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noun 1. A person's name that is regarded as amusingly appropriate to their occupation.

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "The clerk at the fish market wore a nametag reading 'Ms. Flounder,' which was a perfect aptronym."
Play Button "Our class's enthusiastic new gym teacher had the aptronym 'Mr. Ball.'"
Play Button "My mechanic has an amazing aptronym: Carl Lifft."
Greek, 1920s
Why This Word?
The greatest sprinting runner in history is Usain Bolt, while Britain is home to weatherperson Sarah Blizzard, and Lance Bass of former boy band 'N Sync fame sang with a low register (although Bass pronounces his name like the fish, not the pitch). But aptronyms ("apt" meaning "appropriate," and "nym" applying to a name) aren't just for celebrities — imagine a woodworker named David Carpenter, or a pastry chef named Lucy Baker. ...
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