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Recent Examples of hypocorism
Someone named the fog Karl, but none of our other weather gets a hypocorism.
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Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2020
Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocorism
Noun
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Meghan Markle is opening up about the Sussex family name.—
Rachel Burchfield,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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In an interview published on Monday, Markle spoke to People magazine about the special significance behind their family name.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Following the fallout with her husband's family, the woman and her husband opted to change both their last names, settling on her late grandmother's maiden name.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Players are listed with their graduation year, their maiden name and symbols connoting their major honors.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
12 Mar. 2025
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Swanson, whose pen name is Julie Marie, was born in Far Rockaway, New York, and moved to Oceanside in the early 1980s with her two sons.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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The prize's namesake, author Mark Twain, divined his pen name from a navigation term used by steamboat captains on a river.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Quiz: from 1964 to the present, which major Republican candidate for president was NOT charged with this sobriquet?—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington’s Most Famous Hostess by Meryl Gordon Perle Mesta acquired many sobriquets during her long life.—
Robin Olson,
airmail.news,
4 Jan. 2025
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Marion, who goes by middle name Yena, is now almost 12.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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At the time, the couple wanted to change the last names of their babies to Musk, with their middle names including Zilis.—
Effie Orfanides,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Peacock’s stage name sounds like it was designed to be the nom de plume for a pop superstar, not someone who would become more renowned for his behind-the-scenes work as a producer, songwriter and label owner.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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The premise was a fiction—the column wasn’t written by the editor but by the novelist Donald G. Mitchell, who wrote mostly under the nom de plume Ik Marvel.—
Christopher Carroll,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Monday Night Brewing Garden Co. The vibe: In line with its nickname, the outside of Garden Co. has a beer garden feel, complete with numerous picnic tables and fire pits.—
McKenzie Rankin,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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Swisher was referring to Trump’s derisive nickname for Warren, Pocahontas, last aimed at her during his address last Tuesday night.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
8 Mar. 2025
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Residing on hillside slopes and gently rolling valleys surrounding the stately medieval village of Montalcino, vineyards in the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are home to a clone of Sangiovese known locally as Brunello, which is a diminutive of the Italian word for brown.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
3 Feb. 2025
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Meaning: The name Indie can be a diminutive of the names India (country southern Asia) or Indiana (state in midwestern U.S.).—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Hypocorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocorism. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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