nymo- [prefix from Aeolic Greek ὄνυμα “name”] /NIM-ō/ similar to the suffix -onym, meaning a specific type of name or word (as in acronym, synonym, exonym), nymo- indicates that which belongs to a type in name, but not necessarily in reality.
Unlike pseudo-, which denies the validity of the claim or appearance of belonging to a type (as in pseudo-random, pseudo-documentary, and pseudoscience), nymo– leaves open the question of the validity of the naming. For this reason, nymo– does not mean “in name only,” but rather simply “in name.”
EX: “The threat from nymo-Islamic terror groups has shifted from the nebulous, global reach of al-Qáedah to the local, territorial focus of ISIS.”
If you’re easily upset by controversy, you might want to skip today’s literary links!
Placebola can kill you, just as if it were real.
Today is the anniversary of the first flying of the US flag, in 1777 during the Revolutionary War battle at Cooch’s Ridge. And this is a star-spangled day of links, highlighting both America’s own literary culture and America as a magnet for writers and writing from around the world.
