2007-01-26 20:24:28 · 9 answers · asked by Dan ಠ_ಠ 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
There are lots of examples in history e.g.
Alexander the Great
Ethelred the Unready
Richard the Lionheart
William the Conqueror
There are a few in popular culture, perhaps less accurately described as epithets
Dracula, Prince of Darkness
Mowgli the Man-cub
Harry Potter - The Boy who lived
Also in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", the Pevensey children are given royal epithets; Peter the Magnificent, Susan the Gentle, Edmund the Just, Lucy the Valiant.
Hope this helps
2007-01-27 04:52:47 · answer #1 · answered by queenbee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Modern Epithets
2017-01-15 05:37:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ep·i·thet (ĕp'ə-thĕt')
n.
A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
Biology. A word in the scientific name of an animal or plant following the name of the genus and denoting a species, variety, or other division of the genus, as sativa in Lactuca sativa.
Given the definition, I'm sure you can make up your own, espcially for this age-group.
Here's one which describes an insipid curry I once ate: vomit-coloured gloop
2007-01-26 20:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Modern Major General 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billy the booger-eater
Andy the Legomaster
Betty the bedwetter
Sticky-fingered Sally
Bubble-blowing Bobby
Madeline the mallhopper
James the drooler
Of course, the names don't necessarily have to be alliterative--I just thought it sounded better.
Others: the bugsquasher, the xboxer, cookiekiller...
2007-01-27 03:11:35 · answer #4 · answered by oenophiliac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bet 9/10 year olds could teach us a few to be honest!
2007-01-26 20:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by Ilkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your mother eats worms and your father sleeps in a wheelie-bin.
2007-01-26 20:44:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the snot-green sea
2007-01-26 20:29:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
tablets ,strong,medience
2007-01-26 20:27:39 · answer #8 · answered by ash r 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why would you want such a thing?
2007-01-26 20:28:59 · answer #9 · answered by Matthew Hatton 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋