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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 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 Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted It's on the tip of my brain! val_t 07/09/10 05:18 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Buffalo Shrdlu 07/09/10 06:36 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! jenny jenny 07/10/10 12:44 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Jackie 07/10/10 01:50 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Avy 07/10/10 01:59 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! jenny jenny 07/10/10 04:55 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Faldage 07/10/10 09:39 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! val_t 07/10/10 03:46 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! doc_comfort 07/16/10 02:51 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Hal Alexander 09/10/10 03:23 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! TheFallibleFiend 09/10/10 02:17 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! BranShea 09/10/10 05:22 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! zmjezhd 09/10/10 06:09 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! BranShea 09/10/10 08:56 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Candy 09/21/10 10:23 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! LukeJavan8 09/21/10 03:44 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Faldage 09/21/10 11:36 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! tsuwm 09/22/10 03:59 AM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Candy 09/24/10 12:52 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Hal Alexander 09/26/10 06:17 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! tsuwm 09/26/10 06:42 PM Re: It's on the tip of my brain! Hal Alexander 09/26/10 07:30 PM 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 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 0 members (), 651 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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