A Collector's Compendium of Rare and Unusual, Bold and Beautiful, Odd and Whimsical Names

Paul Dickson

Delacorte Press, 1986 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 282 pages

Spine title: Names. A compendium of interesting facts about names and nicknames divided into thirty-three categories from cars to trade names to apples.

Contents

• Anagrams and Palindromes: 1
• Animal Names: 10
• Apples: 17
• Aptronyms: 28
• Astronomics: 38
• Ballot Names: 47
• The Kidney Floating Bull American Chocolate: 61
• Collectors Showcase: 73
• Corporate Names: 86
• Cybernetic Baptism: 92
• Eponymous Beats Anonymous: 101
• Extraterrestrial Names: 112
• Firstname Fashions: 120
• HurricanesHimmicanes: 129
• Terms of Endearment 21484: 139
• The Name Is the Game: 146
• Nautical Nomenclature: 153
• Nicknames: 161
• Other Names: 174
• Psychonomics: 182
• Punstores: 191
• The Short and Long of: 204
• Stage Names Pen Names and Other Changes: 210
• Street Talk: 217
• Trade Names: 236
• Unfortunate Names: 245
• Unruly Citizens: 252
• Acknowledgments: 273

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Collector's Compendium of Rare and Unusual, Bold and Beautiful, Odd and Whimsical Names
• Author: Paul Dickson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Delacorte Press, 1986
• ISBN: 038529462X, 9780385294621
• Length: 282 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Alphabets & Writing Systems; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology