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A nym question that has been bugging me for a while is a term for the practice of following an acronym with the word the last letter stands for. As in: ATM machine, PIN number, etc. Someone I know suggested superflonym, but although I like it, I don't think it can be right. Anyone have any thoughts? I looked on the previously posted list of nym words and it's not covered (though I do like poecilonym: synonym has a synonym!).
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i am quite sure there is a word for this. it is in the tip of my tongue, but cant place it
well, it is regarding inanimate objects having feelings. for example, when you throw the car key as soon as you enter home, the next day, when you search for it, you cannot find it. or the T.V. shuts down at the exact moment of your fav show, wanting to take revenge for the way you handled the remote some time back.
something of this sort. do help me find the word.
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> regarding inanimate objects having feelings
Hmm, I can only think of 'personification' or 'prosopopeia' in that category. If it's an idea then it's 'incarnation'. I don't really see how '-nym' (name) fits in there.
[Prosopopeia: A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form - AHD]
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Welcome, dantesian and tara. dantesian, I like superflonym!  I'm not sure there is a word for this: your suggestion is good. tara, I think what you're looking for is "resistentialism." Yes?
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> resistentialism
Oh yeah. That's much more specific, innit. That was an AWAD pick too, BTW.
> superflonym
I like it too. But perhaps it shouldn't be a '-onym' but rather something like 'a RAEW word' (a 'Repeat Acronym End Word' word) ;-)
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It is a little-known fact that AnnaStrophic's avatar is not a picture of her, at all, but rather of her familiar.
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Quote:
(though I do like poecilonym: synonym has a synonym!).
but, see here
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Quote:
It is a little-known fact that AnnaStrophic's avatar is not a picture of her, at all, but rather of her familiar.
And yours, of course, is Cotton Mather's evil twin.
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would be Whazza, frequently seen hanging out with the founder of Playboy.
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Cotton Mather had nine brothers and sisters, none of them his twin: Sarah Mather, Samuel Mather, Nathaniel Mather, Katherine Mather, Hannah Mather, Jerusha Mather, Mariah Mather, Elizabeth Mather, and Abigail Mather ... in that order.
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