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Trump's name is perfect for him: a "braying, bumptious mountebank" who repeatedly fleeces his gullible marks
Thursday June 30, 2022. 04:14 PM , from BoingBoing
Nominative determinism is, as essayist Mark Dery explains, 'the (purely hypothetical) tendency to pursue a calling or, more broadly, embody an attribute implied by your name.' For instance, my daughter's orthodontist was Dr. Toth. Another example: author Bee Wilson wrote a book called The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us. — Read the rest
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