#30: sobriquet

prissy French student
did NOT want just a nickname
but a sobriquet

 
 
 
 
 
Do you have a nickname? 

Mine's Dalan, although nobody calls me that. It's usually David, as preferred. My family uses Dave a lot; when I was a baby it was Davy; and my wife sometimes uses Davi. Collectively we use BonDavi like in BonDavi Productions or Chez BonDavi, our home. 

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DEFINITION of this 3-syllable noun:

1. humorous epithet, assumed name, or nickname. 
   

Pronounced so-brick-ay.