[Renegade Renaissance]

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They might sound like macho nicknames children would call each other while playing but Renegade and Renaissance are the new Secret Service code names given to President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.

There is no word on why Obama selected Renegade.

But it is a sure bet that he was not thinking about the word's origins. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, Renegade's earliest meanings had to do with deserting one's religion, coming from the Spanish word 'renegado,' originally 'Christian turned Muslim.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1085316/Obama-chooses-Renegade-Secret-Service-code-Bush-gets-Trailblazer.html