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She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

9.1
A joking name for a woman whose real name people avoid saying
  • noun
  • Informal
translation icon : Ella-Que-No-Debe-Ser-Nombrada
  • At family gatherings, my aunt is only ever referred to as She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Examples

  • Whenever Mark mentioned his ex-boss, he used She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named instead of her actual name.

  • To avoid drama in the group chat, everyone called her She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

  • Don't mention She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!

  • We all know who She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is!

  • To avoid mentioning her name, the team just referred to her as She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named during meetings.

  • In our discussions about the project, we often joked about calling her She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named to keep things light.

  • At the office party, everyone laughed when I jokingly referred to the difficult manager as She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Surface Forms

She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named singular
She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named plural

Etymology

She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named comes from the old habit of not saying a person's name and became famous as a joking phrase after the Harry Potter books used He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named for Voldemort. So calling someone She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is a playful way to avoid saying a woman's name, often used to avoid trouble or awkward situations.