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People have the weirdest nicknames for their pets and yep, it's a meme now

Don't call me by my name and I won't call you by yours...
People have the weirdest nicknames for their pets and yep, it's a meme now
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Pets are like family, only furrier and cuter.

Just like we'd never call our grandmothers by their real names, calling pets by their given names is just unnatural.

On Twitter, pet owners are sharing their nicknames for their pets, after Twitter user @metroadlib first shared their list of names for their dog, Cooper.

Other pet owners chimed in with their own pet nicknames, and there are some pretty creative ones in there.

Thank you, Twitter, for creating truly wholesome content for a pleasant change.

H/T Twitter Moments.

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