Today’s “Word of the Day” is sobriquet and it is a noun meaning “nickname; moniker, byname, alias”.
Example Sentence: Deals, however illogical, are more celebrated than interrogated. But Mr Musk is testing the fidelity (loyalty) of the faithful with his $44bn takeover of the social network Twitter… Twitter is a minnow compared to Google and Facebook in terms of revenue and users. He has now named himself Chief Twit, but he had already earned that sobriquet in 2018 when he tweeted – falsely – that he was taking Tesla private…
This word is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover: the unfulfilled promises pile up and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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