Mike Hunt is an English forename and surname, Mike being short for Michael.
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The name is often used as a deliberately offensive gag name, being a homophone phrase for "my cunt." "Cunt" is an English slang word that refers to the vagina, and is generally considered to be derogatory. It is popular with telephone prank callers as it is a somewhat believable name: "Mike" being a very common informal first name and "Hunt" being a relatively common family name. Similar pseudonyms are Mike Hawk ("my cock", slang for penis), and the plural variant Mike Cox ("my cocks" -- borne by the current Michigan Attorney General), Mike Easter ("my keister"), Mike Hondembroke ("my condom broke"), and Mike Rotch ("my crotch" -- Bart Simpson used this name as a prank call on Moe in the episode "Blood Feud"). In the comic movie Porky's, the character PeeWee (played by Dan Monahan) calls a diner and asks for "Mike Hunt"; Wendy, an employee (played by Kaki Hunter) then calls out "Is Mike Hunt here? Has anyone seen Mike Hunt?". [1] A variation used in the English region of West Midlands is "Isaac Hunt".
Bearers of the name
Performance names, pseudonyms, and characters
- Mike Hunt is the performance name of Mike Aivaz, who hosts a public-access television program called Mike Hunt TV in Seattle, Washington. The show has attracted controversy due to Aivaz's airing of pornography, his outspoken stance against war and alleged corruption within the George W. Bush administration, and footage of smoking marijuana as a display of civil disobedience.
- Britt Walford, drummer with rock band Slint & The Breeders, was billed as Mike Hunt on the Breeders Safari EP, released in 1992.
- Early series of Radio Active featured a character called Mike Hunt. His name was always carefully enunciated.
- Matthew Bellamy of British rock band Muse has been known to use the alias Mike Hunt when checking into hotels on tour.
Real people
- Dr Michael Hunt [2] is a lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Durham in the UK.
- Michael Hunt is a regional manager for the Amateur Swimming Association, and formerly for England Athletics North West, the governing body for athletics [3].
- Michael Hunt [4] is a Mardi Gras graphic artist living in New Orleans.
- Michael Hunt is an award winning woodworker [5] in San Diego, CA [6]
- Michael Hunt is a sports columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [7]
- Michael F. Hunt is a minimalist composer and lecturer from St Louis, MO [8].
- A Mississippi State football recruit for the 2006 season is named Mike Hunt. [9]
- Linebacker Mike Hunt played for the Green Bay Packers from 1978-1980. [10]
- The sheriff of Aiken south Carolina Is Michael Hunt. He named his son Michael.
Roads bearing the name
- A prominent street in South El Monte, California is named Michael Hunt Drive.
