Hypocorism in a Sentence  πŸ”Š

Definition of Hypocorism

a pet name or nickname

Examples of Hypocorism in a sentence

Although his name was Barry, his hypocorism was the Flash.  πŸ”Š

Preferring to go by his hypocorism, James rarely answered to anything other than Junior.  πŸ”Š

The Olympian earned his hypocorism, Shot, by scoring the winning goal for the U.S.A.  πŸ”Š

Even though he always went by his hypocorism with friends, his mother preferred to call him by his birth name.  πŸ”Š

Loving to embarrass his daughter, Jake always called her by her hypocorism, Shnookums, in public.  πŸ”Š

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