In Interview with Three Booksellers, Jobasha says that it shows arrogance or pride for a Khajiit to give themselves two prefixes and/or suffixes. Is this sort of pride the kind that comes before the fall? Can stacking honorifics ever have a positive connotation?

He also says that "Do", "warrior", is rarely used by modern Khajiit except for the Mane's guards or those skilled in Khajiiti martial arts. "Jo" means "Wizard", and "Dar" means "thief"...as in one who is clever, similar to "Clever Hudvar".

Tsun's dialogue in Sovngarde refers to magic as "the Clever Craft", which, unless I'm mistaken, implies some overlap between Jo, a mage or user of the Clever Craft, and Dar, one who is clever. Would a Khajiit swordscat affix "Do" to his name even though he wasn't one of the Mane's guards? If he later added enchanted armor or bound weapons, would he add "Jo" (or possibly "Dar")?

I think it is quite arrogant for a Khajiit to give themselves any of these honorifics at all. If we look at Khajiiti Honorifics, Lady Radurra-dra keeps mentioning how they are titles awarded and earned rather than names given to themselves, except for the youth of Alabastor, maybe.

So that could mean that, as these names are signs of respect, that your kitty would simply earn the title most fitting for what he is known for. As using magic items or enchantments is not particularly rare, -do would perhaps be more fitting for a reknowned warrior.

I can't think off-hand of an example when honorifics have been stacked, but part of me thinks that a Khajiit well-known for his pride yet also highly respected could pull it off. I'd also assume that they evolve, too. A respected wizard entering advanced age would drop the -jo and earn the -dro organically.

That's to say, it might pay to treat them as guidlines and think of how the title(s) would be applied organically and in certain scenarios. Amongst his peers who know him best, what title would they eventually start using when addressing you swordscat?

I like that overlap you mention in regards to the clever craft - that's an interesting observation and definitely something which could be played around with. I'm imagining a Nord applying the term to a friend who is a wizard but getting it slightly wrong. The cat in question may well wear that with pride all the same, appreciating the nuance and meaning within it.

[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Tenebrous]Tenebrous[/url] said:[/b] Another thing to consider is that, if memory serves, there are some honorifics with unknown meanings. As for the self-named/granted titles: If the youth of Alabaster started granting their own titles in the Second Era, it could make sense that it "caught on" by the Third.[/blockquote]

Absolutely, and there's plenty of fun to be had when bearing that in mind.

Lore isn't a shackle, and Khajiit are quite laid-back and fluid in their approach to life - generally speaking. Plenty of room to play around with concepts, adapt meanings, and start/continue trends :D