Desmond
/ˈdɛzmənd/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree. British, slang
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó Deasmhumhnaigh, meaning "a man from South Munster".
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname; popular in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century.
"I call him Bradford because it makes me feel like I'm in a soap opera. That's what they name men on soap operas. Bradford and Desmond and Elliott and Royce."
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More examples"He loved, he laughed, he cried, he was forgiven, he forgave: his name is forever Desmond Tutu."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Irish Ó Deasmhumhnaigh.
Etymology 2
From Desmond (“given name”); abbreviation of Desmond Tutu (South African archbishop); from Tutu (“surname”) which sounds like 2.2 (two-two).