diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07919e4..03a6af8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ Haikunator is pretty simple.
 package main
 
 import (
-  "github.com/atrox/haikunatorgo"
+  haikunator "github.com/atrox/haikunatorgo"
 )
 
 func main() {
-  haikunator := haikunator.NewHaikunator()
+  haikunator := haikunator.New()
 
   // default usage
   haikunator.Haikunate() // => "wispy-dust-1337"
diff --git a/haikunator.go b/haikunator.go
index 6d64e39..e15a4d9 100644
--- a/haikunator.go
+++ b/haikunator.go
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ var nouns = []string{
 	"river", "salad", "scene", "sea", "shadow", "shape", "silence", "sky",
 	"smoke", "snow", "snowflake", "sound", "star", "sun", "sun", "sunset",
 	"surf", "term", "thunder", "tooth", "tree", "truth", "union", "unit",
-	"violet", "voice", "water", "water", "waterfall", "wave", "wildflower", "wind",
-	"wood",
+	"violet", "voice", "water", "waterfall", "wave", "wildflower", "wind", "wood",
 }
 
 const (
@@ -57,9 +56,9 @@ const (
 	hex     = "0123456789abcdef"
 )
 
-// NewHaikunator creates a new Haikunator with all default options
-func NewHaikunator() Haikunator {
-	return Haikunator{
+// New creates a new Haikunator with all default options
+func New() *Haikunator {
+	return &Haikunator{
 		Adjectives:  adjectives,
 		Nouns:       nouns,
 		Delimiter:   "-",
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ func (h *Haikunator) Haikunate() string {
 	noun := h.randomString(h.Nouns)
 	token := h.buildToken()
 
-	sections := deleteEmpty([]string{adjective, noun, token})
+	sections := deleteEmpty(adjective, noun, token)
 	return strings.Join(sections, h.Delimiter)
 }
 
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ func (h *Haikunator) randomString(s []string) string {
 }
 
 // Deletes empty strings from slice
-func deleteEmpty(s []string) []string {
+func deleteEmpty(s ...string) []string {
 	var r []string
 	for _, str := range s {
 		if str != "" {
diff --git a/haikunator_test.go b/haikunator_test.go
index 8f19eee..b1fa39a 100644
--- a/haikunator_test.go
+++ b/haikunator_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDefaultUse(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haiku := haikunator.Haikunate()
 
 	matched, err := regexp.MatchString("((?:[a-z][a-z]+))(-)((?:[a-z][a-z]+))(-)(\\d{4})$", haiku)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestDefaultUse(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHexUse(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.TokenHex = true
 
 	haiku := haikunator.Haikunate()
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestHexUse(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDigitsUse(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.TokenLength = 9
 
 	haiku := haikunator.Haikunate()
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestDigitsUse(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDigitsAsHexUse(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.TokenLength = 9
 	haikunator.TokenHex = true
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestDigitsAsHexUse(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestWontReturnSameForSubsequentCalls(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haiku1 := haikunator.Haikunate()
 	haiku2 := haikunator.Haikunate()
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestWontReturnSameForSubsequentCalls(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDropsToken(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.TokenLength = 0
 
 	haiku := haikunator.Haikunate()
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestDropsToken(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPermitsOptionalDelimiter(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.Delimiter = "."
 
 	haiku := haikunator.Haikunate()
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestPermitsOptionalDelimiter(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSpaceDelimiterAndNoToken(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.Delimiter = " "
 	haikunator.TokenLength = 0
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func TestSpaceDelimiterAndNoToken(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestOneSingleWord(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.Delimiter = ""
 	haikunator.TokenLength = 0
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestOneSingleWord(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCustomChars(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.TokenChars = "A"
 
 	haiku := haikunator.Haikunate()
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestCustomChars(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCustomAdjectivesAndNouns(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.Adjectives = []string{"red"}
 	haikunator.Nouns = []string{"reindeer"}
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func TestCustomAdjectivesAndNouns(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRemoveAdjectivesAndNouns(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.Adjectives = []string{""}
 	haikunator.Nouns = []string{""}
 
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ func TestRemoveAdjectivesAndNouns(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCustomRandom(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator1 := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator1 := New()
 	haikunator1.Random = rand.New(rand.NewSource(123))
 	haiku1 := haikunator1.Haikunate()
 
-	haikunator2 := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator2 := New()
 	haikunator2.Random = rand.New(rand.NewSource(123))
 	haiku2 := haikunator2.Haikunate()
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func TestCustomRandom(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestZeroLengthOptionsPanic(t *testing.T) {
-	haikunator := NewHaikunator()
+	haikunator := New()
 	haikunator.Adjectives = make([]string, 0)
 	haikunator.Nouns = make([]string, 0)
 	haikunator.TokenChars = ""