In preparation of making my real magazine, I want to
decide my magazine name in advance so that I don’t waste time when it comes to
making it.
For inspiration, I went to Google and searched “Alternative
rock definition” and to which I found: “The
definition of alternative rock is music outside
of the mainstream that includes elements of various types of music
including punk, heavy metal and folk music.” I like the idea of having subliminal
messaging/meaning behind names for things like magazines, TV shows, etc. In response
to this definition I went to www.thesaurus.com and searched “uncommon” (the
opposite of mainstream). I looked through the list of Synonyms and one that
stood out for me was “Outré” – the definition of which is “passing the bounds of what is usual
or considered proper” which I feel almost matches the definition of “Alternative”
In a similar manner I found the word “Eccentric”
which is the Greek word for out of
centre. This could represent how the genre of alternative rock doesn’t follow
uniform codes to define “alt-rock” as bands/artists in this genre don’t necessarily
sound at all alike. For a name of a magazine I feel it is too long of a word so
I could shorten it to “ECent” or something similar. This again will give the
name of my magazine a subliminal message.
The word “Slant” is obviously when something that is
in a direction other than horizontal or vertical, however the word “slant” also
means to have a bias towards a particular topic. I feel this too could make for
a great name for my magazine as it is a snappy word that also has the
underlining subliminal message of “out of the ordinary”.
Other notable Possibilities:
- · Idiosyncratic – from the Greek word idiosyncrasy meaning behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual. [Shorten to Diosync?]
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