as in epithet
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
his wavy hair earned him the nickname "Curly" early in life
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Recent Examples of nickname
Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 17 July 2025
The film starts on the morning of February 17 2003, when detectives from Antwerp’s infamous ‘Diamond Squad’ were called to investigate the night-time robbery of an allegedly impregnable vault in the middle of the Belgian city, which is nicknamed the City of Diamonds.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Grayson Labarreare, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
Getty Images The Beehive State derives its nickname from the industriousness of its workforce.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 14 July 2025
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Noun
Other surprises found inside this space that exists outside our reality are monkeys trained to post hate on Superman online like real-life trolls, and one creepy guy nicknamed Mister Handsome.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 17 July 2025
The film starts on the morning of February 17 2003, when detectives from Antwerp’s infamous ‘Diamond Squad’ were called to investigate the night-time robbery of an allegedly impregnable vault in the middle of the Belgian city, which is nicknamed the City of Diamonds.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Verb
The cafe’s name Nabi means butterfly in Korean, and is also a common nickname in Korea for stray cats.
—Grayson Labarreare, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
Getty Images The Beehive State derives its nickname from the industriousness of its workforce.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nickname
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The defendants, who were white, also used racial epithets toward Majors, prosecutors said.—
Kelly Puente,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Musk and Trump’s potent political alliance seemed to meet a dramatic end a month ago in an exchange of blistering epithets, with Trump threatening to go after Musk’s business interests, and Musk calling for Trump’s impeachment.—
Meg Kinnard,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
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People didn’t necessarily identify themselves with a moniker or a label.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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Anticipation for new music from the now-duo was extremely high, as it had been announced some time ago that the group was going to release music for the film under that moniker.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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The owners of the Beau, which opened May 16, decided to rename their restaurant-bar Witherby.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 July 2025
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The two reunited in Polka Tulk Blues, along with Mythology guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward, renaming themselves Earth, then Black Sabbath in August 1969 after a 1963 Italian-French horror film starring Boris Karloff.—
Roy Trakin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
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In several posts and replies, Grok was seen attaching stereotypes to users with Jewish surnames, glorifying Hitler and spreading conspiracies about the over-involvement of Jewish people in government, commerce and Hollywood.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Users reported receiving responses that praised Adolf Hitler, used antisemitic phrases and attacked users with traditionally Jewish surnames.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
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In the course of the initiative, Nigel Jeffries, MOLA’s ceramics specialist, has come to believe that witch bottles may have not only been miscategorized but misnamed: these bottles were likely medical objects, rather than magical ones.—
Geoff Manaugh,
The New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2019
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In some cases, police and lawyers inflict further harm by misgendering and misnaming victims.—
Kristin Lam,
USA TODAY,
20 Nov. 2019
Verb
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Advertisement Macron has not specified what territory France would recognize as being part of a Palestinian state.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
25 July 2025
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The law doesn’t specify a grade level for instruction but calls for all students to be proficient.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
24 July 2025
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Increasingly more companies are using a combination of cloud and on-premises hosting infrastructure, and there should be a term (i.e., job title) that denotes a team’s or one’s expertise in building and maintaining a company's hosting infrastructure.—
Ryan Frankel,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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That is fine if the average quality of those shots — denoted as xG per shot — is high.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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“Nickname.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nickname. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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