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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's the opposite of nominative determinism?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Seems that this has been asked before, and Wikipedia has gone for inaptronym

I like nominative ironicism or unaptonym.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

"Robin Mahfood, president and CEO of Food for the Poor" was my favorite.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

His family had a sense of humour and he kicked it up a notch by becoming policeman / police officer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

His name is Robert but he convinced the TV crew to use the short version

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

BAD COMPUTER!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Ah it's my whole Pathfinder party