trivial name

noun

Definition of trivial namenext
as in pen name

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  1. pen name
  2. trade name
  3. brand name
  4. nom de plume
  5. vernacular
  6. binomial
  7. misnomer
  8. label
Noun
  • Based on the classic Stephen King novel written under pen name Richard Bachman, The Running Man is set in an oppressive future where the government controls the media.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The Baby Driver filmmaker co-wrote script with Michael Bacall based on the Stephen King novel that was published under his then pen name of Richard Bachman.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of pen name
Noun
  • Its residential smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, under the trade names Universal and USI Electric, are manufactured in and imported from China.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Intangible assets can include patents, copyrights, franchises, goodwill, trademarks, trade names, software, business reputation, branding, unique business processes and so much more.
    James Felton Keith, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of trade name
Noun
  • Tretinoin was first approved by the FDA in 1971—under the brand name Retin-A—as a topical acne treatment.
    Jasmine Browley, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Hotel group Accor acquired control of the brand name in 2017 after buying a 50% stake from French railway company SNCF.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of brand name
Noun
  • Cindy Lee is the nom de plume of the musician and drag artist Patrick Flegel, who, back in the late two-thousands and early twenty-tens, fronted the Canadian post-punk band Women.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Penelope lies about her nom de plume and hides it from Colin.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Definition of nom de plume
Noun
  • While still young, he was drawn to the body and Black vernaculars of motion, ultimately creating a language that incorporated ballet, tap, and contemporary dance.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
  • Comparatively, while New Hampshire is quiet, with a small core group of practitioners working in regional vernaculars, Maine and Vermont boast a disproportionate number of architects—Elliott Architects and Birdseye among them—engaged in custom residential equal to that of the nation’s highest.
    Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of vernacular
Noun
  • She is credited with naming and cataloging hundreds of native plants in the Hudson River Valley using Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus’ then-new binomial system of botanical nomenclature.
    Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The watermelons grown in the United States were soon subsumed under the same Latin binomial.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
Definition of binomial
Noun
  • In fact, even calling them a CMO has become something of a misnomer, because the role is changing dramatically.
    Mike Maynard, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The name Dry Tortugas National Park is a bit of a misnomer, considering that less than one percent of this Florida national park’s 100 square miles is dry land.
    Matt Kirouac, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Apr. 2023
Definition of misnomer
Noun
  • Up until that point, Bob is still stuck recording traditional folk songs that don’t sell for a label uninterested in his original material.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
  • During the trial, brain bleeds became a controversial side effect that led to the FDA updating the label to include the risk.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of label
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