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A pseudonym ( / ˈsjuːdənɪm /; from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos) ' lit. falsely named') or alias ( / ˈeɪli.əs /) is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name ( orthonym ).
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
This is a list of placeholder names (words that can refer to things, persons, places, numbers and other concepts whose names are temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, unknown or being deliberately withheld in the context in which they are being discussed) in various languages.
Published March 2, 2023 at 8:00 AM. The 30 Best Albums of 2020 (So Far) When the new Fake Names album, Expendables, is released on March 3 through Epitaph, the punk rock quintet will be in a ...
If you're like me, you sometimes have trouble remembering people's names, or even how you know them. In ancient Rome, the job of the "nomenclator" was to whisper or announce the names of people as ...
This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to ...
February 18, 2023 at 4:39 AM. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) A sperm donor used fake names to father more than 60 children in Australia, it has been reported. Parents from an LGBTQ+ community grew ...
This is a list of pseudonyms, in various categories. A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes.
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As part of their complaint, those who cannot use their real names point out that millions of Facebook accounts use fake yet plausible-sounding names, and even fake and obviously implausible names, because Facebook's software fails to recognize them.