A Maryland county councilman’s attempt to keep his name out of the paper backfired and generated a storm of ridicule on Twitter. Here is a sampling, including the reporter’s thank-you to her followers.

Appreciate all the love today, Twitterverse. Thanks to you, I type the name of #KirbyDelauter without any fear tonight 😉

— Bethany Rodgers (@BethRodgersFNP) January 7, 2015

Hey thanks #KirbyDelauter for making our town a laughing stock.

— Gettysburg7 (@Gettysburg7) January 7, 2015

Hahahahaha!Kudos to the reporter, the newspaper she works for, and EVERYONE spreading the #KirbyDelauter love. http://t.co/UzxI0cBvT5

— Nicole S. (@Nikki522) January 7, 2015

We must trick #KirbyDelauter into saying his name backwards…that's the only way to send him back to the 5th Dimension! #RetualedYbrik

— Chuck Gould (@ChuckGould) January 7, 2015

I propose a #kirbydelauter award for the person most clueless about reporting starting with #kirbydelauter : http://t.co/mv4n1wSmLo

— Dan Ferguson (@John_D_Ferguson) January 7, 2015

They say if you repeat #KirbyDelauter in front of a mirror three times, his attorney appears and tells you to stop. http://t.co/PsTKaplIcS

— Mike Lucibella (@MikeLucibella) January 7, 2015

Best response yet to arrogance & stupidity of #kirbydelauter More messages for Kirby here-
http://t.co/pTJLVUp94N pic.twitter.com/H1lsHuJKRX

— Dave Statter (@STATter911) January 7, 2015

If we can't use #KirbyDelauter's name, maybe we can call him Kim-Jong Delauter. They have the same views regarding freedom of the press.

— Joe Keene (@joekeene) January 7, 2015

Need to introduce new phrases, like: “you totally Kirby-Delautered that” for the law of unintended consequences. #KirbyDelauter

— Brandon Withrow (@bwithrow) January 7, 2015

Today, I am replacing most of my nouns with #KirbyDelauter. My dog just #KirbyDelauter -ed all over the carpet.

— No Justice No Quiche (@JosephKurt1) January 7, 2015

It’s deluded, it’s delicious, it’s Delauter! #KirbyDelauter

— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) January 7, 2015

Yeah! I just got written authorization to write #KirbyDelauter three times today. Oops I just burned one 🙁

— IGMvon (@IGMvon) January 7, 2015

Things like this are why I am generally skeptical of anyone who wants to devolve power back to local governments. #KirbyDelauter

— Univ Dist History (@UDHCMH) January 7, 2015

#KirbyDelauter is becoming more famous trying to evade fame than many who pursue could ever hope to be. Delauter will soon be verb.

— Chris Rodell (@8Days2Amish) January 7, 2015