{"id":235,"date":"2006-12-15T12:05:29","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T02:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/15\/juvenile-sniggering-and-sexual-nominative-determinism\/"},"modified":"2006-12-15T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2006-12-15T02:05:29","slug":"juvenile-sniggering-and-sexual-nominative-determinism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/15\/juvenile-sniggering-and-sexual-nominative-determinism\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Sniggering… and Sexual Nominative Determinism"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just read a news story<\/a> about how circumcision halves the risk of contracting AIDS.<\/p>\n

I’ve heard this theory before, having recently written an article about circumcision for For The Girls. Good news, I thought.<\/p>\n

And then the juvenile sniggering started, thanks to this quote:<\/p>\n

“It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a magic bullet, but a potentially important intervention,” agreed Dr Kevin De Cock, of the World Health Organisation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s right folks. The director of the HIV\/AIDS department at the World Health Organisation is named Kevin De Cock<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now that’s a serious case of nominative determinism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I found myself wondering if there are any more examples of people with “sniggery” names getting into a sniggery occupation, as it were.<\/p>\n

I found:
\nDr. Bonnie Beaver, gynecologist
\nDr. Splatt and Dr. Weedon, authors of a paper on incontinence
\nMr Richard Vice, anti pornography campaigner
\nDr. Hymen Meltzer, gynecologist
\nDr. Harry Beaver, gynecologist
\nDr. Angel Colon, gastroenterologist
\nDr. Dick Chopp, urologist
\nJanet Woodcock, US government expert on Viagra
\nDr. Alden Cockburn, specialises in vasectomy reversals
\nDr. Handwerker, gynecologist
\nStewart Hardman, runs gay online gallery Adonis Art
\nOffa Peanis, Jewish circumcision expert<\/p>\n

Dr. Love is the author of “Hot Monogomy” but I’m not sure if it’s a pseudonym.
\nThere’s also Dr. Maroon Dick and Dr. David Dickoff but the page didn’t say what they do for a living.<\/p>\n

(thanks to Funny Doctor’s Names<\/a>, Why Mr Storm Studies Weather<\/a>, Slate<\/a>, and the Canadian Aptonym Center<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Apparently the word aptonym<\/a> has a similar meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve just read a news story about how circumcision halves the risk of contracting AIDS. I’ve heard this theory before, having recently written an article about circumcision for For The Girls. Good news, I thought. And then the juvenile sniggering started, thanks to this quote: “It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a magic bullet, but a potentially important intervention,” agreed Dr Kevin De Cock, of the World Health Organisation. That’s right folks. The director Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-popular-culture","category-quirky-weird-funny"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t