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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: -nym? #148423 10/04/05 11:37 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > 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] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted -nym? Owlbow 09/26/05 02:12 PM Re: -nym? Father Steve 09/27/05 12:57 AM Re: -nym? tsuwm 09/27/05 01:26 AM Re: -nym? Owlbow 09/28/05 03:44 PM Re: -nym? inselpeter 09/28/05 04:54 PM Re: -nym? inselpeter 09/28/05 04:54 PM Re: -nym? Father Steve 09/28/05 11:13 PM Re: -nym? Bingley 09/29/05 02:02 AM Re: -nym? inselpeter 09/29/05 02:30 AM Re: -nym? RhubarbCommand 10/01/05 06:27 PM Re: -nym? dantesian 10/04/05 01:18 AM Re: -nym? tsuwm 10/04/05 02:59 PM Re: -nym? tara 10/04/05 07:54 AM Re: -nym? belligerentyouth 10/04/05 11:37 AM Re: -nym? AnnaStrophic 10/04/05 11:37 AM Re: -nym? belligerentyouth 10/04/05 11:48 AM Pyewacket Father Steve 10/04/05 02:27 PM Re: Pyewacket? AnnaStrophic 10/04/05 07:07 PM Cotton Mather's evil twin TEd Remington 10/05/05 05:47 PM Cotton Mather's Evil Twin Father Steve 10/07/05 01:58 AM Re: Cotton Mather's Evil Twin Buffalo Shrdlu 10/07/05 02:04 AM Re: Cotton Mather's Evil Twin tsuwm 10/07/05 02:40 AM Re: Cotton Mather's Evil Twin Buffalo Shrdlu 10/07/05 08:44 AM Re: Cotton Mather's Evil Twin Faldage 10/07/05 09:41 AM Re: Cotton Mather's Evil Twin TEd Remington 10/08/05 03:33 AM Re: Cotton Mather's Evil Twin Buffalo Shrdlu 10/08/05 09:55 AM Re: Pyewacket inselpeter 10/07/05 03:30 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,375 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 333 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,563 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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