Farfrompoopen. Booger Hollow. Yellowsnow. These may sound like the punch lines of jokes told by kindergarteners, but believe it or not, they’re the names of real streets. As in, these funny street ...

Reader Brit asks: "Is there any rhyme or reason to calling a road an avenue, a boulevard, a street or a lane? Is it just at the discretion of whoever names the street?" Although both terms are often ...