Nicknames

What's Your Name? Dunce? Bong? Bum?

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

In the Philippines, everyone seems to have some kind of all-purpose nickname that long ago rendered their real name obsolete. Politicians with names like Joker, Boy, Butch and Ping are commonplace.

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How Not To Name The Baby: Top Ten Baby-Naming Mistakes

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 06.18.2009 | Style

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Pamela Redmond Satran

Naming a baby Porsche or Chanel or, yes, Huffington may be taking the idea of branding far too far.

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The (Great) Name Game: What to Call the Current Financial Crisis?

Brad Listi | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

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Brad Listi

We are now many months into a deep and ugly recession of genuine historical importance, and to the best of my knowledge, no official moniker has yet emerged. Let's choose one.

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