The marriage of two derogatory terms, fag and hag, symbolizing the union of the world's most popular objects of scorn, homosexual and woman, creates a moniker that most of those who wear it find inoffensive, possibly because it smacks of solidarity.
Under the decidedly grim moniker "creating a shared future in a fractured world," the world's elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum.
The message was so powerful that in 1994, on the advice of a focus group, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association inserted the word "research" into its name, creating a new, if grammatically awkward, moniker: the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA.
Not rushed to find a direction, Hollowell-Dhar first released songs under the new moniker anonymously, creating a hard separation between the Cataracs' brash pop work and his pivot into electronic music.
If her reported application is successful, the 17-year-old would be granted exclusive rights to create a logo with her name in it, despite sharing her moniker with pop star Kylie Minogue (who already owns the website domain kylie.com).
Whereas the traditional guitar maker would probably have to get a loan for parts and equipment, Moniker simply asked customers to pre-order, create a great product, and raised capital for sandpaper and saws without bank involvement.
It is written that the "church" moniker comes from the old chapel officers, who created a stem long enough to reach out past the stained-glass windows so that they might smoke away during Mass.
Austin-based Moniker Guitars is running a Kickstarter campaign to create a line of semi-hollow-body guitars for discerning git-fiddlists.
We first covered Moniker back in March when founders Dave Barry and Kevin Tully had already created a small guitar shop and wanted to expand into custom git-fiddles.
Students UNITE created a Change.org petition asking Alabama's leaders and the National Park Service to give a new moniker to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, named after an Alabama senator and Grand Dragon of Alabama's Ku Klux Klan.
In the case of hetero reproduction, just as you're merging your DNA to create new life, you merge your last names to create a new nuclear family name, one that serves its purpose until an adult offspring flies the coop, gets hitched themselves, and creates their own unique modern moniker.
