three-name
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]three-name (third-person singular simple present three-names, present participle three-naming, simple past and past participle three-named)
- (US, slang) The act of vocatively referring to someone (usually a child in one's family) using their full legal name (first, middle, and last) in order to emphasize a scolding.
- Mom got super mad: she three-named my little brother as he made eye contact and dumped his noodles on the floor. "John Paul Smith, don't you dare dump those noodles on the floor!"
Usage notes
[edit]A person with more or fewer than three names is still three-named when referred to by their full legal name, e.g. Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, George Raymond Richard Martin, Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo