If the gun's actually put away, I feel safer than if it's where I can see it. Hell, just the idea that only the people who know it's there can use it is a comfort.
Point. But I'd still prefer that fewer people walking around had them at all.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
If the gun's actually put away, I feel safer than if it's where I can see it. Hell, just the idea that only the people who know it's there can use it is a comfort.
Point. But I'd still prefer that fewer people walking around had them at all.
Hivemind help!
I'm drawing a mental block. What is the antonym for namesake?
Namesake has an antonym? I'm stumped.
Maria, how are you going to use it?
aka? er...no.
Everytime that's come up in RL it's ended with "and then my, what's the word, not namesake. Whatever the opposite of that is..."
Having an actual word would be nice, if anyone knows it.
Antonym meaning the relationship the other way? As in, if I had a nephew named Karl, who was named for me, then he is my ____?
I'm not sure English has one. But I'll bet the aggregate Buffista wisdom will prove me wrong.
According to [link] if you mean the person you are named after, you can use "namesake".
I'm sure there's a better answer...
(edited to make the kind of sense that is)
I'm looking for the term used to describe a person after whom you are named. I am named after my great-grandmother, therefore I am her namesake and she is my ___________.
This is infuriating.
edit: -t, I've seen it used both ways as well, but for the life of me, I swear there's another word to describe it.
I'm not sure English has one. But I'll bet the aggregate Buffista wisdom will prove me wrong.
There is. It's namesake.
Main Entry: name·sake
Pronunciation: -"sAk
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from name's sake
: one that has the same name as another; especially : one who is named after another or for whom another is named