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Which, for shortness, we call the Nobel Prize in Economics.

When someone says "North Korea", do you inform them that the correct title is "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea"?

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Another option is to call it The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

What if someone just says "Korea"? Seems like a better comparison.

When someone says "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea", you don't inform them that the North Korea is not a democracy?

The prize wasn't conceived by Alfred Nobel nor endorsed by him. Can I come up with my own computer science award and name it a Nobel Prize as well?

The Nobel Prize committee could, if they wanted

Well they didn't for the Economics prize, the Swedish Riksbank asked the Nobel family for approval for an award in his honor, which they approved.

So there's your answer. If you can get the Nobel family to approve your award that is in his honor, then yes, you can.

If the Nobel Foundation endorses a prize in his honor, then you can call it a prize in his honor, that doesn't mean you can call it a Nobel Prize. No Swede, nor any reputable newspaper or the Nobel Foundation would ever call it a Nobel Prize since it has never been recognized as one by the foundation, why would we call it that on HN?

https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+colloquialism

The family actually protested pretty much immediately, not knowing that Sveriges Riksbank was trying to make another Nobel. That's why the name 'Nobel' was stripped from the prize in 1971 while it was working it's way through the court system.

So no, the Nobel family isn't going to approve another because they didn't really approve of this one and aren't likely to sign anything anymore that's trying to sneak one in.

He likely would have endorsed it - it was a field that did not really exist at the time but did fit in well with Nobel's other awards and his person legacy.

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