- published: 10 Apr 2015
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"a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name.
It is not interchangeable with a term called "short-for". It can also be the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, which may sometimes be used simply for convenience (e.g. "Bobby", "Bob", "Rob", or "Bert" for the name Robert).
The term hypocoristic is used to refer to a nickname of affection between those in love or with a close emotional bond, compared with a term of endearment. The term diminutive name refers to nicknames that convey smallness, hence something regarded with affection or familiarity (e.g., referring to children), or contempt.
The distinction between the two is often blurred. It is a form of endearment and amusement. As a concept, it is distinct from both pseudonym and stage name, and also from a title (for example, City of Fountains), although there may be overlap in these concepts.
Actors: Wren T. Brown (actor), Joe Sabatino (actor), Steven J. Wolfe (producer), Shaun T. Benjamin (actor), Rachel Sterling (actress), Yan Feldman (actor), Michael Gordon Shapiro (composer), Miguel Angel Caballero (actor), Joseph Wolf (producer), Rafael Feldman (actor), Claudia Finkle (editor), Hank Harris (actor), Andrew Levitas (actor), Colton Ford (actor), Jazzmun (actor),
Plot: Two gay men on a date are murdered the night before Halloween in West Hollywood, California. Eddie and his friends Joey, Chaz and Tobey are going out the following night to the West Hollywood Halloween festival when they encounter the psycho, who sets his eye on them. The killer stalks them through the festival as Chaz parties, Joey chases his jock crush, Tobey tries dressing in drag, and Eddie pursues Jake, the bad boy he wants to get to know better. Not until the very end do you find out who dies and who survives their night of terror.
Keywords: beheading, bisexual, carnival, death, decapitation, drag-queen, gay, gay-bar, gay-club, gay-interest