In the wake of a new project by a property developer in Staten Island, NY, Borough President James Oddo named the streets in the new development after the greed and deceit of the developers. A New York State Supreme Court judge allowed the street names.
Tired of uninformed Americans asking them the same question for four years, these high school seniors with the surname Nguyen left with a parting yearbook message.… Read More
Ever heard the name burrissimo? What about the names taka taka, sushirrito, or pizzabon? If you guessed that these names have something to do with food, you may be right.
After the success of culinary creations like the infamous cronut, the name for an artery-clogging cross between a donut and a croissant, restaurant chains have started experimenting with other fast-food hybrids. In celebration of these mutant edibles, a whole new line-up of food names has been created as well. Discover what is behind these onomastic neologisms.
How much does your gamer name reveal about you? Probably more than you think.
In a psychological study funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research council, a clear connection was found between user names and gaming behavior. For example, gamers whose user names incorporated some form of profanity often displayed anti-social behavior in the game environment.… Read More
The 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janiero are right around the corner. In preparation for the activities, the official names of the two mascots designed for the sports events have been announced: Vinicius and Tom.
These names honor the famous Bossa Nova musicians, Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim. Bossa Nova, the name given to a fusion of jazz and samba, is considered to be one of the most popular genres of music to come out of Brazil.
The onomastic announcement by the Brazilian Olympic Committee not only brings much needed positive press to the 2016 Games, but also honors to two of the country’s music legends.
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In the age of the internet and social media, the old adage “buyer beware” still holds true. According to investigations conducted by security firm leader Raytheon/Websense, there are millions of different URLs out there that are at least suspicious if not entirely malicious. Read more about the criminal use of domain names.
We are only in first quarter of 2016 and already there have been several landmark decisions in the area of domain naming. An excellent example is the January 27, 2016 case Diamond Trust Consultancy (UK) Limited v. Kim, James. In this litigation, the court ruled that “registrations of lapsed or abandoned domain names returned to the general pool are not vulnerable to forfeiture simply because by happenstance the names correspond to trademarks…”. To learn more about this and other important domain name rulings in 2016, read the summary by Gerald M. Levine, author of Domain Name Arbitration.
One of the hottest topics in the naming business involves branding and domain names. And just like personal names, domain names also exhibit strong fashions trends. Domain News covers the top patterns for branding 2016.
From the 10th to the 11th of October 2016, in Mainz, Germany, the Academy for Science and Literature will be holding an onomastics conference on “Eigennamen.” The deadline for abstract proposals is the 31st of May 2016. More on the conferences and other onomastic events held by the Academy is available in German.
