I'm surprised by how often I need to find a set of good names for a fixed number of things. A year ago I named two cats, a week ago I named four volumes on my machine, and soon I really need to name a class C. I've come to the conclusion that I simply need to put together a list of name sets for this type of occasion, so that I will be prepared in the future. (Okay, okay, my arrival at this realization was probably related to my best friend pointing it out to me directly. Sure, go ahead, hog all the credit, just because it was your idea.)



Pairs

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Serial & Parallel
Series & Parallel
SCSI & IDE (or EIDE)
Look & Feel
Thing One & Thing Two
Flotsam & Jetsam
Bric & Brac
Flora & Fauna
Plug & Play
Gates & Ellison
Yin & Yang
Crash & Burn
Drag & Drop
Point & Click
Divide & Conquer
Seek & Destroy
David & Goliath
Mutt & Jeff
Gilbert & Sullivan
Stripes & Solids
Rhyme & Reason
Drum & Bass
Wave & Particle
Synecdoche & Metonymy



Threesomes

Lucy, Sky, Diamonds
Ionic, Doric, Corinthian
Veni, Vidi, Vici
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Control, Alt, Delete
Id, Ego, Superego
Good, Bad, Ugly
Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya
Visa, Mastercard, Amex
Proton, Electron, Neutron
(Sorry, no stooges allowed in this space)



Foursomes

Brn, Blu, Hzl, Grn
Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Grammy
Water, Fire, Air, Earth
Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, Clubs
Octalthorpe, Ampersand, Ellipsis, Dierisis
Newtonian, Einsteinian, Quantum, Superstring
Option, Command, Control, Shift
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland
Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary
Hydraulic, Pneumatic, Electric, Mechanic
+ - * /
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Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, Romanji
Sex, Drugs, Rock, Roll
D'artagnan, Aramis, Athos, Porthos (There weren't three of them, and I don't recall them using muskets.)
Swords, Pentacles, Cups, Wands
Guanine, Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine
Phlegmatic, Sanguine, Melancholic, Choleric
War, Famine, Pestilence, Death
Lions, Tigers, Bears, Oh My
Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde
John, Jacob, Jingleheimer, Schmidt



Fives

Sight, Hearing, Taste, Touch, Smell (Or equivalent terms. Also fungible into a group of four or six, depending upon personal preference.)
Chaos, Discord, Confusion, Bureaucracy, Aftermath
Salt, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Umami



Sixes

How, What, When, Where, Who, Why
Glucose, Sucrose, Fructose, Maltose, Dextrose, Lactose
King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, Pawn
Sine, Cosine, Tangent, Secant, Cosecant, Cotangent



Sevens

Days of the Week
Mortal Sins
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Mediterranean, Baltic, Black
Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, Delirium (or Delight)
Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica



Nines

Erato, Melpomene, Thalia, Clio, Calliope, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Urania



Some (<100)

Board Games
Tarot Trumps
Presidential Scandals
Non-Specific Nouns (thingus, whatnot, doohickey, thingamabob, whatzit, etc)
Classic Arcade Games
Musical Instruments
Hacker Gods (Loki, Enki, Coyote, Athena, etc.)
Religions
Heavens
Hells
Muppets
Cereals
Serial Killers
Failed Apple products
Disasters (types, or individual instances)



Slews (>100)

Saints
Periodic Elements
Mixed Drinks
Languages
Countries
Currencies
Demons (Belial, Azrael, etc)
Daemons (httpd, ftpd, inetd, etc)
Wines
Cheeses
Teas
Diseases
Drugs
Odd units of measurement (ergs, slugs, furlongs, etc)