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Random name generator using combining adjectives with animals.
(def adjectives [
"adorable"
"adventurous"
"aggressive"
"alert"
"attractive"
"average"
"beautiful"
"blue-eyed "
"bloody"
"blushing"
"bright"
"clean"
"clear"
"cloudy"
"colorful"
"crowded"
"cute"
"dark"
"drab"
"distinct"
"dull"
"elegant"
"excited"
"fancy"
"filthy"
"glamorous"
"gleaming"
"gorgeous"
"graceful"
"grotesque"
"handsome"
"homely"
"light"
"long"
"magnificent"
"misty"
"motionless"
"muddy"
"old-fashioned"
"plain"
"poised"
"precious"
"quaint"
"shiny"
"smoggy"
"sparkling"
"spotless"
"stormy"
"strange"
"ugly"
"ugliest"
"unsightly"
"unusual"
"wide-eyed "
"alive"
"annoying"
"bad"
"better"
"beautiful"
"brainy"
"breakable"
"busy"
"careful"
"cautious"
"clever"
"clumsy"
"concerned"
"crazy"
"curious"
"dead"
"different"
"difficult"
"doubtful"
"easy"
"expensive"
"famous"
"fragile"
"frail"
"gifted"
"helpful"
"helpless"
"horrible"
"important"
"impossible"
"inexpensive"
"innocent"
"inquisitive"
"modern"
"mushy"
"odd"
"open"
"outstanding"
"poor"
"powerful"
"prickly"
"puzzled"
"real"
"rich"
"shy"
"sleepy"
"stupid"
"super"
"talented"
"tame"
"tender"
"tough"
"uninterested"
"vast"
"wandering"
"wild"
"wrong"
"agreeable"
"amused"
"brave"
"calm"
"charming"
"cheerful"
"comfortable"
"cooperative"
"courageous"
"delightful"
"determined"
"eager"
"elated"
"enchanting"
"encouraging"
"energetic"
"enthusiastic"
"excited"
"exuberant"
"fair"
"faithful"
"fantastic"
"fine"
"friendly"
"funny"
"gentle"
"glorious"
"good"
"happy"
"healthy"
"helpful"
"hilarious"
"jolly"
"joyous"
"kind"
"lively"
"lovely"
"lucky"
"nice"
"obedient"
"perfect"
"pleasant"
"proud"
"relieved"
"silly"
"smiling"
"splendid"
"successful"
"thankful"
"thoughtful"
"victorious"
"vivacious"
"witty"
"wonderful"
"zealous"
"zany"])
(def animals [
"aardvark"
"albatross"
"alligator"
"alpaca"
"ant"
"anteater"
"antelope"
"ape"
"armadillo"
"herd"
"baboon"
"badger"
"barracuda"
"bat"
"bear"
"beaver"
"bee"
"bison"
"boar"
"galago"
"butterfly"
"camel"
"caribou"
"cat"
"caterpillar"
"cattle"
"chamois"
"cheetah"
"chicken"
"chimpanzee"
"chinchilla"
"chough"
"clam"
"cobra"
"cockroach"
"cod"
"cormorant"
"coyote"
"crab"
"herd"
"crocodile"
"crow"
"curlew"
"deer"
"dinosaur"
"dog"
"dolphin"
"donkey"
"dotterel"
"dove"
"dragonfly"
"duck"
"dugong"
"dunlin"
"eagle"
"echidna"
"eel"
"elephant"
"elk"
"emu"
"falcon"
"ferret"
"finch"
"fish"
"flamingo"
"fly"
"fox"
"frog"
"gaur"
"gazelle"
"gerbil"
"giraffe"
"gnat"
"goat"
"goose"
"goldfish"
"gorilla"
"goshawk"
"grasshopper"
"grouse"
"guanaco"
"poultry"
"herd"
"gull"
"hamster"
"hare"
"hawk"
"hedgehog"
"heron"
"herring"
"hippopotamus"
"hornet"
"horse"
"human"
"hummingbird"
"hyena"
"jackal"
"jaguar"
"jay"
"jellyfish"
"kangaroo"
"koala"
"kouprey"
"kudu"
"lapwing"
"lark"
"lemur"
"leopard"
"lion"
"llama"
"lobster"
"locust"
"loris"
"louse"
"lyrebird"
"magpie"
"mallard"
"manatee"
"marten"
"meerkat"
"mink"
"monkey"
"moose"
"mouse"
"mosquito"
"mule"
"narwhal"
"newt"
"nightingale"
"octopus"
"okapi"
"opossum"
"oryx"
"ostrich"
"otter"
"owl"
"ox"
"oyster"
"parrot"
"partridge"
"peafowl"
"pelican"
"penguin"
"pheasant"
"pig"
"pigeon"
"pony"
"porcupine"
"porpoise"
"quail"
"quelea"
"rabbit"
"raccoon"
"rat"
"raven"
"herd"
"reindeer"
"rhinoceros"
"ruff"
"salamander"
"salmon"
"sandpiper"
"sardine"
"scorpion"
"herd"
"seahorse"
"shark"
"sheep"
"shrew"
"shrimp"
"skunk"
"snail"
"snake"
"spider"
"squid"
"squirrel"
"starling"
"stingray"
"stinkbug"
"stork"
"swallow"
"swan"
"tapir"
"tarsier"
"termite"
"tiger"
"toad"
"trout"
"poultry"
"turtle"
"vulture"
"wallaby"
"walrus"
"wasp"
"carabeef"
"weasel"
"whale"
"wolf"
"wolverine"
"wombat"
"woodcock"
"woodpecker"
"worm"
"wren"
"yak"
"zebra"
])
(defn random-names [& {:keys [seperator]
:or {seperator " "}}]
(shuffle
(for [adjective adjectives
animal animals]
(str adjective seperator animal))))
; (take 5 (random-names))
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danneu commented Sep 29, 2013

@gsinclair:

Wouldn't it be faster to use vectors then for the Olog32N lookup on rand and disj?

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Velrok commented Oct 2, 2013

Thanks for the feedback!

I didn't know that shuffle realizes the lazy seq it is given. Good to know.

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