Not-so-aptronym
We've all heard of people who have jobs that reflect their names in some manner, such as Cardinal Sin , the Archbishop of Manila, or Dr Alan Heavens at the Institute of Astronomy in Edinburgh*. Browsing around the web, there appears to be many names for this coincidence of naming, such as aptonym, aptronym or noministic determinism (try remembering that one!) [Edit: try searching for nominative determinism , coined by New Scientist magazine]. I'm either being dense or lazy, but no matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find a word that meant the opposite of this: namely, where a name is a contradiction of what it is, or what it is capable of. You're probably wondering where I am going with this? I warn you, its an anti-climax! Tring has a little area called Dolphin Square where there are a couple of benches and a couple of food shops, complete with CCTV: which is a little strange as there isn't really anything there to watch. About the most excitement seen in...