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- noun Alternative spelling of
code name . - verb transitive To give a codename to.
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Examples
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I think that making an ex-special forces guy whose codename is a number relatable would be quite difficult.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Last Man on Mars’ Review Forum 2010
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“My codename is Orb. You know, because orbs come out of my hands.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Shard Reaper’s Review Forum 2009
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Some threats to Mr Obama, whose Secret Service codename is Renegade, have been publicised, including an alleged plot by white supremacists in Tennessee late last year to rob a gun store, shoot 88 black people, decapitate another 14 and then assassinate the first black president in American history.
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Bob Russell - so boring his secret service codename is Bob Russell.
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However, I can't decide if the "Project 7734" codename is delightfully retro or irredeemably goofy.
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Microsoft has delivered what looks to be its competitor to iLife, codenamed MicrosoftMax (a codename is kind of like saying “beta”, except that they can change the name and confuse you later on).
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"Blackcomb" that were not included in Windows Vista got a new name codename Windows "Vienna".
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The codename "Blackcomb" was eventually discarded, however the ideas and features behind "Blackcomb" that were not included in Windows Vista got a new name codename Windows "Vienna".
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-- He always used the "codename" -- Firemoss for all activities related to the government and military.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Up next, which TV anchor's name was -- codename, that is, was Egg Nog?
rolig commented on the word codename
"According to anonymous senior administration sources quoted in the New York Times, Obama decided to speed up a programme first launched by his predecessor, George W Bush, codenamed Olympic Games, whose aim was to use computer viruses to attack Iran's nuclear enrichment programme."
– Peter Beaumont, "Obama 'sped up cyber-attacks on Iran's nuclear programme'", The Guardian, 1 June 2012.
The lack of a hyphen in "codenamed" (read "code-named") here is annoying. I initially read this as "co-denamed" and imagined Bush and Obama together "denaming" this programme as Olympic Games. Why do people hate hyphens? Hyphens are our friends!
June 1, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word codename
I'm forever reading "coworkers" as "cow-orkers."
June 1, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word codename
and "cattleman" as as "catt-leman?"
June 1, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word codename
The orker and the leman should be friends,
Ooooooh the orker and the leman should be friends.
One man likes to herd a cow, the other likes to herd a cat,
But that's no reason why they cain't be friends.
Territory folks should stick together,
Territory folks should all be chums,
Lemen dance with the orkers' heifers,
Orkers dance with the lemens' Persians.
June 1, 2012
oroboros commented on the word codename
@ ruzuzu: Très whimsical. Love it!
June 2, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word codename
I would have never been so inspired. Now only the tune is needed for this tuned-in piece.
June 2, 2012
dontcry commented on the word codename
*sn* *ort*
June 2, 2012
pterodactyl commented on the word codename
Ruzuzu, I've have that song stuck in my head for three days now, thanks to you! I hope you're happy! *mock glare*
June 6, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word codename
Aw shucks. Thanks y'all.
*sings*
Pteeeeeeeeeeeerodactyl,
with its wings
comes sweeping down the plain
....June 7, 2012