-Nym words

[CajunCenturion]

In another thread, the term 'backronym' was introduced. Along with some well known -nym words (synonym, homonym, antonym, etc), how many -nym words can you identify and define?

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[white]
[u]Autoantonym[/u]: A word that can take two (or more) opposite meanings; e.g. fast means "moving quickly" or "fixed firmly in place", overlook means "to watch over carefully" or "to fail to notice".  
[u]Autonym[/u]: A word that describes itself; e.g. noun is a noun, polysyllabic is polysyllabic, abbrv. is an abbreviation, word is a word, OR a person's real name; the opposite of pseudonym.
[u]Eponym[/u]: A name from which another name or word is derived; e.g. Romulus giving rise to Rome.
[u]Exonym[/u]: A place name used by foreigners that differs from the name used by natives; Germany is an exonym because Germans call it Deutschland.
[u]Metronym[/u]: A name derived from the name of one's mother, or another female ancestor.
[u]Patronym[/u]: A name derived from the name of one's father, or another male ancestor.
[u]Pseudonym[/u]: An assumed name, especially by an author.
[u]Tautonym[/u]: A word composed of two identical parts; e.g. pawpaw, yo-yo, tutu, bye-bye. 
[u]Toponym[/u]: A place name; e.g. London, Mount Everest, or a word derived from a place name; e.g. champagne from Champagne in France.[/white]

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[tsdragon]

eminym: a small piece of chocolate with a hard candy shell.

Tracy Dryden

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[CajunCenturion]

Or an artist who only pretents to sing.

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[tgreer]

[white]Capitonym: a word that changes its meaning and/or pronunciation when capitalized: august/August, polish/Polish.

Hypernym: a word with a more general meaning compared to another word. In the relationship between car and vehicle, vehicle is the hypernym.

Metronym: a name derived from the name of one's mother.

Tautonym: a word comprised of two identical sections, "tutu".

Oronym: a phrase homophonic with another phrase, "I scream" and "Ice cream", "stuffy nose" and "stuff he knows".[/white]

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[CajunCenturion]

So as not to take anything away from others, would you please hide your submissions.

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[tgreer]

Fair enough...though in this case I thought it'd be good to try and find those words that others hadn't found yet.

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[sleipnir214]

[white][URL unfurl="true"]http://rec-puzzles.org/new/sol.pl/language/english/spelling/nym[/URL] contains the most complete list I've found so far.[/white]

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[RCorrigan]

[groan] Does that last one count as a packet of eminym's ??? [/groan]..... I'll get my coat !!!!

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[tsdragon]

I don't know about the others here, but I would prefer it if links to definitive sources/resources such as the above were only posted after we have a sufficient chance to see what we can come up with on our own. Otherwise it kinda takes the fun and challenge out of it. Like doing a crossword puzzle with the answers in front of you.

Tracy Dryden

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For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[sleipnir214]

tsdragon:
You do know you're not required to follow the link I posted, right?


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[tsdragon]

I thought there was an unwritten rule that required me to follow all links posted herein forthwith!

Actually, I haven't followed the link, yet. And I won't until the thread has had a chance to run for a while. Still, it somehow seems to take some of the fun out of it just knowing it's there.

However, I'll try to contain myself.

BTW, isn't a matrilineal name a "m[red]a[/red]tronym" (as in matrilineal, matrimony, matriarchy, etc)?

Tracy Dryden

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[tgreer]

Either spelling is acceptable.

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[tsdragon]

If you say so, I did't bother to look it up. Just at a glance I would have said "New York City" or "The Big Apple" is a metronym.

Tracy Dryden

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For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[sleipnir214]

tsdragon:
You should keep in mind what &quot;metropolis&quot; means. It's from the Greek meter (&quot;mother&quot and polis (&quot;city&quot. (

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/m/m0260400.html)

All:
I personally prefer the spelling &quot;metronym&quot;, as &quot;matronym&quot; seems, at least to me, mixing Latin and Greek affixes. Not, of course, that English seems to have any problem with this in general.


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[ESquared]

ratsofnym - smart rodents

bluffinym - what a clever person should be doing to his opponent when playing poker

denym - a firm durable twilled usually cotton fabric woven with colored warp and white filling threads; a similar fabric woven in colored stripes

minym - half note [music]; something very minute; 1/60th of a fluid dram

venym - poisonous matter normally secreted by some animals (as snakes, scorpions, or bees) and transmitted to prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging; broadly : material that is poisonous

antonym - he has a colonial hymenopterous insect of class Formicidae upon his body!

 

[CajunCenturion]

All good example of 'blathernyms'.

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[ESquared]

This IS the wordplay forum.

 

[SantaMufasa]

How about additional blathernyms:

Fratranym: a nickname that a sibling gave you.

Crappynym: a nickname you have hated from the very beginning.

(Note: a Fratranym can also be a Crappynym

Antonym: the name you give your pet ant.

Auntonym: your pet name for your favourite Aunt.

Nymynym: the name you give your favourite-tasting food.

Homonym: the pet name you give to a gay friend or family member.

Nammynym: Place names in Viet Nam.

Gymmynym: The name of your favourite Fitness Centre.

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[ESquared]

I don't get nymynym.

And wouldn't antonym and auntonym refer to my anto and my aunto, respectively?