Meanings
- A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Joaquín.
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Jim Acosta, former chief White House correspondent for CNN, stirred controversy on Monday when he sat for a conversation with a reanimated version of a person who died more than seven years ago. His guest was an avatar of Joaquin Oliver, one of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.
2025 August 4, Dara Kerr, “Jim Acosta interviews ‘made-up’ AI avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver”, in The Guardian
Origin
- SpanishJoaquín
- EnglishJoaquin
Borrowed from Spanish Joaquín.
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Joaquin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Joaquin
“Joaquin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Joaquin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Joaquin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Joaquin.
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