Elon Musk and Grimes named their baby X Æ A-12 and the internet reacted accordingly

How do we pronounce that?
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Tim Marcin
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Elon Musk and Grimes named their baby X Æ A-12 and the internet reacted accordingly

Celebrity couple Elon Musk and Grimes welcomed their new child to the world late Monday or early Tuesday.

Musk posted to Twitter the two had a baby boy, and that Grimes and the child were healthy. He also answered a Twitter user who asked about the baby's name. And well... how do we now pronounced this one?

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Some theories have already been floated about what that name means, including one guess that it's Sascha 12. As is the case with everything Musk does on social media, the name should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Later, he'd post a photo of the baby with fake face tattoos.

Still, the jokes and reactions to the baby name flooded Twitter. Here are a few we noticed along the way.

1. Don't mess with X Æ A-12 Musk

2. Plague, locusts...

3. Hmm

4. Well?

5. A Bon Iver deep-cut joke

6. It is an interesting thing to wake up to

7. Stan through the pain

8. I mean, yeah

9. Honestly, true

10. Also true

11. A finally, a probably healthy outlook

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).


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