Editing Humpty Doo (section)

==Origin of the name==

The name of the town has frequently been noted on lists of [[place names considered unusual|unusual place names]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29zh3dIgmv8C&pg=PR10 |title=Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places |publisher=Adams Media |author=Parker, Quentin |year=2010 |pages=x |isbn=9781440507397 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 

It first appeared in 1910 as ''Umpity Doo'', and is of uncertain origin. The following derivations have been suggested:<ref>{{Cite web |title=DLPE - Place Names - Origins - Suburbs & Localities |url=http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208172438/http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm#H |archive-date=2006-02-08 |access-date=2006-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-02-08 |title=Do you know how Humpty Doo got its name? Historians humpty don't |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/humpty-doo-name-mystery-history/9400266 |access-date=2025-04-02 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Humpty Doo (Administrative Area) |url=https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=2047 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=NT Place Names Register}}</ref>
#from the army slang term "umpty", used for the dash when reading [[Morse code]]
#from a colloquialism meaning "everything done wrong or upside down"
#from ''Umdidu'', or ''Umdudu'', an [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] name supposedly meaning "popular resting place"