personification

Definitions

(Adjective) describing an object to make it sound like a person

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(Noun) The act of endowing inanimate objects or ideas with human qualities, or representing inanimate objects or ideas as having a human-like form.

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(Noun) giving humanlike traits to non-human objects

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1. The attribution of a name and personal character to inanimate objects or abstract notions. Familiarity and humor dispel taboo and one of the surest ways to turn a taboo object into a familiar one is to give it a proper name (or charactronym). Many forenames have been applied to the penis, notably: Cecil, Charlie, Dick, John Thomas, John Willie, Percy, Peter, Roger, Willy. Male porn stars are notorious for picking phallic stage names: Rex Borsky / Busbone / Neve R. Come / Alex Dane / Dave De Long / John Decker / Sid Deuce / Dick Dickinson (dick and sons) / Rod Fontane / Billy Glide / Jack Goff / Pierre Har Donn / Rowdy Gallahad / Sweets Gurkin / Max Hardcore / Dave Hardman / Ron Hightower / Mike Horner / Rip Hymen / Johny Jam / Cal Jammer / Nick Knight / Derrick Lane / Jim Legman / Joe Logon / Attila Long / Longhorne / Dan D. Lyon / Biff Malibu / Andy Mast / Rodney Moore / Jim Nasium / Dick Nasty / Stumpy Penguino / Gerry Pike / Vladimir Roksoff / Virag Ronay / Dick Small / Randy Spears / Tony Speed / Spike / John Stagliano / Jake Steed / Colt Steele / Dick Steel (was pumping iron) / Kyle Stone / Slime Stone / John T. Bone / Rocky Toro / Frank Towers / Mile Uver / Teenie Weiner. Rodney Dangerfield was Dick Hertz in Saturday Night Live . See penis for synonyms.

2. The representation of an inanimate object or abstract notion in the form of a person. Personifying one's genitals and breasts is very common: Penis names include: Captain Hard, Cecil, Charlie, Dick, John (Thomas), Old Adam, Percy, Peter, Roger, Willy, Mister Fuzzy, Mister Happy, Mister Poky, Mister Softy, Mister Wiggly, Mr. Big, Mr. Bluevein, Mr. Friendly, Mr. Priapus, Mr. Torpedo, Mr. Wong. For the vagina we have: Fanny, Lady Jane, Jane, Lili, Mary Jane, Miss Brown, Miss Laycock. For the breasts we have: The Pointer Sisters, The Boys, The Girls, The Twins, Thelma and Louise, Laverne and Shirley, Mickey and Minnie, Wilma and Betty, Lucy and Ethel.

QUOTES:

(1) Alan Richter. The Language of Sexuality (1987): ' Giving a name to the genitals may simply be an attempt to personify them but can also impute to them a life of their own, especially if their owner wishes to avoid responsibility for their actions.'

(2) Montana Morehead (Cathy Moriarty), a secret transsexual, to TV producer David Barnes (Robert Downey, Jr.) about Celeste Talbot in Soapdish (1991): ' Get rid of her and Mister Fuzzy is yours.'

(3) Lola Caine (Sean Young) to Ned Ravine (Armand Assante) in Fatal Instincts (1993): ' Doesn't Mister Poky want to go exploring? '

(4) Rick Jarman (Mel Gibson) to Muffy (Goldie Hawn) in Bird on a Wire (1990): ' Mister Wiggly's been on bread and water for five long years.'

(5) In My Fellow Americans (1997) ex-US President Douglas (James Garner) used to call it Blinkey but changes it to The First Penis. Mr. Waldman in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1997) calls it Mister Wally.

(6) Officer Davis (Phil Hartman) in National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993): ' Why did the guy give a name to his penis? He didn't want a stranger making most of his decisions.'

(7) Stephen Tobolowsky also has a special and revealing name for his in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1996): ' Honey, Mister Monkey wants to play.'