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Here's a fun list of these from Mike Pope from 2012: https://mikepope.com/blog/AddComment.aspx?blogid=2354 https://mikepope.com/blog/AddComment.aspx?blogid=235
by jetrink 4y ago
Here's a fun list of these from Mike Pope from 2012:
https://mikepope.com/blog/AddComment.aspx?blogid=2354 https://mikepope.com/blog/AddComment.aspx?blogid=2354
He adds,
> Then there is the question of what we might call a nickname like this. A name based on a place is a toponym. A name for people from a city or region is a demonym. I solicited some ideas for this, too. We threw around corporanym and employeeonym. Someone suggested "idionym, which should mean roughly 'your own name'."
> The most interesting suggestion was from Colleague Clay, who knows his way around a number of languages. He suggested ergazomenonym ("from modern Greek εργαζόμενου= employee"). I like it tons, although I'd need some coaching, perhaps, in how to pronounce it properly.