Nominative Determinism

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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.

This is a community for posting real-world examples of names that by coincidence are funny in context. A link to the article or site is preferable, as well as a screenshot of the funny name if it's not in the headline. Try not to repost, and keep it fun!

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“There are still so many things we don’t know about [a milky sea] beyond that it must be caused by bacteria,” says Steven Haddock, a marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, Calif., who collaborates with Hudson on milky seas research. “What are the substrates that fuel the growth of these massive numbers of bacteria, and what are the environmental factors that keep them from getting diluted into the water column?”

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bioluminescent-milky-seas-predicted

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About Me

My name is Dr Neil Buttery and I have been writing on the history of British food for over ten years and through the process of writing and cooking I have become a professional chef specialising in cooking food from our past. https://britishfoodhistory.com/about/

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cross-posted from: https://zerobytes.monster/post/1990634

The original post: /r/nottheonion by /u/Holden-Tewdiggs on 2024-07-17 16:13:33.
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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk
 
 

He also hosts the "Practical Engineering" channel on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@practicalengineeringchannel

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2997684

cunk

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/18602528

Source article

It's not just people, cities can have prophetic names too

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk
 
 

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In July 2010, Reckless apologised for missing a vote on the budget because he was drunk. He said that he "did not feel it was appropriate to take part in the vote because of the amount he had drunk".

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Dr. Seawright will help you see right

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/12097070

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https://gastronorth.com.au/team/dr-joshua-butt/

I'm sure he's sick of being the butt of this joke

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15147982

The 19-year-old whose name really is Bud Weisser was busted in July for breaking into a South County convenience store.

...19-year-old Weisser made an epic comeback when police caught him trespassing at the Budweiser brewery last week.

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Article from a few months back: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68180317

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Speed

Sadly didn't live up to his name in F1 but seems to be doing pretty well in rallycross

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