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v. Present participle of attempt.

"What makes it funnier is that in attempting to think up something, like, really cool as a new name, they manage to maintain the original uncoolness of the tragically, chronically uncool original by having it sound exactly the same."

attempted    attempting    attempts   

initiate    pioneer   

try    tempt    attack    exertion    endeavor   

contempt    exempt    tempt    unkempt   

effort    attack    plan    act    struggle