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ELI5:Regarding cities, streets and other places, how are outlandish names such as "Slapout, OK" and "Hell, MI" chosen, and why are they accepted?
gpt
Usually, they are not outlandish to the people who named them, who were often non-English speakers.  Fishkill, NY isn't about aquatic murder, kill means stream in Dutch.

Other times they are just tiny, unincorporated places that got their named as a joke and no one has bothered to change it.  Laws varies from state to state, but in general a place like Slapout is only slightly more official than "the old waterin' hole".  The sort of place that might elect a mule mayor.