29 April 2013

sobriquet

[soh-bruh-key, -ket, soh-bruh-key, -ket; French saw-bree-ke]

noun

– a humorous epithet, assumed name, or nickname

Example:

David Evans of U2, earned the sobriquet ‘The Edge’ because of his sharp wit, insightful thinking and sharp, clear, ‘cutting-edge’ guitar-playing.

Today’s aphorism

Better to be slapped with the truth, then kissed with a lie.

– Russian proverb

On this day

29 April 1980 – death of Alfred Hitchcock, English movie producer and director.