Do you know anyone whose last name appropriately describes them? Such names are called an aptronym because their name “aptly” matches their job or personality in a humorous or ironic way. During the ...
In the first round of the women's 100-meter hurdles on Monday, Bulgaria's Vania Stambolova, quite literally, stumbled over a hurdle and didn't finish, an Olympic result her own name had shrewdly ...
One of my lifelong hobbies has been to collect "aptronyms"--the newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams's term for people whose names were curiously appropriate to, or provided ironic comment on, their ...
Writes Joe from Menomonie: “Reading Daycare Mom of Shoreview’s BB account — regarding the name ‘Edison Lobao’ as the Energy Minister for Brazil — reminded me that I have been meaning to forward a ...
Do you know anyone whose last name appropriately describes them? Such names are called an aptronym because their name “aptly” matches their job or personality in a humorous or ironic way. During the ...
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