Nominative Determinism
Nominative determinism is the theory that a person's name determines their path in life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative...
Some examples are below:
Matt Vogel plays "Big Bird" - Vogel means "bird" in German
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/s...
British politician John Woodcock charged with sexual harassment
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
What is your own favourite example of nominative determinism?
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Smoke and fire at the Smokey street food stand today.
The President of the Royal Horticultural Society is Keith Weed.
the two site safety coordinators for a general contractor i work with are named Blood and Harms.
I used to have a great list of these ... called them aptonyms. My favorite and one not commonly on the lists is Amelia Earhart (pronounced "air-heart") ... anyone who has read her bio's she constantly talked about her love of being in the air.
There's a psychologist in my town named Livengood.
Does anyone know if NASCAR great Richard Trickle had any continence issues?
Does anyone know if NASCAR great Richard Trickle had any continence issues?
all depends
Good one. I've heard it said that all race car drivers and solo pilots do. Amelia did. She said the lady pilots don't talk about it but the men joked about it. Always thought it was kind of the same in NASCAR.
Which reminds me of the time I almost had to walk off and leave a nut low hand in hi-low Omaha/8 game in a sprint for the john, shortly after a kidney stone surgery, in a hand that just wouldn't wrap up.