Is it Fuzzuary already?

February 12, 2013 2:39 AM

Homemade bunny-themed calendar seeks bunny-related alternatives to standard month names. Bunuary and Fuzzuary have already come (and gone), but we've got 10 months to go and more than a few particularly ill-tempered months to rename. Can you help?

April has been declared Hopril and June is tentatively scheduled to be Bune, but March, July, August and the -bers are proving to be more of a challenge. I've been told that Hopril is non-negotiable, but all the rest are open to suggestion. Any general words that also apply to rabbits (like the "fuzz" in Fuzzuary) are also welcome.

posted by Arrrgyle to grab bag (41 answers total)

How about 'Jump' for June instead?
posted by easily confused at 2:42 AM on February 12

March - Munch?
posted by Ness at 2:46 AM on February 12 [2 favorites]

Oooh ooh - OctDoeber (or Dovember or Doecember)
posted by Ness at 2:48 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

April -> Eostre. 'cos Easter is the Rabbit Holiday.
posted by Leon at 2:52 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

October - > Hoptober?
posted by Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo at 2:57 AM on February 12 [6 favorites]

Hoptober!
posted by littlesq at 2:58 AM on February 12 [3 favorites]

Harepril

Edit : Oop sorry, I missed that you already listed that
posted by littlesq at 3:01 AM on February 12

Nosewigglevember (terrible sorry)

Loptember

March should just be The March Hare
posted by Mizu at 3:16 AM on February 12 [4 favorites]

November - > Pawvember?
posted by Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo at 3:19 AM on February 12

To spring off of Mizu, I think October should be Loptober.
posted by strixus at 3:24 AM on February 12 [2 favorites]

Just do Loptember Loptober Lopvember and Lopcember. To mess with people.
posted by Mizu at 3:49 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Nosevember, surely
seconding Doecember
posted by runincircles at 3:55 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

These are great suggestions. Loptober is wonderful, I'm thinking we'll probably go with that one for October. Nosevember is also really good. Keep'em coming everybody.
posted by Arrrgyle at 4:26 AM on February 12

Septembunny
Novembunny
Decembunny

(take your pick)
posted by Solon and Thanks at 4:26 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Well, there's March Hare...
posted by phunniemee at 4:34 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Chew-ly
Pawgust
Sept-Leporidae
Cecotrope-er (sorry, and yes I've been reading Wikipedia)
Hasenpfember (sorry again)

I'm stuck on May so you might as well call it Ear-ly June.
posted by hydrophonic at 4:35 AM on February 12 [2 favorites]

Really annoyed there's nothing I can do with "binky". Or lagomorph.
posted by Leon at 4:39 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Lepust? (for August) (Can't the whole calendar be the Year of the Angry Rabbit?!)
posted by peagood at 4:51 AM on February 12

Buck-tober
Doe-vember (on preview I see that was already suggested)
posted by crocomancer at 4:53 AM on February 12

Pawgust!
posted by Mizu at 4:55 AM on February 12 [3 favorites]

Septembhare
Octobhare
Novembhare
Decembhare

(take your pick)
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 4:56 AM on February 12 [2 favorites]

Jumpuary
March Hare
Hay
Jack
Julear
Hopgust
Septailber
Flufftober
posted by dracomarca at 5:00 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Wheeeeee-cember!
posted by mochapickle at 5:49 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Nosevember, as suggested up-thread, is a recurring theme at CuteOverload.com, along with Tocktober (tock is short for buttocks).
posted by rawrberry at 5:54 AM on February 12 [2 favorites]

Septemb-ears
posted by dywypi at 5:57 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

I'd call March "Hop"

As a reference to the verb "to march"
posted by the young rope-rider at 6:09 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Hay for May (cos that's what we sleep in)
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 6:09 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Octhumper
posted by sammyo at 7:06 AM on February 12

Timothy May?
posted by halogen at 8:25 AM on February 12

The two I most need suggestions for now are September and December. If it helps, I like changing the first part of the word and keeping the end the same. I'm not sure it's possible with these two, though, so feel free to mix it up. You folks are the best.
posted by Arrrgyle at 9:51 AM on February 12

Snifftember

Digcember
posted by rmless at 10:01 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

or stretchtember
posted by rmless at 10:04 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Dencember
Scutetember (small+cute...?)
posted by phunniemee at 10:07 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Off topic on the months, but days: Bunday, Toothsday, Wabbitsday, Fursthday, Firthsday, ??, Sunybunday.
posted by strixus at 10:13 AM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Doecember is no good? Because of Ocdoeber? I might go with Docember and re-up on October. Pawctober!
posted by mccn at 1:21 PM on February 12

Angoragust
posted by hannahelastic at 1:29 PM on February 12

You could also do Rexember for September.
posted by hannahelastic at 1:32 PM on February 12

Spotember?

I like Septemb-hare also, as per the -hare suggestions above.

Also, where can I get this calendar, please?
posted by mccn at 1:37 PM on February 12

Doecember isn't terrible but it's related to breeding, which, for reasons I won't go into at this juncture, isn't what we want to think of when we look at the calendar.

So far the semi-firm list is:

Bunuary
Fuzzuary
Munch
Hopril
Hay
Bune*
Chew-ly
Pawgust
Snifftember**
Loptober (I originally considered Hoptober, which I see was very popular, but didn't want to use hop a second time)
Nosevember
___________

*Bune is one we came up with but I'm not totally satisfied with it because it repeats bun from Bunuary.

**Snifftember is good but I may have to change it because I'm getting some pushback from home about two nose-related months being so close together. :D

(Re: the calendar. We borrowed some bunny pics from the net for home use. I'd hate to distribute it and get in trouble with the folks who own the rights. Maybe I could get some of the artistes around the house to draw some bunnies to go with the months. Who knows?)
posted by Arrrgyle at 3:44 PM on February 12

Decemb-ear
posted by acorncup at 5:33 PM on February 12 [1 favorite]

Final update: Snifftember was finally approved and December is the only one we're debating from the available suggestions. Thanks everybody, you were fuzztastic. :D

(Note that even though I marked the question resolved and picked best answers, if anybody wants to make another December suggestion, feel free to post or Memail.)
posted by Arrrgyle at 10:09 AM on February 14