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This meteorologist's name (lemmy.world)

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[-] cali_ash@lemmy.wtf 42 points 5 months ago

Haha, definitly one of the better aptronyms.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 5 months ago

For the curious and lazy.

Aptronym

a person's name that is regarded as amusingly appropriate to their occupation

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 27 points 5 months ago

Of course there's a word for that...

Margaret Court and Usain Bolt are the first two that come to mind for me.

I like the "inaptonym" section on the Wikipedia page about them. Mr Bowler played cricket but was, in fact, a batsman. (For the Americans, imagine a "Mr Pitcher" who played baseball, but was a specialist batter and not, in fact, a pitcher.)

[-] cali_ash@lemmy.wtf 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Haha, I just looked a this list a couple of months ago (which is why I knew it had a name).

But I forgot about "Rob Banks, British police officer". Brilliant.

And I remember that "Don Black, white supremacist" also cracked me up, last time.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It really amused me to know there is an American football player named Jake Butt who played a position called "tight end". Glad to see he's made the list.

Edit: Wow, reading through that list....Someone out there really went and named their child "Marijuana Pepsi". And her siblings and parents all have normal names...