Fan Mail!

Ah, today was a truly glorious day. Why? Because some fellow somewhere out there on the Internet actually did a search for jabkinder, and he found a post I wrote back in January about that wonderfully unique word. And he loved it!

It's renewed my commitment to the word, and reminded me of my promise to use that name in my next novel. So, a reminder to everyone: There is now an official term for "a single name which replaces both the given and the family names", and that term is "jabkinder".

"Madonna", "Prince", "Bono", and "Logan" are all jabkinders.
"Mr. Dressup" is not, since a first name is clearly implied.
"Dude" is not, because the Dude's name is still Jeffrey Lebowski.
"Kramer" definitely was, until his first name (Cosmo) was revealed.

So, there you have it. A new word for the ages.

Like I said, that comment really made my day. It was even enough to help me get over the fact that my friend got to ride in a tank today, and I didn't.

Well, almost.

Jabkinder Surprise.

Applying for a passport online is a wee bit onerous, but no more than any other government registration process. It does, however, reward your patience about halfway through with this wonderful non sequitur:



For the record, "Jabkinder" returns no results in a Canada Yellow Pages search. In fact, the only result for a "Jabkinder" Google search returns only the screenshot you see above. None of which makes any sense, considering that Jabkinder is an awesome name. The next novel I write? I guarantee you, there will be someone named Jabkinder in it, and it will be their only name.

In fact... let's take this one step further. I propose that Jabkinder become the term used to describe a one-word name.

"Logan? Is that your first or your last name?"

"It's a jabkinder."

"Ah. Very good, then, sir."

I don't know if anyone else thinks this is necessary... but Mr. Denton has quite a bit invested in this idea.