sobriquet

Her sobriquet is a journalistic creation thought to have been inspired by a celebrated 1946 movie, “The Blue Dahlia,” written by crime novelist Raymond Chandler.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

And though Slater earned the sobriquet “Slater the Traitor” back home, he never returned to Britain to face the consequences.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

The metro area’s population is booming and financial-services firms are flocking here, earning the area the sobriquet “Y’all Street.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

While extolled by supporters as Venezuela’s “dama de hierro” — the iron lady, a sobriquet bestowed decades ago on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — Machado is a controversial figure, even within the Venezuelan opposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025

In fact, even in their absence they could not be spoken of too harshly unless we used the sobriquet “They.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Both sobriquets stem from Ludwig’s penchant for building gargantuan displays of excess at a clip that placed him in massive debt.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

Galella amassed millions of images in a career that began in the 1960s, earning sobriquets like the “paparazzo extraordinaire” for his up-close, candid shots of the rich and famous.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022

According to the New York Times, “Ashe’s story certainly has moments of great drama and high tension, but, as a sports figure, he inspired decidedly undramatic sobriquets like ‘the gentle warrior.’

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2022

But this week, as a punishing heat wave bears down on Portland and much of western Oregon, Portlanders have given their town such nicknames as “Hotlandia,” along with less polite sobriquets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2017

Winfrithing, though it is a case in which I do not feel much certainty, finding one or two other such names as Turnpenny, which may have been sobriquets.

From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson