The meaning of "Give it a name"

not my take people.

give it a name - i always thought it was somewhat dismissive, as in, 'call it what you want to call it, but it sucks'. loosely related to "if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it probably a duck."

by saying "give it a name" you are admitting that it sucks, but thinking, 'what's the point of analyzing it to come up with a precise term to define and thus understand it'. i.e. going after itty bitty titty, its wacked out. you can call it pedophilia, you can call it the frutrated sexual actions of a disturbed man, or any other number of things - but in the end, give it a name, and moreover, who cares what name you give it. i have better things to do with my time than to try to figure that out.

give it a name, it doesn't matter what you call it, stop searching for words, i get it.

Still a bit puzzled. But in the context of HOW it was used, and when, you could substitute I guess

"Ain't that the truth"
"You got that one right"

That kind of thing.

The featurette on the DVD explains that "Give it a name" means "Tell it like it is" and that Boat Drinks is the idea of Heaven.

When a plan is made and accepted, you "give it a name". This is similar to "it's a deal", "put it in the books", "set in stone", "let it be written", and other terms describing finality of a plan or course of action. This of course is just my take on the phrase.

I gave this movie a name. "Cinematic Abortion!"

"You idiot, that's condensation. It's on the outside!"

Its the Denver equivalent of "fuggedaboutit". Which has about 10 different meanings.