Someone told me a word yesterday, and I forgot it. It's a word that means that one's name is ironic. For example, it could be a short guy whose last name is Short, or a white guy whose last name is White.

I'm not going to see him again until Monday, and I don't want to have to wait that long to find out what the word is, because it's been bothering me all day and I know it will keep bothering me until I find out what it is.

Help, please?

Is it in English?

I'm pretty sure it is.

I have the same problem. There was a word that means an idea that doesn't have enough motivational force behind it to make it happen. I think the word starts with a "P". It is an English word.

backhanded compliment, banter, burlesque, contempt, contrariness, criticism, derision, humor, incongruity, jibe, mockery, mordancy, paradox, quip, raillery, repartee, reproach, ridicule, sardonicism, satire, taunt, twist, wit

apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, imitation, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mock-heroic*, mockery, pastiche, play-on*, raillery, rib*, ridicule, roast*, satire, send-up*, skit, takeoff*, travesty

Fuck, I asked him what the word was twice today, and I still forgot it.

I remember that it starts with an 'a' and ends with a '-nym,' sort of like antonym, except not...

aptronym

Aptonym, actually. But thanks.

They are both right.