Someone told me a word yesterday, and I forgot it. It's a word that means that one's name is ironic. For example, it could be a short guy whose last name is Short, or a white guy whose last name is White.

I'm not going to see him again until Monday, and I don't want to have to wait that long to find out what the word is, because it's been bothering me all day and I know it will keep bothering me until I find out what it is.

Help, please?

Is it in English?

:confused:

Is it in English?

:confused:

I'm pretty sure it is.

I have the same problem. There was a word that means an idea that doesn't have enough motivational force behind it to make it happen. I think the word starts with a "P". It is an English word.

backhanded compliment, banter, burlesque, contempt, contrariness, criticism, derision, humor, incongruity, jibe, mockery, mordancy, paradox, quip, raillery, repartee, reproach, ridicule, sardonicism, satire, taunt, twist, wit

apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, imitation, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mock-heroic*, mockery, pastiche, play-on*, raillery, rib*, ridicule, roast*, satire, send-up*, skit, takeoff*, travesty

Fuck, I asked him what the word was twice today, and I still forgot it. :(

I remember that it starts with an 'a' and ends with a '-nym,' sort of like antonym, except not...

aptronym

aptronym

Aptonym, actually. But thanks.

Aptonym, actually.

They are both right.

A short person named jack short is not ironic.

If both are right? Why is neither in the merriam-webthter?

If both are right? Why is neither in the merriam-webthter?

I don't know, but this (http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aptronym) may offer a possible explanation.

Aptronyms may be called "aptonyms" by other writers. San Francisco columnist Herb Caen used the term "namephreaks". Washington Post columnist Bob Levey prefers the term PFLNs, or Perfect Fit Last Names.

There does not yet seem to be a standard terminology for this linguistic curiosity.

It's the same as 'connexion' being a legitimate substitute for 'connection', even in modern english.

Also, like TCStyle said 'A short person named jack short is not ironic.' It would only be ironic if they were named bluey and had red hair, shorty and were tall, or tiny and were huge. The jack short example isn't irony.. ...it'd be a stretch to even call it a co-incidence.

Oxymoron seems more apt if you're calling Shaq, "Shorty"

to the thread started, is this word, mean to describe a word that, acutally sounds like the word , such as " bonk" "crack" shit like that

I have the same problem. There was a word that means an idea that doesn't have enough motivational force behind it to make it happen. I think the word starts with a "P". It is an English word.

Pipe dream?

to the thread started, is this word, mean to describe a word that, acutally sounds like the word , such as " bonk" "crack" shit like that

Onomatpeia

Onomatopoeia

Fixed!

--KP

Misnomer

Onomatpeia

Damn that word is hard to spell. i hate it

A short person named Tall or a white guy named Black would be closer to being ironic.

Oxymoron seems more apt if you're calling Shaq, "Shorty"

no, an oxymoron would be like a serial killer working as a doctor

no, an oxymoron would be like a serial killer working as a doctor

No it wouldn't be, an Oxymoron only refers to language - not to an event, person, object, or situation in real life.

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"doctors murdering their patients = oxymoron"

Eh, not really. Or you shouldn't expect it to be. Lots of medical serial killers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Doctors_convicted_of_murdering_their_pati ents

No it wouldn't be, an Oxymoron only refers to language - not to an event, person, object, or situation in real life.

you sure about that?

OH MY GOD! SHUT THE FUCK UP! No one cares about whether the word ironic was used correctly or what truly is an oxymoron. Please stop. It's depressing.

you sure about that?

I make this post in riposte toawrds Niggersexual as much as to confirm that I am quite sure.

Misnomer

This.

No it wouldn't be, an Oxymoron only refers to language - not to an event, person, object, or situation in real life.

Oxymoron.
Bitter-sweet.
Freezing-heat.

Etc.

Oxymoron.
Bitter-sweet.
Freezing-heat.

Etc.

This is the truth^

i.e.
Dark angel
Sweet sorrow

Those are oxymorons only in reference to the word: bittersweet is an oxymoron. Bittersweet chocolate is not an oxymoron, it contains an oxymoron in its name.