Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An affectionate or humorous nickname.
- noun An assumed name.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nickname; a fanciful appellation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Whereas my other contact has focused on the Shan tribes near the Chinese border, the Father of the White Monkey — the sobriquet comes from the nickname he has given his daughter, who often travels with him — works mostly with the Karen and other tribes in eastern Burma abutting Thailand, though the networks he operates have ranged as far as the Indian border.
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We all know that the sobriquet is obsolete, but did one expect the Senate Majority Leader ever to say, in effect, that Senators are a collection of potted plants whose participation is unimportant to dealing with an “unprecedented financial crisis”?
Stromata Blog: 2008
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We all know that the sobriquet is obsolete, but did one expect the Senate Majority Leader ever to say, in effect, that Senators are a collection of potted plants whose participation is unimportant to dealing with an “unprecedented financial crisis”?
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Whereas my other contact has focused on the Shan tribes near the Chinese border, the Father of the White Monkey — the sobriquet comes from the nickname he has given his daughter, who often travels with him — works mostly with the Karen and other tribes in eastern Burma abutting Thailand, though the networks he operates have ranged as far as the Indian border.
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It was Fuentes who coined the sobriquet "My Queen," Avila Beltrán told authorities after her arrest; the Mexican cop used his proceeds from the drug trade to send his wife on clothing and jewelry shopping sprees in Paris and the United States and to buy her seafront condominiums in Puerto Vallarta and other Pacific Coast resort towns.
Underworld Queenpin 2007
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A sobriquet is a descriptive appellation, like Governor Jesse [the Body] Ventura, which geezers will fondly recall followed, by two generations, Marie [the Body] McDonald.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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A sobriquet is a descriptive appellation, like Governor Jesse [the Body] Ventura, which geezers will fondly recall followed, by two generations, Marie [the Body] McDonald.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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A sobriquet is a descriptive appellation, like Governor Jesse [the Body] Ventura, which geezers will fondly recall followed, by two generations, Marie [the Body] McDonald.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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A sobriquet is a descriptive appellation, like Governor Jesse [the Body] Ventura, which geezers will fondly recall followed, by two generations, Marie [the Body] McDonald.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In a country where the sobriquet is usually the only name by which it is courteous or safe to address a man, and where it is invariably apt, few men are accorded two.
reesetee commented on the word sobriquet
This word always reminds me of those little charcoal bricks you use to barbecue.
September 19, 2007
kad commented on the word sobriquet
me too!
September 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word sobriquet
Yeah, what are they called...? ;->
September 19, 2007
rmavis commented on the word sobriquet
they're called briquettes! Very close.
November 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word sobriquet
Joking, rmavis. But thanks. :-)
November 7, 2007
johnmperry commented on the word sobriquet
usually soubriquet
July 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word sobriquet
jmp: On what basis do you say it's "usually soubriquet"?
Google yields 379,000 hits for "sobriquet" (which Wikipedia says is the correct French spelling), and just under 65,000 hits for "soubriquet".
Perhaps you are thinking of the word soubrette?
July 20, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word sobriquet
It's usually soubriquet in my house!
July 20, 2008
shevek commented on the word sobriquet
I won't change my old mumpsimus for your new sobriquet!
July 21, 2008
sobriquet commented on the word sobriquet
As for the Deerslayer, under the sobriquet of Hawkeye, he made his fame spread far and near, until the crack of his rifle became as terrible to the ears of the Mingos, as the thunders of the Manitou.
-James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer
August 14, 2009
sionnach commented on the word sobriquet
I once knew a soubrette whose sobriquet was mata hari. Or maybe she was a vedette. Either way, that was her etiquette.
August 14, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word sobriquet
"Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lamé
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey.
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen."
From "Porcelain Monkey," a song about Elvis Presley, by Warren Zevon.
March 11, 2010
bilby commented on the word sobriquet
Does monkey rhyme with sobriquet?
March 11, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word sobriquet
When you're wearing gold lamé, you can make monkey rhyme with whatever you like.
March 11, 2010
bilby commented on the word sobriquet
I see.
I made that rhyme with say, by the way. Wheee! See?
March 11, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word sobriquet
Ay, sí. Ah, oui. Monkey.
March 11, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word sobriquet
According to the Wordnik charts, jmp is right (except for very recent times). Unless he was referring to charcoal bricks.
December 13, 2010
rushur commented on the word sobriquet
I feel 'briquettes' makes it taste better.
September 15, 2023
rushur commented on the word sobriquet
tomAto, tomaaato; sobriquet, soubriquet, both beautiful sounding.
September 15, 2023