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Ananym: a name with reversed letters of an existing name; Aptronym: a name that aptly represents a person or character; Charactonym: a name which suggests the personality traits of a fictional character; Eponym: applying a person's name to a place; Pseudonym: an artificial fictitious name, used as an alternative to one's legal name
[1] [2] Extended Ancient Greek texts avoiding the letter sigma are the earliest examples of lipograms. [3] Writing a lipogram may be a trivial task when avoiding uncommon letters like Z, J, Q, or X, but it is much more challenging to avoid common letters like E, T, or A in the English language, as the author must omit many ordinary words ...
Guang Gun: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "bare branches" or "bare sticks", used to describe unmarried men who have no legitimate children and therefore don't carry on the family tree or family name; the male equivalent of "spinster" or "Sheng nu".
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
The opposite of the diminutive form is the augmentative. In some contexts, diminutives are also employed in a pejorative sense to denote that someone or something is weak or childish. For example, one of the last Western Roman emperors was Romulus Augustus , but his name was diminutivized to "Romulus Augustulus" to express his powerlessness.
Also used in the term Hymietown, a nickname for Brooklyn, New York, and as a first name. [58] Ikey, Ike United States: Jews Derived from Isaac, an important figure in Judaism and common Hebrew given name. [59] Itzig Nazi Germany: Jews From Yiddish איציק (itsik), a variant or pet form of the name Isaak (alternatively Isaac). [60] Jewboy ...
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., doubled down on using an anti-transgender term during a House hearing Wednesday after a Democratic congressman pointed out it was a slur. At the Committee on Oversight and ...
Poison pen letters are usually composed and sent to upset the recipient, [2] and differ from blackmail, which is intended to obtain something from the recipient. The reference to poison is figurative rather than literal. In the United Kingdom, Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 covers most cases of poison pen letters. [3]