Pronunciation: ’i-dE-&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek eironeia feigned ignorance, with Greek nym from onoma meaning name or word.
1: word combinations that “represent lexical irony” according a 2004 article in American Speech by Larry Horn.
2: situation when a person’s name is at ironic odds with their actions, coined by Geoff Lewis as posted on wordsmith.org
Fauxcabulary Origin: Read post on kottke.org asking “Is dwarf planet an ironym?” — via Adriana at Stingykids.net. Ironym not yet found in dictionaries (no fauxcab word should be — yet), but discussed in a few places such as this great post giving definition #1, by Benjamin Zimmer at Language Log.
Pronunciation: ’i-dE-&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek eironeia feigned ignorance, with Greek nym from onoma meaning name or word.
1: word combinations that “represent lexical irony” according a 2004 article in American Speech by Larry Horn.
2: situation when a person’s name is at ironic odds with their actions, coined by Geoff Lewis as posted on wordsmith.org
Fauxcabulary Origin: Read post on kottke.org asking “Is dwarf planet an ironym?” — via Adriana at Stingykids.net. Ironym not yet found in dictionaries (no fauxcab word should be — yet), but discussed in a few places such as this great post giving definition #1, by Benjamin Zimmer at Language Log.