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NAME
    UNIVERSAL::moniker - Nicer names for your Perl modules/classes

SYNOPSIS
      use UNIVERSAL::moniker;

DESCRIPTION
    Class names in Perl often don't sound great when spoken, or look good when written in prose. For
    this reason, we tend to say things like "customer" or "basket" when we are referring to
    "My::Site::User::Customer" or "My::Site::Shop::Basket". We thought it would be nice if our
    classes knew what we would prefer to call them.

    This module will add a "moniker" (and "plural_moniker") method to "UNIVERSAL", and so to every
    class or module.

  moniker
      $ob->moniker;

    Returns the moniker for $ob. So, if $ob->isa("Big::Scary::Animal"), "moniker" will return
    "animal".

  plural_moniker
      $ob->plural_moniker;

    Returns the plural moniker for $ob. So, if $ob->isa("Cephalopod::Octopus"), "plural_moniker"
    will return "octopuses".

    (You need to install Lingua::EN::Inflect for this to work.)

AUTHORS
    Marty Pauley <marty+perl AT kasei.com>, Tony Bowden <tony AT kasei.com>, Elizabeth Mattijsen
    <liz AT dijkmat.nl>

    (Yes, 3 authors for such a small module!)

COPYRIGHT
      Copyright (C) 2004 Kasei

      This program is free software; you can redistribute it under the same terms as
      Perl.

      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
      ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
      FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.