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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Inaptonyms #30926 06/12/2001 6:50 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 41 Alice Springs, Northern Territ... Rusty newbie Rusty newbie Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 41 Alice Springs, Northern Territ... This might be apter in the aptRonym thread, but hey, I'm here, so am delighted to report - from today's Centralian Advocate - that the winner of this year's Finke Desert Race (a local event for trail bikes & buggies BTW) was, I'm (r)apt to say, a certain Mr Vroom. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Inaptonyms #30927 06/13/2001 4:04 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London as an alternative, I propose diseuonym I never look at topics that go to five pages, but here I am, it's 5.30 at work, I'm restless, let's load 'em all up. A diseuonym should be a caconym. 'Diseuonym', is a terrible word for it... oh wait... Dis and inept (not *inapt, lesson on Old Latin stress available on old request) are Latin, onym and eu and caco are good Greek, and fiercely proud of it. Anyway, I'm here because I came across a good one recently: bellibone. Spenser used it to mean a fair maid, belle et bonne but that's not at all the mental impression I get. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Inaptonyms #30928 06/13/2001 4:14 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Yes, I bet that makes a fair impression on th emaid as well! BTW, at the risk of eggstracting the yolk, have you considered setting your display preferences to 99 per page, since this makes it quicker and more bearable to view the average ramble hereabouts? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Ex officio #30929 06/25/2001 1:45 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 41 Alice Springs, Northern Territ... Rusty newbie Rusty newbie Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 41 Alice Springs, Northern Territ... I'd never thought of 'ex officio' as an inapt(r)onym, but if it's good enough for the editor of the Washington Post, it's good enough for this list. In a recent review of a biography of Simone Weil, the Post refers to her as the 'ex officio patron saint of [I can't remember what of... probably either existentialists or anorexics, given that SW was indeed an anorexistentialist]. 'Ex officio' means 'arising out of one's office', and not, as the WP clearly thinks*, 'unofficial'. * which is not to say that I'm suggesting the WP thinks clearly - au contraire. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aptonyms #30930 06/25/2001 12:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 How about a self-referencial aptRonym: I learned yesterday of a Professor whose name is Harry Mirken. [ducking to avoid Dr Bill] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: aptonyms #30931 06/26/2001 12:03 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 41 Alice Springs, Northern Territ... Rusty newbie Rusty newbie Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 41 Alice Springs, Northern Territ... a Professor whose name is Harry Mirken Without wishing to descend into the professorial murk myself, might I observe that, self-referentially speaking, the beatific patron saint of anorexistentialism was herself vilely inapt(r)onymic. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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