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Twitter Has Plenty of Suggestions About What the #NewRedskinsName Should Be

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After news emerged that The United States Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, it took Twitter roughly 9 seconds to make #NewRedskinsName a trending topic nationwide. Of course the trademark cancellation doesn't necessarily mark the end of the use of the Redskins name, but that didn't stop the Twittersphere from creating several (mostly unusable) alternatives. Here were a few of our favorites: