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An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). [1]Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym".
A jobsworth is a person who uses the (typically small) authority of their job in a deliberately uncooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner. It characterises one who upholds petty rules even at the expense of effectiveness or efficiency .
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At some point in the Muppets series, Kermit the Frog suggested that he himself was a gofer, but probably didn't last long in the job. Chavo Guerrero was considered to be a gofer for his aunt Vickie Guerrero on WWE 's SmackDown for most of 2008 (Vickie was SmackDown's General Manager at the time) when they were both part of the villainous La ...
Straight male rockers are donning frocks to protest anti-drag bills: 'If my job is to wear a dress to help, then I'll wear a dress all day.' Lyndsey Parker March 31, 2023 at 12:20 PM
A side job can be a full-time job, part-time contract, or freelance work, and a person can hold more than one side job. [2] Side jobs gained in popularity in the U.S. because of wage stagnation and low wage growth that has not kept up with the rise in cost of living, with nearly a third of people with side jobs requiring them to pay expenses. [3]
Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, 26, has been charged over multiple "unexplainable fractures" suffered by babies at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Henrico Doctors' Hospital, Virginia in ...
The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) has dementia and late onset Alzheimer's disease, his legal team has said in a court document filed in New York. Lawyers for Mike Jeffries have requested ...