Nickname
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| - | A '''nickname''' is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name. It can also be the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, which may sometimes be used simply for convenience (e.g. "Bobby", "Bob", "Rob", or "Bert" for the name Robert). | + | # A [[familiar]], invented [[given name]] for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing. |
| + | # A kind of [[byname]] that describes a person by a characteristic of that person. | ||
| + | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| + | * [[handle]], [[hypocoristic]], [[moniker]], [[nick]], [[sobriquet]], [[pet name]] | ||
| + | * [[antonomasia]], [[byname]], [[cognomen]] | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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- A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
- A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
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