From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] more bad news from Lucent
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:32:15 EDT."
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From: Quinn Dunkan <quinn@yak.ugcs.caltech.edu>
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:36:05 -0700
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> 'Beleagured'? Over here the phrase which is always trotted out is
> 	struggling telecoms manufacturer Lucent
> Is there a word for this association of words? We see such inseparable
> phrases all the time, e.g.
> 	upstart chip maker Transmeta
> 	former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega

A bit archaic, perhaps:

 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Epithet \Ep"i*thet\, n. [L. epitheton, Gr. ?, fr. ? added, fr. ?
     to add; 'epi` upon, to + ? to put, place: cf. F.
     ['e]pith[`e]te. See {Do}.]
     1. An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or
        relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a
        person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.

If it weren't so difficult to say, I'd consider "markovlets", under the
assumption that many "news" articles are generated via that technique anyway.