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D. B. Cooper In Popular Culture
D. B. Cooper is a media epithet used to describe an unidentified man who Aircraft hijacking, hijacked a Boeing 727 on November 24, 1971, extorted a United States dollar, US$200,000 ransom (equivalent to $ today), and parachuted to an unknown fate. He was never seen again, and only $5,880 of the ransom money has been found. The incident continues to influence popular culture, and has inspired references in books, film, and music. Literature Non-fiction books General investigation * ''D.B. Cooper: Dead or Alive?'' by Richard T. Tosaw (1984). * ''Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper'' by Geoffrey Gray (2011). * ''DB Cooper and the FBI: A Case Study of America’s Only Unsolved Skyjacking'' by Bruce Smith (2015 1st Edition; 2016 2nd Edition; 2021 3rd Edition). * ''D.B. Cooper and Flight 305: Reexamining the Hijacking and Disappearance'' by Robert H. Edwards (2021). Suspect/conspiracy theories * ''D.B. Cooper: What Really Happened'' by Max Gunther (1985). * ''Into the Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epithet
An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It can also be a descriptive title: for example, Pallas Athena, Phoebus Apollo, Alfred the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Władysław I the Elbow-high. Many English monarchs have traditional epithets: some of the best known are Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart, Æthelred the Unready, John Lackland and Bloody Mary. The word ''epithet'' can also refer to an abusive, defamatory, or derogatory phrase. This use as a euphemism is criticized by Martin Manser and other proponents of linguistic prescription. H. W. Fowler complained that "epithet is suffering a vulgarization that is giving it an abusive imputation." Linguistics Epithets are sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
