Name of Substance

A Name of Substance or an NOS is a name held by a Black or POC that is deemed harder to pronounce in vvhiteness due to racism. A NOS is a cultural tie to ones anscesty and has deep personal meaning to the individual. It is a form of art and respect comes with correct pronunciation and approach.

Coined term by Bianka Nalia of Mixed Messages.

"I was not given a boring name. I was given a Name of Substance and I'm proud of it."

by Bianca Nalia May 11, 2022

Name

A type of word on Urban Dictionary where people put a bunch of flattering words about either their romantic partner or themselves.

john is so epic and hot and cool and hot and crazy and hot and caring and hot and hot and he has a very cool and epic and hot name and you are very lucky if you have him and also he's hot did i mention that he's hot because he's very hot and-

by bobinator133 March 14, 2021

Name stabbing

When someone emphasizes your name at the end of their sentence to "stab" you with the fact that they are speaking to you in an annoyed or condescending manner.

Why did you do that, KAREN?

I can't believe you actually did that, STEVE.

Don't talk to me anymore, JILL.

I don't know, MARGO.

I'm making my point by name stabbing you, FRED.

by jextipose February 13, 2023

Don't name your friends.

Urban Dictionary doesn't like your habit of naming people we don't know.

Don't name your friends. We'll reject inside jokes and definitions naming non-celebrities.

by Pseudonyms. May 14, 2023

changing her name

referring to marrying someone, and thereby changing their last name.

"I love Sarah so much, I'm thinking of changing her name"

by skj13 March 31, 2017

Sherlock is not a girl's name

Sherlock \sh(e)-rlo-ck, sher-lock\ as a boy's name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Sherlock is "bright hair". Literary: made famous by Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

"Sherlock is not a girl's name" quoted the person who knows better than the person who created the Urban dictionary post Sherlock is a girls name.

by smusson June 7, 2014

Multiple Middle Names

Exactly what it sounds like; a person who has more than three names.

Having multiple middle names can be quite awkward. Think about when they were children; did their parents ever stop to breathe when yelling their full names when they REALLY did it?

"Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso! Get over here! NOW!"

by Ubeenbamboozledson August 4, 2021