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A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.
Anti-Federalist. Pseudonym derives from Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland. A Landholder Oliver Ellsworth: Thirteen essays, some of the most widely circulated commentary on the proposed Constitution, appeared under this name, with the first publication coming in the Hartford papers.
A pen name is a pseudonym (sometimes a particular form of the real name) adopted by an author (or on the author's behalf by their publishers). English usage also includes the French-language phrase nom de plume (which in French literally means "pen name"). [14] The concept of pseudonymity has a long history.
Taylor Swift Co-Wrote Calvin Harris' 'This is What You Came For' Under Swedish Pseudonym. In fact, everyone from Sir Paul McCartney to Prince, Harry Styles, Elton John and John Lennon and Bob ...
Ulbricht was born and raised in Austin, Texas.He was a Boy Scout, [10] attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. [11] He attended West Ridge Middle School [12] and Westlake High School both in the Eanes Independent School District in the suburbs of Austin, graduating from high school in 2002.
Actually a pseudonym of a collective of writers, and portrayed by one of their relatives during interviews. Richard Bachman, a pseudonym of Stephen King, given a fake biography and author photo. Silence Dogood, a false persona used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published. Roderick Jaynes, editor of all the films of Joel and Ethan Coen ...
Bob Ong is the pseudonym of a contemporary Filipino author known for using conversational writing technique to create humorous and reflective depictions of Philippine life. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The author's actual name and identity are unknown.
Experiments involving pseudonyms have led to the discovery of the pseudoword effect, a phenomenon where non-words that are similar orthographically to real words give rise to more confusion, or "hits and false alarms," than other real words which are also similar in orthography. The reasoning behind this is focused on semantic meaning.