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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.
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.
Paul McCartney. In addition releasing EDM music under the name Fireman, early in his career Sir Paul went undercover as Bernard Webb to write the song "Woman" for the duo Peter and Gordon.
In the case of a living transgender or non-binary person, their birth name or former name (professional name, stage name, or pseudonym) should be included in the lead sentence of their main biographical article only if they were notable under that name. Introduce the prior name with either "born" or "formerly". For example:
Chronogram: a phrase or sentence in which some letters can be interpreted as numerals and rearranged to stand for a particular date; Gramogram: a word or sentence in which the names of the letters or numerals are used to represent the word; Lipogram: a writing in which certain letter is missing Univocalic: a type of poetry that uses only one vowel
There’s a reason for everything! Taylor Swift (finally) revealed why she has chosen to use her pseudonym Nils Sjöberg to make music. Taylor Swift Through the Years: From Nashville Upstart ...
Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University, believes he found about 20 stories and poems written by Louisa May Alcott under her own name as well as pseudonyms for ...
An endonym /'endənɪm/ (also known as autonym /ˈɔːtənɪm/) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their place of origin, or their language.