Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of code name.
- v. transitive To give a codename to.
Etymologies
- code + name (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“However, I can't decide if the "Project 7734" codename is delightfully retro or irredeemably goofy.”
“Bob Russell - so boring his secret service codename is Bob Russell.”
“I think that making an ex-special forces guy whose codename is a number relatable would be quite difficult.”
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““My codename is Orb. You know, because orbs come out of my hands.””
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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).”
“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".”
“Blackcomb" that were not included in Windows Vista got a new name codename Windows "Vienna".”
“-- He always used the "codename" -- Firemoss for all activities related to the government and military.”
“Up next, which TV anchor's name was -- codename, that is, was Egg Nog?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘codename’.
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[Open] The Epos of Wordnik
Poems written by wordniks, for wordniks. (Look in the comments. No, they needn’t be in dactylic hexameter.)
sionnach, Kundry, alnwick, abandannad, sore eyes, sick chickens, Belgians with her..., sustainism, bilby, sumph, trews, sestertius and 4 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for codename.
ruzuzu Aw shucks. Thanks y'all.
*sings*
Pteeeeeeeeeeeerodactyl,
with its wings
comes sweeping down the plain....
Jun 7, 2012
pterodactyl Ruzuzu, I've have that song stuck in my head for three days now, thanks to you! I hope you're happy! *mock glare* Jun 6, 2012
dontcry *sn* *ort* Jun 2, 2012
fbharjo I would have never been so inspired. Now only the tune is needed for this tuned-in piece. Jun 2, 2012
oroboros @ ruzuzu: Très whimsical. Love it! Jun 2, 2012
ruzuzu 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. Jun 1, 2012
fbharjo and "cattleman" as as "catt-leman?" Jun 1, 2012
ruzuzu I'm forever reading "coworkers" as "cow-orkers." Jun 1, 2012
rolig "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! Jun 1, 2012