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The NSFW Name-Pairing Of Butt And Fuchs Just Won The Olympics

German teammates joined in Olympic legend forever.
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General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost

Linus Butt and Florian Fuchs of Germany enjoyed a first-round 6-2 Olympics field hockey victory over Canada on Saturday.

But the unfortunate juxtaposition of their names on TV was internet gold. 

We don’t have to make middle school jokes ― we’re so above that. We’ll just let everyone else do it!

“No sore losers in field hockey,” read TMZ’s headline on Sunday. TMZ added that the Canadians “took a pounding” from the two.

“If you multiply Butt’s number with Fuchs’ number you get 69,” GQ wrote. “Hey sporting gods: Nice.”

And this from a Twitter user:

You get the picture.

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Before You Go

Olympic Outfits From The Opening Ceremonies
Canada(01 of17)
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\Members of the Canada team take part in the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (credit:David Rogers via Getty Images)
Chile(02 of17)
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Erika Olivera of Chile carries the flag during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Clive Brunskill via Getty Images)
Jamaica(03 of17)
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Flag bearer Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica leads her team during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Paul Gilham via Getty Images)
Croatia(04 of17)
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Members of Croatia pose for photographs while entering the stadium during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Ezra Shaw via Getty Images)
South Africa(05 of17)
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Members of the South Africa team take part in the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (credit:Cameron Spencer via Getty Images)
United States (Michael Phelps)(06 of17)
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Flag bearer Michael Phelps of the United States leads the U.S. Olympic Team. (credit:Buda Mendes via Getty Images)
Barbados(07 of17)
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Athletes of Barbados take part in the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters)
Spain (Rafael Nadal)(08 of17)
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Flag bearer Rafael Nadal of Spain leads his team during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Paul Gilham via Getty Images)
Norway(09 of17)
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Members of the Norway Olympic team take part in the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Elsa via Getty Images)
Great Britain (Andy Murray)(10 of17)
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Andy Murray of Great Britain carries the flag during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Cameron Spencer via Getty Images)
Botswana(11 of17)
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Nijel Amos of Botswana carries the flag during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Cameron Spencer via Getty Images)
Denmark (Caroline Wozniacki)(12 of17)
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Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark carries the flag during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Clive Brunskill via Getty Images)
Australia(13 of17)
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Members of the Australia team take part in the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Cameron Spencer via Getty Images)
South Korea(14 of17)
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Flag bearer Bongil Gu of the Republic of Korea leads his team during the Opening Ceremony (credit:Elsa via Getty Images)
Puerto Rico(15 of17)
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Members of the Puerto Rico Olympic Team take part in the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
Sweden(16 of17)
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Members of Sweden participate during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Jamie Squire via Getty Images)
Tuvalu(17 of17)
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Flag bearer Etimoni Timuani of Tuvalu leads his team during the Opening Ceremony. (credit:Buda Mendes via Getty Images)
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