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also soubriquet
as in nickname
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
tagged her with the sobriquet "peanut" because of her diminutive size
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Recent Examples of sobriquet
That reputation earned Bayer Leverkusen the unflattering sobriquet Bayer Neverkusen—which explains itself.
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
The family’s sing-songy pronunciation makes the sobriquet sound almost Italian to my ears, somewhere in the range of Papa-tierri, a mondegreen that elicits no shortage of laughter among celebrants.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
They weren’t referred to by this sobriquet in our family.
—Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
His outfit, coupled with his support for the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, earned him his spiritual sobriquet.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
The family’s sing-songy pronunciation makes the sobriquet sound almost Italian to my ears, somewhere in the range of Papa-tierri, a mondegreen that elicits no shortage of laughter among celebrants.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
They weren’t referred to by this sobriquet in our family.
—Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
His outfit, coupled with his support for the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, earned him his spiritual sobriquet.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobriquet
Noun
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Photo of the day: Welcome to the Mammoths The Utah Hockey Club unveiled its new nickname, the Mammoth, and its logo Wednesday.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Salt Spring more than deserves the nickname the Island of the Arts.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
8 May 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 word has become an epithet for garish, reckless growth — but to fix the housing crisis, the country needs more of it.—
Conor Dougherty,
New York Times,
10 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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“Sobriquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobriquet. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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