A name or nickname by which someone or something is commonly known.
From Irish 'mo'n 'Eochaidh' meaning 'my little John.' Irish immigrants to America in the 1800s likely brought this word, which entered English slang.
Rappers create monikers, superheroes hide behind them, and gangs use them—the word's Irish origins in American slang show how immigrant communities shaped modern English with words designed for identity and reinvention.
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