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Post by Vadim on Jan 18, 2012 22:44:43 GMT
What's the word to describe the action of calling someone anything other than their name? Is their a collective term for it whether it be slander, offensive, friendly , colloquial or just shorting of the name?
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Post by Geoff on Jan 20, 2012 1:46:16 GMT
Vadim, Is what you're looking for simply a nickname? |
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Post by Pete on Jan 21, 2012 10:44:50 GMT
What's the word to describe the action of calling someone anything other than their name? Is their a collective term for it whether it be slander, offensive, friendly , colloquial or just shorting of the name? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Where is the sackcloth? ;D |
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Post by Vadim on Jan 23, 2012 20:56:50 GMT
What's the word to describe the action of calling someone anything other than their name? Is their a collective term for it whether it be slander, offensive, friendly , colloquial or just shorting of the name? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Where is the sackcloth? ;D Just when I thought it was safe to come back into the asylum!  |
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Post by Vadim on Jan 23, 2012 20:57:54 GMT
What's the word to describe the action of calling someone anything other than their name? Is their a collective term for it whether it be slander, offensive, friendly , colloquial or just shorting of the name? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Where is the sackcloth? ;D Just when I thought it was safe to come back into the asylum! |
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 24, 2012 7:07:43 GMT
What's the word to describe the action of calling someone anything other than their name? Is their a collective term for it whether it be slander, offensive, friendly , colloquial or just shorting of the name? Nicknaming? Sobriquet-ing ;-) ? I really don't know. |
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Post by Sue M-V on Jan 26, 2012 18:25:36 GMT
What's the word to describe the action of calling someone anything other than their name? Is there a collective term for it whether it be slander, offensive, friendly, colloquial or just a shortening of the name? I'd say the short answer to that is probably: no. Sue |
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