The odd name is a back-formation from the first trans-Neptunian object found, 1992QB1 (nicknamed "Smiley"). Later objects were called "QB1-o's", or cubewanos.
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... the Greek language turannos. In Classical Antiquity[?] it did not always have inherently negative implications, it merely designated anyone who assumed power for any period ...