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		dmayle 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The man who spent forty-two years at the Beverly H... It's called nominative determinism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

memco 6 months ago | [–]

I’ve also seen “Aptronym” used for this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym

mmh0000 6 months ago | [–]

This is the fun but useless information I visit HN for!

I can't wait (seriously, not sarcasm) to tell my wife about this.

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