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minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up73arrow-down1·2 months agoHow does his parents knew he was going to be giant as a baby? Or it was just luck that he was named Andre the Giant, and grew up to be giant?
minus-squareshittydwarf@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·2 months agoManifest destiny, you name a kid “the Giant” and they’ll grow
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 months agoNominative determinism.
minus-squareParadeGrotesque@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoHe was enormous at birth, if I remember correctly.
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoSome cultures give their children a temporary name, a milk name, and only give their definitive name later on. But in this case, it’s just a nickname.
minus-squareThotDragon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·2 months agowrestling name
He’s…a giant
How does his parents knew he was going to be giant as a baby? Or it was just luck that he was named Andre the Giant, and grew up to be giant?
Manifest destiny, you name a kid “the Giant” and they’ll grow
Nominative determinism.
Narrative Causality
He was enormous at birth, if I remember correctly.
Some cultures give their children a temporary name, a milk name, and only give their definitive name later on. But in this case, it’s just a nickname.
wrestling name