Contact name auto-replacing -- can i stop it?

this is irritating: my partners name is filed in my address book under a first name with no last name (he's legally had his name changed to a single word). in another friend's address book, the "last name" blank is filed with a quippy phrase my partner uses.
as a result, every time i get an email from that friend, my partner's contact name changes to reflect how my friend has him filed -- this happens in ichat, mail, and address book.
it reverts to normal once i delete my partner's address from my previous recipients list in mail, then delete the extra words from his entry in address book -- but is there a way to stop that from happening to begin with?

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