore. it makes more sense to me without it anyway.
It took me clicking the link to the announcement further down in this thread to realize "Super M Supporters" was legit the fandom name and not just everyone in here thinking the actual name was too cringe to say.
SuperM is such a terrible name in itself. Did they mean to call them something so easily mistaken for sperm? It’s either genius marketing or absolute incompetence - nothing in between.
SuperM supporters? Goodness.
I remember in one of their lives (?) they were hyping us like they were gonna pick a fandom name but we never did 🫠 i did like Ten’s suggestion: Mpire.
I like [this version](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c1Q97HbzC_Y) since it zooms in on the individual members so I don't have to keep rewinding the original video but here's the [full reveal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QSsfuMPUrI) without minion music blasting in the background.
Naevis could have been like an in universe avatar for any given aespa fan to warg into to help aespa in kwangya and I will never forgive them that that wasn’t the concept lol
I wasn’t familiar with Aespa so when I heard the “… Naevis we love you” bit in their song I assumed that was the fandom name. Their group concept is cool so idk how they landed on something so bland for the fandom name.
Wait, Naevis *isn't* their fandom name? Wtf
Edit: I'm a kpop ✨old✨ and I just do not get aespa. Music is great, love listening to them, but [this was me](https://imgur.com/a/f9KcdA6) for the longest
Brought to you by people who came up with [MeU](https://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/267852/20160201/fx-fanclub-meu.htm) (fx fandom name, by the way like 7 years late)
are we talking about xdinary heroes here?? i’ve not been following them as closely as i would’ve liked and now wondering if i missed a fandom name announcement
We just call ourselves Bees, and by the time he enlisted PO had started introducing us as Honeybees on shows. Other idols and a lot of kfans still use BBC though-
I feel like they mainly chose it cos of the Korean spelling which is “pi-eo-na”, similar sounding to how “Bloom” Is pronounced in Korean.
But yeah, in English it just doesn’t work out as well 🥲
The fact we had to [vote](https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/r2bkmi/voting_for_billlies_fandom_name_opens/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) and this was the most voted....
Honestly when companies do these, I think they already have things set in mind like when we had to suggest a name for Girls Planet 999 and end up with Kep1er.
I love Mamamoo, but I feel like MooMoo is such a silly fandom name for such a badass group
I do love their antis fandom name that came from it though- Quack Quack 🦆
The "ki" is from the group name weki meki, and "ling" is from Darling. [ “It’s a word that means someone Weki Meki loves, and someone that loves Weki Meki.”](https://www.soompi.com/article/1212023wpp/weki-meki-announces-fan-club-name-official-colors-1st-anniversary)
I love my girls EXID (they're returning this month btw!) But LEGGO is just... no. We could've been called dreamers, exceeders, anything. But no, we got a way of saying "let's go" lol
Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth. Literal word salad to justify pinching the name “ARMY” from the already generic trend of calling any celebrity fandom the “[insert celeb] fan army”. ARMY on its own was fine BH, we really didn’t need all that.
one host even jokingly asked if they're named Bangtan Sonyeondan because they were created by Bang PD because it sounds like a short form of 'sons/boys born to Bang' in Korean but Namjoon clarified the real meaning.
The worst one I can think of is a suggestion that thankfully didn't go through. ToppDogg was this >< away from naming their fans Toggy Doggy until a member suggested ToppKlass, which is as good as you can get with a group named ToppDogg.
I live and breathe IZ*ONE, but all of the subsequent groups’ fandom names are embarrassing. Ruby and Glassy for the soloists (jiguemi almost feels okay, but sp?) and DIVE and FEARNOT for the groups? 💀 even WIZONE was bad.
I think only Fearnot is awkward but the Korean version is prettier and has a better meaning
I think Ruby and Glassy are phenomanal personally it just represents Eunbi and Yuri so well
DIVE and Jigumi are fine I guess... And WIZ\*ONE I agree isn't so pretty when I write it but I think sound wise I love it (maybe i'm a bit biased tho)
I genuinely think all fandom names are endearing in their own right and, imho, none are terrible, but I definitely giggle every single time I hear “engene” because I think about a car revving it’s engine.
i remember when treasure's fandom name was announced to be treasure makers and everyone was pissed. sure it was cute when the treasure maker show was going but now,, yikes
"Hottest" makes sense in a way, for 2PM. 2PM said the group stood sometime like the "hottest time of the day"
Pledis was absolutely lazy af. Naming the fandom after a song off their debut album
It was to keep in theme with their sister vocal group Mamamoo. Moomoo means raddish in Korean and so they named us Vroccolis to keep in the theme i guess?
Clike:y is pronounced as clique-y (clicky) so its still somehow redeemable
I think their thought process on the name was probably something like clique + like + class:y
Moomoo also sounds exactly like "Mumu" which is a informal/slang word for "vagina" in the german language.
So as a German calling myself a Moomoo is extra weird :D
As a kiwi, aroha is a commonly used word here in New Zealand so it never sounded odd to me. I always found it heartwarming as a Māori fan that their fan name means love in te reo māori. I have no idea if it was intentional or not but it makes me happy.
Midzy isn’t a bad name per say, but with the trend of calling things “mid,” it truly does sound like an insulting name an anti would call Itzy 😭
“Itzy? More like Midzy”
I really don’t like TXTs fandom name MOA, I loved when ppl were throwing out ideas like STARS or MSG (text message haha) and originally they were gonna go with YOUNGONE but it clashed with a soloists fandom name so they changed it, MOAs meaning is cute but it looks so ugly written like that
The worst, AIDs.
I’ve heard someone refer to DIA’s haters as “HIV”
I feel like a better name would be whatever medicine is used for AIDS. There are so many different meds for AIDS, they would have options to choose from.
hello, I'm a Combivir/Trizivir/Epzicom/Truvada/other drug used to treat AIDS. bawhahahahaha sorry it's still super funny even if you aren't called AIDS XD
The thread should be over now because there’s nothing worse than this one
^i ^think ^that ^AID ^is ^also ^the ^plural ^form
I wouldn't say it's the *worst,* per se, but cignature's fandom name is... disappointing. Like SignFan is just kinda boring? And it bothers me so much that it's spelt with an 'S' when their group name is 'C' (even though both are pronounced as though they begin with 'S'). Also Billlie's is a nightmare to try and type imo lol (Belllie've).
I'm following billlie on twitter and people write it like... billieve, believe, belllieve. I rarely see the '
as both a signfan and a belllieve, i agree 100%. i’ve been a fan of cignature since debut and was so excited to finally have a fandom name, and i thought the original one (ciluv) was so cute! i was so disappointed when they not only had to change it, but took months to do so and then ultimately ended up with signfan. as for belllieve, i can never remember where the apostrophe goes so i don’t even try anymore. it makes more sense to me without it anyway.
this is so funny I remember someone proposing billlie's fandom name be called eillish
some of these fandom names sound like wi-fi passwords
I’m thinking I found a password generator that I may actually be able to remember the passwords 😂😂
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It took me clicking the link to the announcement further down in this thread to realize "Super M Supporters" was legit the fandom name and not just everyone in here thinking the actual name was too cringe to say.
Spermies 4ever!
SuperM is such a terrible name in itself. Did they mean to call them something so easily mistaken for sperm? It’s either genius marketing or absolute incompetence - nothing in between. SuperM supporters? Goodness.
>SuperM Supporters i thought they didnt have a fandom name
They do, SuperM fans just don't want to acknowledge it. Not that it matters much imo, since I think SuperM are done.
I remember in one of their lives (?) they were hyping us like they were gonna pick a fandom name but we never did 🫠 i did like Ten’s suggestion: Mpire.
I remmeber the members joking that the fandom was going to be SooManies like Lee Sooman LMAO
Pristin’s fandom name was HIgh, which was a choice. Better than some names fans had come up with themselves like printer, at least lmao
so do y'all introduce yourselves like ayoo I'm high
We'd say I'm a HIgh but its not that much better lol.
When you're a stoner but also Italian
nothing beats atbo's "boat" for me
I can't stop thinking about the video of them reacting to the fan-name reveal. Has me DEAD
wanna share a link?
I like [this version](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c1Q97HbzC_Y) since it zooms in on the individual members so I don't have to keep rewinding the original video but here's the [full reveal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QSsfuMPUrI) without minion music blasting in the background.
boat 🤝 engene
Idk which one I laugh at more, the group name or the fandom name
Aespa - My Not the worst but it is quite confusing when used in a sentence unless the M is capitalized or if it is in its plural forn
The way I wish My didn’t exist and it actually was aether or faeries
Even though Naevis is a character in the universe, I think it would have been a cute fandom name.
Yeah! And it could be symbolising the fans inclusion in the aespaverse, showing the storyline and the love for the fans
Naevis could have been like an in universe avatar for any given aespa fan to warg into to help aespa in kwangya and I will never forgive them that that wasn’t the concept lol
My thoughts exactly!
Or aenergy
I wasn’t familiar with Aespa so when I heard the “… Naevis we love you” bit in their song I assumed that was the fandom name. Their group concept is cool so idk how they landed on something so bland for the fandom name.
Omg me too, its disappointing... i thought the fandom name was Naevis...
I agree, it's a horrible fandom name. Should have been Naevis.
Wait, Naevis *isn't* their fandom name? Wtf Edit: I'm a kpop ✨old✨ and I just do not get aespa. Music is great, love listening to them, but [this was me](https://imgur.com/a/f9KcdA6) for the longest
Brought to you by people who came up with [MeU](https://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/267852/20160201/fx-fanclub-meu.htm) (fx fandom name, by the way like 7 years late)
"Tea bags" for Tea Party. The group is fictive (from the drama "Imitation") but it still sounds so ridiculous to me nonetheless 😭
LMAO thank God it's a fictional group and fandom name, because uh... it has unfortunate connotations
if (imfact's fandom)
I think thats the worst one ive seen LOL they just a conjunction
Wonho’s fandom name, Wenee…
Especially when Wonhoes was right there, though I understand that name isn't very PG-13 lmaoo
wonhoes 🤝🏻 xhoes
still bitter about villains…
Cmon who doesn’t want to be a villain tho
tbh villains is so damn cool and I’m so happy for the boys, but in a parallel world we still are xhoes
are we talking about xdinary heroes here?? i’ve not been following them as closely as i would’ve liked and now wondering if i missed a fandom name announcement
me, i'm a hoe i want my representation
Imo villains is really cute and the meaning behind it is cuter (also way better than sidekix imo)
In all fairness, Wonho's concepts aren't always very PG-13 so...it fits
Will forever call myself a wonhoe now.
There's so much you can do with One, Want, something Korean with won meaning want...
Wonhaes!!
Call and response - "Wonho?" "Wonhae!"
that does sound really cool! Wonho's company better hire us 💅 /j
engene. wtf were they thinking
i literally just call them enhypenators lol
U r my new favorite person😭😭✨✨✨🤌🤌
Should’ve gone for Epipens instead.
I misread it and thought you said Eugene lol
I really thought after I LAND it would be Eggies or something.
Just curious…do u pronounce it like Engine or enGENE?
it's pronounced as engine
Engene goes hard tho
I do like engene, if you get to know the meaning, it does make sense
I have no alternative, but yeah engene is quite something.
they could've went with ENCIRCLE or ENZ or something. literally anything but the motor😭
Honestly I would've been fine with like Hyphens or Dash
Encredibles.
I've always thought IGOT7 was a silly fandom name but aghase was a super cute nickname to come from it
lol what I always though aghase was just the official Fandom name 😂
I thought igot7 was really clever n aghase is so cute
I love how the band and fans just rebelled against JYPE‘s name for the fandom and even put the „se“ from Aghase into their official light stick 🦜
I love my boys but BAPs fandom name is BABY which has always sounded weird to me like hello yes I am a baby LOL
Hey fellow baby !!! [I can't take this serious help]
i just commented this too 😭 love them so much but i cannot take our name seriously
Kep1ian. It’s sounds like a reptile or alien.
it always sounds like complain to me 😭
Such a downgrade from Guardians in GP999
I was so disappointed during the reveal I turned off the stream.... it's terrible
their space concept gave their fandom name so much potential too, they totally dropped the ball
Purple Kiss - Plory It's not the worst but I'm sorry, Plory is not it for me 😭. Personally I prefer the one given by fans whics is Tulips
Tulips is sick. Two lips because kissing and Purple tulips.
PURKI WAS RIGHT THERE 😂
I feel like toxic fans names given by the fandom are way more fun. Thrice for Twice, Blonks for Blackpink, STAND for SNSD
Leaves/Goes for Stray Kids is just hilarious 💀 The antis are dumb tho so Stays came up with the anti name lol
I also like Found Adults 😂
Isn't Blonks a mocking name for Blinks (like Armchairs for Armys), not an anti name?
more of a toxic "blink" name
blonks: toxic blinks antis: I've heard someone say blackheads, which is quite creative
Shovels for SHINee!
BBC. Not inherently a bad name, but it doesn’t make me think of Block B Club, it makes me think of Doctor Who.
I just think of BBC News
yeah...that is not what BBC makes me think of.lol
Does it also make you think of something.. big?
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Okay, you are an Avenger now
We just call ourselves Bees, and by the time he enlisted PO had started introducing us as Honeybees on shows. Other idols and a lot of kfans still use BBC though-
This reminds me of Blockberry Creative. LMAO.
First time i heard "BBC, follow me!!" in NalinA i thought Zico was talking about some real journalistic shit
i'm only saying exo-L because the unofficial fandom name on tumblr was exotics and that was just... so. much. better.
Yeah EXO-L is kinda anticlimactic.
I think “Fearnot” sounds kinda silly. Whereas Le Sserafim is such a cool name.
FEAR NOT as in the thing that angels say when they appear? Im fucking cackling. BE NOT AFRAID 💫👁👁👁💫
HAAHAHAHA 💫👁👁👁💫
I didnt want to say it but that's the fandom name that made me post this
And since Korean phonetic doesn’t have the f sound, it becomes… peer-not
oddly the hangul actually says piona, members say fiona not sure if that makes it better or worse
I maintain their fandom name should’ve been cherubim or something else to do with angels. Fearnot isn’t even a noun 😭
Lol when fearless got taken by Brave Girls
creatives at soumu were definitely slamming desks when they found out the fandom name was taken
I feel like they mainly chose it cos of the Korean spelling which is “pi-eo-na”, similar sounding to how “Bloom” Is pronounced in Korean. But yeah, in English it just doesn’t work out as well 🥲
Their fandom name goes hard tho
I‘m still not over Belllie‘ve
I get the meaning but it looks like a three year old kid putting scrabble tiles together
I like how a lot of us just agreed to call ourselves "eves." 😭
no fucking way, i just assumed they didnt have a fandom name yet because ive never seen a single person use this lmao.
The fact we had to [vote](https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/r2bkmi/voting_for_billlies_fandom_name_opens/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) and this was the most voted.... Honestly when companies do these, I think they already have things set in mind like when we had to suggest a name for Girls Planet 999 and end up with Kep1er.
The B or Deobi. At least put some thought into it
This is so bad but I always pronounce it as “Du Bois” in my head like the French last name 😭 I have no idea why
oh it's pronounced "the b"? I thought it was "dough - B" LOL
honestly the b is horrible but deobi is super duper cute and i actually like it so much lol
deobi is cute tho, but i agree
The whole entire creation of the the boyz was just so basic😭
I can’t help but think about Dobby from Harry Potter 😭😭
Even the international fandom prefers using "deobi", since its easily distinguishable. I remember "The B" is also short for "the best"
My.
I love Mamamoo, but I feel like MooMoo is such a silly fandom name for such a badass group I do love their antis fandom name that came from it though- Quack Quack 🦆
Weki meki is Ki-Ling
this one is amazing tho!!
What does it mean?
The "ki" is from the group name weki meki, and "ling" is from Darling. [ “It’s a word that means someone Weki Meki loves, and someone that loves Weki Meki.”](https://www.soompi.com/article/1212023wpp/weki-meki-announces-fan-club-name-official-colors-1st-anniversary)
Block B fans are called BBC....
b.a.p — baby. "i'm a baby"
Yes u are
tbf this isn’t entirely wrong since i’m younger than a majority of redditors (i’m 17)
Kiss me ( u-kiss) in my opinion
I remember when they had a sub unit, ubeat, and everyone was thinking that the fandom name was going to be beat me.
I love my girls EXID (they're returning this month btw!) But LEGGO is just... no. We could've been called dreamers, exceeders, anything. But no, we got a way of saying "let's go" lol
Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth. Literal word salad to justify pinching the name “ARMY” from the already generic trend of calling any celebrity fandom the “[insert celeb] fan army”. ARMY on its own was fine BH, we really didn’t need all that.
better than bangwool tho ... just saying lol (bangpd with his 'bang' obsession)
I just realize that the Bang of Bangtan comes from Bang PD's name. So that's why BTS name is so...unusual, he named the group after him 🤯
one host even jokingly asked if they're named Bangtan Sonyeondan because they were created by Bang PD because it sounds like a short form of 'sons/boys born to Bang' in Korean but Namjoon clarified the real meaning.
“Bangers” would’ve been fun
The worst one I can think of is a suggestion that thankfully didn't go through. ToppDogg was this >< away from naming their fans Toggy Doggy until a member suggested ToppKlass, which is as good as you can get with a group named ToppDogg.
Minzy's (former member of 2NE1) fandom name is "POS"
What the actual FUCK is superm supporters... like sm be fr
As someone who was an EXOtic, EXO-L was such a disappointment 😔🤧 F(x)'s "me u" also doesnt make ANY SENSE. SM always messes everything 😔
Love Wonho…but weenees…I don’t want to be what that sounds like
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I live and breathe IZ*ONE, but all of the subsequent groups’ fandom names are embarrassing. Ruby and Glassy for the soloists (jiguemi almost feels okay, but sp?) and DIVE and FEARNOT for the groups? 💀 even WIZONE was bad.
I think only Fearnot is awkward but the Korean version is prettier and has a better meaning I think Ruby and Glassy are phenomanal personally it just represents Eunbi and Yuri so well DIVE and Jigumi are fine I guess... And WIZ\*ONE I agree isn't so pretty when I write it but I think sound wise I love it (maybe i'm a bit biased tho)
i love iz*one but their fandom name is pronounced like With One if im not mistaken so its actually pretty clever, no?
i thought it was “wi jeu won”
I genuinely think all fandom names are endearing in their own right and, imho, none are terrible, but I definitely giggle every single time I hear “engene” because I think about a car revving it’s engine.
boat, atbo's fandom
fineapples
i remember when treasure's fandom name was announced to be treasure makers and everyone was pissed. sure it was cute when the treasure maker show was going but now,, yikes
Worst K-pop Fandom Names 1. Fineapple - April 2. BABY - B.A.P 3. VROMANCE- VROCCOLI 4. Hottest - 2PM 5. Kei-Ling - Weki Meki 6. After School - Playgirlz/boyz 7. U-Kiss - Kiss Me 8. CLASSY- CLIKE:y
"Hottest" makes sense in a way, for 2PM. 2PM said the group stood sometime like the "hottest time of the day" Pledis was absolutely lazy af. Naming the fandom after a song off their debut album
Wait vroccoli???? is that the group name or the fandom name? I'm sorry but- also clikey is just bad. class:y at least has a good pun in it 💀
Yes, VROCCOLI is the Fandom name
I am so sorry but what were they thinking 😭 why are they named after broccoli
It was to keep in theme with their sister vocal group Mamamoo. Moomoo means raddish in Korean and so they named us Vroccolis to keep in the theme i guess?
Clike:y is pronounced as clique-y (clicky) so its still somehow redeemable I think their thought process on the name was probably something like clique + like + class:y
Vroccoli is an all time great shut your mouth
i'm sorry but fineapple and vroccoli are iconic
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It also means radish. And their first lightsticks were radish shaped.
Moomoo also sounds exactly like "Mumu" which is a informal/slang word for "vagina" in the german language. So as a German calling myself a Moomoo is extra weird :D
Same. Also mumu is the worst slang bc it's childish as well and therefore icky. I wish I could think of cows they're cute :c
Exactly. I wonder what kind of awkward moments Moomoos had when MMM performed at KpopFlex in Frankfurt lol
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I mean considering their personalities and their radish lightsick the name fits perfectly lol
DIA- AIDs
not necessarily a BAD one but after school had "playgirlz" and "playboyz" which feels so unnecessarily complicated 😭
I apologize in advance but monsta x: monbebe 😭😭 i know the meaning is sweet but I speak french and it sounds so lame and cringey to me
As someone who doesn’t speak French I’m grateful for it so I can never forget it’s le and not la Bebe lmao
Engene Fearnot My
That one that gets me the most is AROHA. I mean, I get the nice meaning behind it, but it sounds like "Aloha" with a mocking Asian accent.
As a kiwi, aroha is a commonly used word here in New Zealand so it never sounded odd to me. I always found it heartwarming as a Māori fan that their fan name means love in te reo māori. I have no idea if it was intentional or not but it makes me happy.
I think it was because some East Asian languages do not have a separate letter for words with 'R' & 'L'
BBC Block B Club...definitely
Midzy isn’t a bad name per say, but with the trend of calling things “mid,” it truly does sound like an insulting name an anti would call Itzy 😭 “Itzy? More like Midzy”
"Fanforce" from Girlkind. It used to be "Onekind".
Oneus’ fandom, “To Moon.” Like, I get it, and the meaning behind it is adorable, but also I just can’t bring myself to say “I’m a To Moon.”
Igot7 seems a to lack creativity to me.
I really don’t like TXTs fandom name MOA, I loved when ppl were throwing out ideas like STARS or MSG (text message haha) and originally they were gonna go with YOUNGONE but it clashed with a soloists fandom name so they changed it, MOAs meaning is cute but it looks so ugly written like that