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An aptronym is a name which is aptly suited to its owner.
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What is an aptronym?
An aptronym is a name which is aptly suited to its owner.
Mag fab and cred are examples of what?
apocope
What is it called when your name matches your occupation?
Nominative determinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
What is the literary term for names of characters in a story that match their characteristics?
An aptronym. Also, nominative determinism
When your first and last name could be thought of as a first name what is the word for that?
The word for a first and last name that could be perceived as a first name is "aptronym." This term refers to names that are apt or fitting for a person's occupation or characteristics.
Why is young GOODMAN BROWN not OLD GOODMAN BROWN?
Young Goodman Brown was the eponymous character in a much-anthologized short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Presumably, he was called "Young Goodman Brown" in the story (rather than "Old Goodman Brown") because, as he was portrayed in the story, he was simply young rather than old. It is interesting to note that "young" is merely an adjective here, so one would expect that in the natural course of events "Young Goodman Brown" would eventually become "Old Goodman Brown."On the other hand, "Goodman" is his Christian name (or as it is now called, his first name, or forename). Goodman is the sort of name sometimes called an aptronym, that is, a name suited to its bearer---or perhaps a name which Goodman Brown's parents hoped would eventually describe him. Hawthorne set his story in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s, and as we know, the Puritans were much given to aptronyms for their children, sometime (for example) naming their children after virtues, such as Chastity, Charity Prudence and Patience.Of course, there is the possibility that "Young" is used here in the same way we would use "Junior" today. In that case, Young Goodman Brown's father would have been (presumably) Old Goodman Brown.
What are five words that have been created and added to English in the last 50 years?
Thousands of words have entered the language in the past 100 years. Here is a partial list:x-ray, or röntgenograph(November 8, 1895, by Röntgen)radar (1941) from Radio Detection And Ranginglaser (1960) from Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiationblackhole (1968)meme (1976)prion (1982)lidar (late 90s) from Light Detection And RangingInternet (1974)hyperspace (1934)robotics (1941)waldo (1942)ansible (1966)phaser (1966)ringworld (1971)replicant (1982)cyberspace (1984)xenocide (1991)metaverse (1992)alien space bats (1998)teleojuxtaposition (2003)carpetbagging (19th century)genocide (1943)Dixiecrat (1948)meritocracy (1958)pro-life (1961)homophobia (1969)Californication (1970s)heterosexism (1979)glocalisation (1980s)astroturfing (1986)Islamophobia (1991)fauxtography (1996)corporatocracy (2000s)Islamofascism (2001)santorum (2003)Chindia (2004)Saddlebacking (2009)Accenture (2001), derived from 'Accent on the future'Acette (2002), derived from 'ace', meaning expertise, and the encapsulating suffix 'ette'; when read together as aye~set signifying 'expertise encapsulated'.Protiviti (2002), derived from professionalism and proactivity as well as independence and integrity.Bauhaus (early 20th century)blobject (1990s)fabject (2004), a fabricated 3-D objectkirkyan (2006)moin (early 20th century)prequel (1958)posterized (c. 1980s) ("posterize" also has existed for some time as a term for an image-editing technique; its neologistic sports usage is completely unrelated)queercore (mid 1980s)blog (late 1990s)chav (early 2000s)webinar (early 2000s)truthiness (2005) (already existed as an obscure word previously recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary, but its 2005 usage on the Colbert Report was a neologistic one, with a new definition)fauxhawk (late 1990s)aspirinhooverlaundromatlinguisticsretronym (popularized in 1980)backronym (1983)aptronym (2003; popularized by Franklin Pierce Adams)snowclone (2004)xeroxgooglingphotoshoppingprotologism (2005)
