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George Duke wrote on Mon, Jan 23, 2017 05:58 PM UTC:

ACROPOLIS. "For a pair of duals or semi-duals as oblique components I start with Gnu compounds, using the reversed letter pair of the Ace/Acme group. Rook+Gnu=ACROPOLIS, after a lofty stronghold. Bishop+Gnu=ACTOR, which like MAB 06's Clown and Buffoon draws on the Bishop as Fool with a performer. It is worth noting that surnames such as Abbot, Bishop, Duke, King, Pope, and Prince originate in actors typecast in such parts. Queen+Gnu=ACTRESS mirrors the femininity of its radial component." --'M&B8'

Above Charles Gilman has in fact named (Champion(RN) + Camel). ACROPOLIS by Gilman is the same (R+N+Camel) we are calling Trump. From now on TRUMP or ACROPOLIS will do for the piece-type here, Charles would agree, and we can drop the experimental portmanteaus CarShall, CarShill, CamShell etc. (I thought I had seen it but unsure what form.) There is nothing wrong with an occasional "Carshall-Rover" and so on, using the first letters of Camel for clarity since they are perfectly understood, but better is ACROPOLIS-ROVER or TRUMP-ROVER where there is precedence. One good alternate name is enough, when more can be avoided. Charles does approach it from longstanding Gnu(Knight + Camel). (Q+Camel) was already named ACME (and (Q+N) was re-named ACE by Gilman, but most will keep AMAZON). It all shows both the flux and the systemization in nomenclature.

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