street name

street name

n.

1. The name of a street.

2. The name of a broker or brokerage firm as used when registering a security owned by a customer in order to simplify trading.

3. An alternative or slang term for something, especially an illegal drug: "Acid" is a street name for LSD.

4. An alternative name that a person chooses or is given, especially as used in inner city neighborhoods: "[She] wears a gold necklace with the letters F-R-E-S-Hher street namespelled out in rhinestones" (Ted Gup).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	street name - an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods); "her street name is Bonbon" appellation, appellative, designation, denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
	2.	street name - slang for something (especially for an illegal drug); "`smack' is a street name for heroin" big H, hell dust, nose drops, scag, skag, thunder, smack - street names for heroin name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
	3.	street name - the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer; "all my stocks are held in street name" name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
	4.	street name - the name of a street name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"