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comiconomenclaturist

comiconomenclaturist noun: a connoisseur of humorous names.

Noun

comiconomenclaturist (plural comiconomenclaturists)

  1. (humorous, rare) A connoisseur of humorous names.
    • Chinese names are not fair game, and no self-respecting comiconomenclaturist would include in his collection a Ho Hum, a T. Hee, or a Jim Shoo.1982, Peter Bowler, The Superior Person's Book of Words, David R. Godine, published 2006, →ISBN, page 22
    • Personally I find the use of the neologistic cliché quite otiose, although, having said that, the rejectamenta of a comiconomenclaturist such as yourself, engaged in stentorophonic ultracepidarian ululation, (excessive broadcasting/crossposting) leads one to believe that perhaps, this apophthegm of...2002 November 7, Rick Sobie, “Re: Neologism in Cliche”, in alt.language.patterns (Usenet)

Forms of comiconomenclaturist

pluralcomiconomenclaturists

Origin of comiconomenclaturist

From comic + -o- + nomenclature + -ist.

Questions about comiconomenclaturist

What does comiconomenclaturist mean?
Comiconomenclaturist means a connoisseur of humorous names.
What part of speech is comiconomenclaturist?
Comiconomenclaturist is a noun.
What is the plural of comiconomenclaturist?
The plural of comiconomenclaturist is comiconomenclaturists.

Words near comiconomenclaturist in the dictionary

  1. comices
  2. comicness
  3. comico-tragical
  4. comicographies
  5. comicography
  6. comiconomenclaturist
  7. comiconomenclaturists
  8. comicotragedies
  9. comicotragedy
  10. comicotragic
  11. comicotragical

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