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If you are/were a fan of Seinfeld, either the show or just the comedian, you are likely familiar with his “what’s the deal?” bits. Usually he takes something fairly ordinary to which we don’t usually give much thought, and extrapolates it into something that truly does seem bizarre.

So taking a page from Jerry, let me ask: What’s the deal with the media “combining” and shortening the names of every person our couple that ventures to become famous?!

You probably know what I’m talking about… let’s see… we have “Brangelina” (Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie), “Bennifer” (Ben Affleck & Jennifers Garner or Lopez), ”LiLo” (Lindsey Lohan), “K-Fed” (Kevin Federline)… the list could go on. Who makes this stuff up? And how does the media come to agreement on which ones to use? Do they have arguments like “No, I think we should call them ‘Bradalina’ or ‘Jennifleck’”? And what would they do if someone like Jack Black hooked up with Maria Sharapova? Would we have ‘Jackapova’, or ‘Jackaria’? And if a name doesn’t work (would have Brad Pitt & Jennifer Anniston = ‘Bradifer’? JenniPitt?), does that mean the relationship will fail?

The media and celeb-watchers may think it’s fun (Entertainment Tonight REALLY gets into this), but personally I find the practice fairly annoying. Can’t we just call them by their actual names? I heard news about “LiLo” for quite a while before I realized it was Lohan. And by nicknaming Kevin Federline, aren’t we just encouraging him?

As Frank said on Seinfeld… “Serenity Now!” (someone has managed to turn that into a REAL supplement for mood swings!)