Word of the Day - Aptronym

[debodun]

Aptronym (noun) - a name that matches the occupation or character of its owner, often in a humorous or ironic way.

Examples of an aptronym would be a podiatrist named Dr. Foote or a handyman named Carpenter.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Thomas Crapper: A toilet maker
William Wordsworth: A poet
Gray Davis: A former governor of California who is gray-haired and sober
Sara Blizzard: A meteorologist and television weather presenter for the BBC
Usain Bolt: A Jamaican sprinter

 

[George1959]

A gravedigger named Filmore Graves

 

[Dustbunny]

Christopher Bryan Moneymaker, is an American poker player. Won the first prize of $2.5 million in the 2003 World Series of Poker.

 

[Pappy]

We do have a wife and husband surgeons named Dr. Zipper. True fact.