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The player’s exploits both on the field and in the finest
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03 Oct 2017, 05:31
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The player’s exploits both on the field and in the finest night clubs around the world earned him many __________ from his legions of staunch admires — so many, in fact, that his given name was all but forgotten.
A. similes
B. appellations
C. sobriquets
D. misnomers
E. neologisms
F. aliases
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Re: The player’s exploits both on the field and in the finest
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08 Oct 2017, 17:46
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The spin of this sentence is positive — “staunch admirers” — and you learn that the player’s given name was all but forgotten (the expression “all but” means something like “99%”). So, you need two words like nickname. Misnomers and aliases are types of names, but false ones. Neologism is off because it emphasizes “new,” as in a “brand new word,” rather than a “nickname.”
Hence Appellations, sobriquets are correct!
The spin of this sentence is positive — “staunch admirers” — and you learn that the player’s given name was all but forgotten (the expression “all but” means something like “99%”). So, you need two words like nickname. Misnomers and aliases are types of names, but false ones. Neologism is off because it emphasizes “new,” as in a “brand new word,” rather than a “nickname.”
Hence Appellations, sobriquets are correct!
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19 Jul 2021, 08:00
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