I have the definition, I just need the word...

[Gobbla2001]

Okay, not really a definition...

in the name Chuck "The Ice Man" Liddell, what is the word for "The Ice Man"????

I'm thinking Alias could work, or would it be more of an Epithet?

I'm driving myself nuts here...

[ASUFrisbeeStud]

Originally posted by Gobbla2001
Okay, not really a definition...

in the name Chuck "The Ice Man" Liddell, what is the word for "The Ice Man"????

I'm thinking Alias could work, or would it be more of an Epithet?

I'm driving myself nuts here...

Mmm...Moniker, perhaps?

[Gobbla2001]

wait, if it were just Chuck "The Ice Man" would that be an Epithet? without the last name? or is it also an Epithet WITH the last name? I need to know what it is WITH the last name attatched...

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by ASUFrisbeeStud
Mmm...Moniker, perhaps?

I was thinking that as well, but I double checked in the dictionary and it doesn't seem that's the word I'm looking for... more like a shortened name like "Jim" for "Jimmy"

[CHS_Grad '85]

A.K.A.

(also known as)

[Txbroadcaster]

Could be his

Nickname
His Alter Ego
Stage Name
Aka
Moniker

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by CHS_Grad '85
A.K.A.

(also known as)

no, don't think that would work... I don't think anyway... that's kinda like Alias... was really hoping it was Alias because I'm trying to name a song and that sounds less complicated...

I'm talking about what the person is actually known as... not really "also" known ass... am I making sense? ha

[big daddy russ]

Nickname? Pseudonym? Title?

Or maybe the definition is "Ice Man" and you were looking for the word? I'd go with "Yeti."

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
Nickname? Pseudonym? Title?

Or maybe the definition is "Ice Man" and you were looking for the word? I'd go with "Yeti."

Pseudonym? maybe...

[Gobbla2001]

Okay, lemme try this again...

my example:

Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell

I wanna know what "The Iceman" is while being used WITH the first and last name... or did y'all already guess that's what I meant?

[luvhoops34]

Your sig is playing tricks on my eyes...:rolleyes:

I thought it said "erogenous":cool:

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by luvhoops34
Your sig is playing tricks on my eyes...:rolleyes:


don't say that, I might have to remove it ha

[Gobbla2001]

alrighty, when looking for a VERY accurate word for my example, pseudonym comes very close... one definition of the words says:

"a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role "

that kinda words... yet another definition says:

"a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. "

that's not what I'm looking for... plus I don't wanna name a song "Pseudonym" haha...

[Gobbla2001]

Epithet is close... an an Epithet is pretty much an Alias, right?

I really want it to be Alias... but I don't wanna be a dumbass really...

[Gobbla2001]

but Alias is just like AKA... I wish Alias was the umbrella term...

[Technoredneck]

it is really just a tag name

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by Technoredneck
it is really just a tag name

see I thought that as well... a "tag"... but I don't want the name of the song being "tag" and don't want it being "tag name" haha...

just trying to explore all of the possibilities...

[LH Panther Mom]

Handle

Incognito

Disguise

[mistanice]

not exactly it, but close


alter ego

persona

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Handle

Incognito

Disguise

A handle conceals someone's Identity, like in CB-radio talk... example: "Lost Sheep to Sheppard, Lost Sheep to Sheppard"... without having watched the duke's of hazzard, or without knowing the person before talking to them, you wouldn't know the identity of "Lost Sheep" or "Sheppard"... those are their handles

Icognito is not using your true identity... then there is disguised, which means you're hiding your identity...

I'm talking about the name of a person, first and last, with a characteristic of themselves etc... used in between their first and last names...

say you know a lady whose name is Jane Doe... she's always been known to live on the edge a bit... so everyone called her Jane "Dair-Devil" Doe... that is what I am talking about...

[LH Panther Mom]

Hey, I was just throwing crap out there. :p (Plus.....I don't think I "got it". :( )

[WOS87]

Well... if you don't like any of the options thrown out already you could go back to Ancient Rome where they used the term 'agnomen'

From Wikipedia: An agnomen is not a pseudonym, as it is a real name. An agnomen is usually a name in addition to and not a substitution for the real name. Examples of agnomina from later times would be Aristides "the Just" or "Iron" Mike Tyson.

[slpybear the bullfan]

STAGE NAME or RING NAME.

[crzyjournalist03]

Parenthetical

[Tiger Turtle]

How about "sobriquet"? (Epithet has a negative connotation and I doubt that applies in this case).

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by Tiger Turtle
How about "sobriquet"? (Epithet has a negative connotation and I doubt that applies in this case).

sobriquet seems more accurate... probably the correct word for it... just don't like the word ha...

thank you...

[Gobbla2001]

alias kinda works though... someone tell me it does

[Gobbla2001]

okay, so how about this...

in the example "Chuck 'The Iceman' Liddell", "The Iceman" could be his Alias, something he never goes by, something he uses to conceal his identity... yet it is discovered that he used that Alias and now the Alias is a part of his name...

why did I ever start this thread? I'm gunna use Alias...

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by Gobbla2001
alias kinda works though... someone tell me it does

I don't like alias for your example.

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by kepdawg
I don't like alias for your example.

well I don't like your face... :eek:

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by Gobbla2001
well I don't like your face... :eek:

That makes two of us.

[crazy]

How about "call sign"? I think that's what they were called in Top Gun.

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by kepdawg
I don't like alias for your example.

I changed my mind, I don't like it either... but not because you said

[sinton66]

Here ya go, take your pick.....

John Doe, John Hancock, John Henry, agname, agnomen, alias, appellation, autograph, autonym, brand, cognomen, compellation, denomination, designation, epithet, eponym, flag*, handle*, head, heading, label, matronymic, moniker, monogram, nickname, nomen, patronymic, pen name, pet name, place name, prenomen, proper name, pseudonym, rubric, sign, signature, sobriquet, stage name, style, surname, tag, term, trade name


or,.....nom de plume

[sinton66]

Actually, I guess nom de guerre would be closer to appropriate. Nom de plume is basically for authors.