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
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
Butler earned the ‘Playoff Jimmy’ nickname for his monumental effort in dragging the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals in 2020 and 2023, but didn’t get close to that level during this postseason.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Matt Donnelly, Variety, 18 May 2025
Its daily offering of German propaganda resulted in it being nicknamed Le Soir Volé (The Stolen Soir).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2025
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Noun
Speaking of providing things, the nickname about provisions is apparently because Connecticut supplied a lot to the Continental forces during the American Revolution.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
Butler earned the ‘Playoff Jimmy’ nickname for his monumental effort in dragging the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals in 2020 and 2023, but didn’t get close to that level during this postseason.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Verb
LaBeouf seemingly turns on him, nicknaming him James Dean and ratcheting up the criticism of his performance.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 18 May 2025
Its daily offering of German propaganda resulted in it being nicknamed Le Soir Volé (The Stolen Soir).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nickname
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The men pulled Khan and his relatives from the truck and began beating them and shouting anti-Muslim epithets.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Police said an investigation revealed the man had been sitting in the plaza when the woman approached him and without provocation spat on him while yelling a racial epithet directed at Black people.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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The directing pair, who also work under the ‘Similar But Different’ moniker, started out in commercials and music videos.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Tickets for the one-day music festival headlined and created by Ryan Raddon, who goes by the moniker Kaskade, are on sale now at sunsoakedofficial.com.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
9 May 2025
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Not after the mayor of New York renamed 15 city streets in honor of the 15 players who carried the Knicks to their first Eastern Conference Finals in a quarter century.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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The King's Foundation (renamed so after his accession in 2022) offers educational courses for about 15,000 annually as well as health and well-being programs for another 2,000 people each year.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Out of the four couples living in London with the surname, Steggle believes only the playwright and his wife could have afforded to live in the relatively prosperous area.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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The new pope’s name, as well as his baptismal names, will be translated into Latin in the announcement but his former surname will remain in his native language.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 May 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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The developer doesn’t specify any further system requirements.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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Most packages that would have utilized de minimis are now subject to Type 11 informal entry, which requires that their contents are specified using a 10-digit HTSUS code.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
13 May 2025
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The cancer is described as having a Gleason score of 9, denoting its aggressiveness, and has spread to the bone.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The Venu 3 comes in 45mm or 41mm size options, with the smaller model (denoted with an S at the end of its name) getting a 1mm bump from the last generation.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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“Nickname.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nickname. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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