2007-07-29

The IQ of a group

A funny quote:
The IQ of a group is equal to the lowest IQ of a member in that group, divided by the number of people in that group

One of the teams in the ICFP programming contest had this as its group name.

2007-07-20

Aptonym

I'm always excited to learn new, almost useful, funnily sounding words. Today I've learned a new one: aptonym. Wiktionary describes it as:
A proper name that aptly describes the occupation of the person, especially by coincidence.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to think about any person who's name is an aptonym. However, the place where I learned about this word, this freakonomics post, called for it's reader to supply some examples. You'll find some really good ones there.