The name was chosen for its connotations of power, legacy and entitlement.
Like Mill, he distinguishes between a term's denotation, which is the object or objects it stands for, and its connotation, which is the property or properties it ascribes to something.
She refuses to give her exact age, for fear of its connotations and disputes several film reference books that say she is 80. "I used to lie about my age, making myself older for roles," she scoffed.
The term "evolution" was chosen for its neutral connotation implying either a worsening or an improvement.
The species Zea mays, for all its connotations of heartland goodness and Rodgers and Hammerstein romance ("as high as an elephant's eye"), has been turned into nothing less than an agent of evil, Pollan argues.
However, this was changed for both its connotations of softness, which did not fit with the direction they wanted to take the character, and its awkward pronunciation.
Originally, it was intended to be "Working Class", but according to reports, the BBC pooh-poohed the word "class", presumably for its unfashionable connotations.
After the revolution, articles attacked the company for its class connotations, court pedigree and state subsidies, and as late as 1923 the repertory was condemned for imbuing the Bolshoi Theater "with all the traits of a court theater in Czarist times.
Hammett, eager to slip one by, had a character describe his activity as "on the gooseberry lay," tramp lingo for "stealing clothes from clotheslines," its connotation larcenous but not vulgar.
In that context, "childless" is appropriate, but its connotation is not appropriate for a child free couple.
