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Nominitive Determinism
Adult education classes in Brentwood: Woodwork taught by Mr Joiner; Art taught by Mr Painter; Seamanship taught by Mr Waterman; Flower Arranging taught by Miss Basket and Belly dancing taught by Miss Button.
And 9 more examples of nominitive determinism:
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We Can Be Weirdos with Dan Screiber
The History Mystery Guy: Dan Snow and the World's Weirdest Coincidences
#dan snow#Dan Screiber#we can be weirdos#podcasts#we can be Weirdos with Dan Screiber#coincidence#nominitive determinism
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Been playing I Was A Teenage Exocolonist and one of the big antagonists is called Lum. Short for Baculum. I love nominitive determinism.
#for anyone who doesn't know#a baculum is a dick bone#this has made me so happy#i was a teenage exocolonist#iwatex#iwatex lum
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Nominitive determinism is a bit hit and miss, though - My childhood dentist was Dr Gummer. This gave us all some degree of terror of losing more teeth than were necessary when going for a dental checkup.
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I believe wholly in the importance of nominitive determinism. That's why I'm naming my daughter Makesmoney Bigwin.
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Nice one, GRRM.
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Does anyone have that nominitive determinism/aptonym post because I just found a great one
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