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nerdfury.livejournal.com2009-06-04 06:31 pm
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Great Caesar's ghost, is it Thursday already?
Today's fabulous word is:
Hypocorism [hy-pok-er-riz-uhm, hi-]
noun
Definition
1. a pet name.
2. the practice of using a pet name.
3. the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, esp. by an adult.
Etymology
From Latin hypocorisma, from Greek hupokorisma, from hupokorizesthai, hypo-, beneath, secretly; korizesthai, to caress.
Usage
I was always jealous of all the people I knew with great nicknames, and always wanted a hypocorism of my own. Over there was Weeksey, and there's Gus, and there you can see Frankie, Kel, Kyles, Blackbeard and Boss - you can't do much with a name like mine, though, so the best I ever got was 'Oi, dickhead!'
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Today's fabulous word is:
Hypocorism [hy-pok-er-riz-uhm, hi-]
noun
Definition
1. a pet name.
2. the practice of using a pet name.
3. the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, esp. by an adult.
Etymology
From Latin hypocorisma, from Greek hupokorisma, from hupokorizesthai, hypo-, beneath, secretly; korizesthai, to caress.
Usage
I was always jealous of all the people I knew with great nicknames, and always wanted a hypocorism of my own. Over there was Weeksey, and there's Gus, and there you can see Frankie, Kel, Kyles, Blackbeard and Boss - you can't do much with a name like mine, though, so the best I ever got was 'Oi, dickhead!'
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