Talk:-onym

message: I think the article title should be -nym rather than -onym, because the root word is "nym", meaning "name". It just happens that many of the prefixes end with the letter "o", but the "o" is part of the prefix, not part of "nym". I don't see any harm in moving the article, but can't do it because a redirect is already in the way. - furrykef (Talk at me) 16:54, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doesn't this belong at -nym? 

message: Can someone tell me what the literary term is for "of the Gleaming Sword" in the following sentence?
"The Knight of the Gleaming Sword".
Another example would be, "the Dragon Slayer" in "George the Dragon Slayer"
I think that it is something-onym but I cannot find it in the list.
Thanks!
: Actually, the word you're looking for is "epithet."  No "-onym" in it.  --Nebulawindphone 14:57, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  A person named for their characteristics 

message: opposonym: a word or phrase that appears to be the opposite of another word or phrase but actually has the same or a similar meaning, such as flammable and inflammable or fat chance and slim chance.
Not sure the term is notable enough to be worth listing ... but the concept probably is.... -- Smjg 11:37, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesn't agree with conventions of English borrowing from Latin.  The Latin root of any English "-pone" or "-posit" word is pono, ponere, posui, positus.  English likes to take the imperfective stem ("pon-") and the passive perfective stem ("posit-") to build its own words; using only part of a stem is a faux pas.  Any English word built from "oppono" would have to include an unbroken "oppon-" or "opposit-".  Now, I don't know nearly as much about Greek etymologies as Latin etymologies, but I suppose something like "antithetonym" would work.  Tsunomaru 02:57, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opposonym? 

message: A word or string of words which is homophonic with another word or string of words. Examples include: Mint Spy and Mince Pie, Ice Cream and I Scream, Stuffy Nose and Stuff He Knows. See oronym.
May not be notable enough to be in the main body of the document, however it is worth adding somewhere.
:The word oronym has a much older (and more traditional) meaning: a name of a mountain (from the Greek oros, mountain + -onym). I will add this word to the list. PlaysInPeoria 22:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oronym? 

message: It occurs to me that the list of -onym words would benefit from a bibliography of sources consulted, which would help to distinguish neologisms of the past 30 years from older words. PlaysInPeoria 22:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I decided to "be bold": I significantly expanded the article, which now includes a comprehensive (though certainly not complete) list of -onym words, with references (and cross-references), and a bibliography of "Sources Consulted." PlaysInPeoria 04:02, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: A new major expansion of the article on 16 January 2006 was deleted and replaced with a less comprehensive and not particularly accurate version. Unfortunately, the purported explanation was less than enlightening.
This action, which occurred shortly after the expanded article was posted, appears whimsical (if not frivolous) and designed to circumvent a free exchange of ideas on the changes, which seems contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.
A puzzelment: Why was the section on "References / Further Reading" removed? What objection is there to the identification of significant works on the subject matter of the article?
It seems, based on evidence throughout Wikipedia, that one (apparently significant) purpose of articles on particular types of words is to provide extensive lists of such words, many with definitions. For example, nearly the entire article, "-cide," is a list of words ending in -cide, with definitions — also known as a dictionary.
In the case of words ending in -onym, a suffix for which new words are created quite randomly and without regard to existing words, a comprehensive list of such words, with meanings and cross-references, is not only important, but required.
Wikipedia might not be intended to be a dictionary, but, as the saying goes, if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck.... I believe that the mere fact of a list of words (with or without definitions, etc.) is far less important the the purpose of such a list. 
An acceptable purpose (according to Wikipedia's own regulations) for a dictionary-like list of words is when that information supports the subject matter of the article. The deleted version of the article fulfills that purpose.
Perhaps the format of the expanded version was at issue. Perhaps the light-hearted approach to certain sections of the article was deemed offensive. Format is easily corrected; elimination of pertinent content is problematic.
In short, the expanded version of the article should be restored and subject to free and open discussion (and revision), in the spirit of Wikipedia, as may be needed.
207.63.134.34 00:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's the Point? 

message: My explorations of Wiktionary and Wikipedia led me to conclude that the latter is a more appropriate source for substantive information on particular word forms. There are a goodly number of articles in Wikipedia that include extensive lists of words, many of which include definitions, as well. A surprising number of articles in Wikipedia are nothing more than lists of words.
In the case of words ending in -onym, there is an abundance of different words with similar meanings or individual words with contradictory meanings. The persons who coined many of the newer words can be identified. This kind of information was included in my now-reverted revision of the -onym article.
A Wikipedia article is the only truly logical place to identify and explore the causes of such occurrences and provide sufficient information (via definitions and cross-references) to define and evaluate the situation and hopefully sort out the confusion.
Frankly, a comprehensive and annotated list of words is required for a complete understanding of the -onym phenomenon, and this kind of article belongs in an encyclopedia rather than a dictionary.
PlaysInPeoria 05:21, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Word Lists 

message: Putting the list of -onyms together is better, although my reading of Wikipedia:Accessibility#Scrolling_and_collapsible_sections is that show/hide should not be used in article space as this is presently, but rather only in navboxes and infoboxes.  The list strikes me as too long to employ either of those options. Шизомби (talk) 00:14, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you, if a list is worthwhile in a Wikipedia article it should be shown without readers having to hunt around to find it. As to my reasons why we should keep the list, see the previous section when I have written it. Dieter Simon (talk) 00:28, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I've removed the hiding functionality. -- Quiddity (talk) 04:22, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  show/hide 

message: The problem with "synonym" is that precise synonymy is not as common as words that are simply, but imprecisely, considered interchangable. For instance, it is common to use a brand name to stand in for an entire category of product; this is imprecise usage, but widely understood. Is there any word like "folksynonym" for this type of word - almost, but not quite, a synonym? (I'm not proposing, I'm asking...) 187.143.12.189 (talk) 15:35, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Folksynonym 

message: Onomonym: one of those words ending in -onym? Just suggesting..  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.98.202.34 (talk) 22:59, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Onomonym?