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Recent Examples of hypocorism
Someone named the fog Karl, but none of our other weather gets a hypocorism.
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Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2020
Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocorism
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Charlotte Flair has certainly done a nice job of living up to the family name, but the pressure to do so is still on.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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Hannah and Mark Gleiberman contributed $20 million to create a center for glaucoma research within the new Viterbi center, also endowing two additional chairs in their family name.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Mel’s last name, Brooks, is an adaptation of his mother’s maiden name, Brookman.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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In April 2022, one of Musk's twins petitioned the court to legally change her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson (the maiden name of her mother, Justine Wilson) and to recognize her gender as female.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Published under his pen name Richard Bachman, The Long Walk is described as a dystopian thriller centering on the contestants of a grueling and vicious annual walking contest that requires 100 boys to keep a certain pace without stopping.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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If writing under a pen name is a form of deception, or akin to leading a double life, Cornwell was more suited to it than most writers.—
Kirsty McHugh,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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Steel explained his client’s sobriquet to the jury, too.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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And all of that mimicked the gloriously madcap fox hunt, minus hounds and the fox and made the horse the focus — hence the sobriquet for the sport, National Hunt racing.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Unity Mitford—conceived in the town of Swastika, Canada, with the middle name of Valkyrie—seemed destined to be a Nazi from birth, and eventually shot herself in the head after Britain declared war on her beloved Führer.—
George Pendle,
Air Mail,
21 June 2025
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In 1836 Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, and when their first child was born in January of the following year he was given the middle name Boz.—
Kirsty McHugh,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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Dickens had taken a nom de plume in the tradition of journalists and periodical writers, but there was no need to conceal his identity.—
Kirsty McHugh,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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Ludwig is the nom de plume of John Taylor, played by David Mitchell.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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One person helped by the nonprofit is Doña Chela, an undocumented 66-year-old woman who asked to be identified by her nickname.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Now, being age 34 means that Dame Time, the nickname for Lillard, has already spent quite a lot of time on the basketball court.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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For example, Katie is a diminutive of Katherine and Lisa is a diminutive of Elizabeth.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2025
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Residing on hillside slopes and gently rolling valleys surrounding the stately medieval village of Montalcino, vineyards in the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are home to a clone of Sangiovese known locally as Brunello, which is a diminutive of the Italian word for brown.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Hypocorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocorism. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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