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  • noun Plural form of moniker.

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Examples

  • The Miami Heat center, who likes to anoint himself with monikers, is the NBA's highest-paid player this season with a salary of $27,696,430.

    USATODAY.com - Bringing new meaning to most 'valuable' players 2005

  • It became nearly impossible for a civic-minded individual to avoid doing business with people bearing middle-name monikers like “Jeep” and “Beef.”

    FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010

  • Instead, I mean the names that jump off the player rosters and onto the gridiron -- in other words, the monikers that sound as much like college football as the echoing smack of pads or the sharp blasts of a ref's whistle.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jim Noles 2011

  • Alfred Hitchcock films also sport evocative one-word monikers, she said, like "Suspicion" (1941), "Notorious" (1946) and

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • Schortsanitis goes by many monikers, which is convenient since no one wants to type

    SBNation.com - All Posts 2010

  • Every decade has its mistakes, of course, but one nice thing about the past 10 years 'foibles, foul-ups and flubs is that so often they came with neat, two-word monikers, almost like keepsakes: "wardrobe malfunction," "Mission Accomplished," "balloon boy."

    Times Record News Stories 2010

  • Every decade has its mistakes, of course, but one nice thing about the past 10 years 'foibles, foul-ups and flubs is that so often they came with neat, two-word monikers, almost like keepsakes: "Wardrobe malfunction."

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2009

  • Every decade has its mistakes, of course, but one nice thing about the past 10 years 'foibles, foul-ups and flubs is that so often they came with neat, two-word monikers, almost like keepsakes: "Wardrobe malfunction."

    ajc.com - News CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN 2009

  • (AP) - Every decade has its mistakes, of course, but one nice thing about the past 10 years 'foibles, foul-ups and flubs is that so often they came with neat, two-word monikers, almost like keepsakes: "Wardrobe malfunction."

    KSL / U.S. / National 2009

  • It seems like most of the content was written by Dave Halverson using different monikers, which is why every other article mentioned how "awesome" Rush and Dream Theater were and other silly stuff.

    Voodoo Extreme 2009

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