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comiconomenclaturist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English comic Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English nomenclature Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English comiconomenclaturist From comic + -o- + nomenclature + -ist.

Meanings

1. (humorous, rare) A connoisseur of humorous names.
   • Once, when I was a comiconomenclaturist, I captured the name Rick Shaw. On the radio, t'other day, was a Robin Banks. 2006 August 25, Richard Bollard, “Re: Not to cause any trouble but...”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
   • Chinese names are not fair game, and no self-respecting comiconomenclaturist would include in his collection a Ho Hum, a T. Hee, or a Jim Shoo. 1982, Peter Bowler, The Superior Person's Book of Words, David R. Godine, published 2006, →ISBN, page 22:
   • Personally I find the use of the neologistic cliché quite otiose, although, having said that, the rejectamenta of a comiconomenclaturist such as yourself, engaged in stentorophonic ultracepidarian ululation, (excessive broadcasting/crossposting) leads one to believe that perhaps, this apophthegm of yours, might be just the calefacient, that I needed, to make use of this new book on words I have. 2002 November 7, Rick Sobie, “Re: Neologism in Cliche”, in alt.language.patterns (Usenet):

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