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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: It's on the tip of my brain! val_t #193042 09/10/10 02:17 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Dysregulation Unrestraint Acrasia Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! TheFallibleFiend #193045 09/10/10 05:22 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Does crazy come from acrasia? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! val_t #193047 09/10/10 06:09 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Does crazy come from acrasia? Nope. Crazy comes from the verb craze (or acraze) '' < French écraser (older variant acrser) 'to flatten, crush'; related to crash. The cracks in the glazed surface of a pot is said to be crazed. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! zmjezhd #193048 09/10/10 08:56 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Thanks, instant braincracker Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! BranShea #193170 09/21/10 10:23 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Hi...I'm new here today I stumbled upon this site the other day when looking at interesting word...which I've now forgotten and want to remember. Can you help? It was word for name to do with someones job or profession..and examples were ...like William Wordsworth/poet and Lorraine Bobbit (well we all know what she did...) http://sp6.fotolog.com/photo/6/24/15/cesooolina/1214676765758_f.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Candy #193178 09/21/10 03:44 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water funny cartoon,thanks. WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Candy #193190 09/21/10 11:36 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It's called an aptronym or aptonym. I have no idea what that R is doing in the first choice but that seems to be preferred version. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Faldage #193197 09/22/10 03:59 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I think we've been here before: The term aptronym was allegedly coined by the American newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams, by an anagrammatic reordering of the first letters of patronym (to suggest apt) to denote surnames that suit the occupation of the name’s bearer (such as Baker for a baker). Both aptronym and the synonymous euonym are rarely encountered. [Encyc. Brit.] ..but I don't think you bought it the first time either. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! tsuwm #193221 09/24/10 12:52 PM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under thanks guys... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's on the tip of my brain! tsuwm #193251 09/26/10 06:17 PM Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 12 Selma, IN H Hal Alexander stranger Hal Alexander stranger H Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 12 Selma, IN Originally Posted By: tsuwm an anagrammatic reordering of the first letters of patronym (to suggest apt) to denote surnames that suit the occupation of the name’s bearer (such as Baker for a baker). What would you call a name like Anatole France? France is an assumed name, not his birth name. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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. 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