Her appellations became a part of me, and I of them.
As McGowan points out, Anning's "lowly birth and humble station would not have earned her the appellation of lady in that rigidly stratified society," but it is precisely her circumstances that made her one of the most productive fossilists of all time.
Ms. Whiskeyman is beyond the "promising playwright" appellation, but her work gives credibility to a process-oriented theater.
After her breakout performance as Broadway's first Evita, a performance that earned her the right to claim the appellation diva, she was offered Lady Macbeth at Lincoln Center.
Callas, the very definition of a diva, who would be horrified by today's rampant misuse of that appellation, was celebrated for her displays of temperament on and offstage.
Toni McNaron wrote that the "Goddess" appellation was partly due to her exceptional height: over six feet.
Supergirl herself has the relatively earthbound name of Kara, but her aunt has the more inter-galactic appellation of Astra -- which might be just right for your own little superchild.
Nostalgia for an organic, agrarian past has become a left-wing conceit now; Ségolène Royal became widely known for having received an "A.O.C.," a certificate of appellation, for cabichou, a goat cheese from her region of Poitou-Charentes; it was her human-bomb moment, and she appeared in folk costume to present it.
One of the book conservators even goes by the appellation of "The Bug Lady," reflecting her training in entomology.
She was co-fermenting Viognier with her Syrah, as is the style in the northern Rhone appellation of Cote-Rotie.
