18 OCTOBER 1902, Page 16

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTAT03.1

Stn,—Would not Mr. Wyse's purpose be served by describing "boycott," "Bobby," and the like as "nominant words," or, still more simply, as " nominants " ? In common speech this term would be terse and comprehensive, and it permits of further refinement in analytical study by means of such derivatives as " cognominant " for "peeler," " prenominant " for "Bobby," " agnorninant " for " dukes " (fiats), " loconominant " for "calico?' The series possesses an advantage over "nominal," " cognominal," and so forth, in that it does not already possess another recognised connotation in literary usage.—I am, [Other words suggested are " prosoponymic," " personyta," " monom " with " monomise " as the verb, " personatives," " eponymal," ." eponymous," " prosopoklesis," " idionomatic," " ouomatic," "eke-names," "nick-words," "fungus terms," " usunomic," " idionym," " Boycottisms," " Prosopopoeic:' "sponsor-words," " Hominals," " demonstronomic " ! and " anthroverbic " ! !—ED. Spectatord