What's the opposite of nominative determinism?
Seems that this has been asked before, and Wikipedia has gone for inaptronym
I like nominative ironicism or unaptonym.
Relevant https://xkcd.com/739/
"Robin Mahfood, president and CEO of Food for the Poor" was my favorite.
His family had a sense of humour and he kicked it up a notch by becoming policeman / police officer.
His name is Robert but he convinced the TV crew to use the short version
Rob Banks, International Baddie
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grue@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
What's the opposite of nominative determinism?
Deebster@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 2y
Seems that this has been asked before, and Wikipedia has gone for inaptronym
I like nominative ironicism or unaptonym.
Hupf@feddit.de · 9 pts · 2y
Relevant https://xkcd.com/739/
shikogo@pawb.social · 4 pts · 2y
"Robin Mahfood, president and CEO of Food for the Poor" was my favorite.
supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
His family had a sense of humour and he kicked it up a notch by becoming policeman / police officer.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
His name is Robert but he convinced the TV crew to use the short version
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 2y
Rob Banks, International Baddie
PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 1 pts · 2y
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Rob Banks, International Baddie
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y
BAD COMPUTER!
pm_me_your_quackers@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Ah it's my whole Pathfinder party