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Nicknames... we've all had them in the past(at least I think we all have), and while some of them are good and some of them are simply awful, I think they all have a tendency to stick with us, like barnacles on the bow of our ship of memories. I thought it would be sort of interesting to talk about them. And I don't mean a name you picked for yourself for a login or other use. I mean, names you were given by other people. I would like this to be a positive experience, so if you don't want to talk about the negative ones, well, I wouldn't ask you to.

I had quite a few In high school, though most popular one was Shaggy... and I attained this moniker in as a sophomore, because I used to wear this ugly green tee-shirt and I had a crappy goatee and I was growing long hair at the time. At first it started as a mutual joke amongst our group of friends, and it just spread... and spread and spread, and it just stuck with me in a semi-permanent way... I mean, there were people who never knew me by any other name. Of course, I had another set of names too... like the Golden/Britannica Bear, but generally speaking that is not as interesting a story.

Of course, neither set of nicknames really made the transition to college too well, but they will always remain with me as part of who I am.

So, what are your stories?
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
You don't want to know what they call each other!


Well, I can imagine it would be so much worse if they regularly resorted to profanity...
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
wow.... that was candour A, real candour....


I's very...VERY drunk when I thought of posting mine.... *hiccup*

Be a good boy and delete that, will ya?

*stumbles away*

THUD!
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
I don't know if you are serious or not... so I am going to remind you that you have the power to delete or EDIT anything you've written in this thread to make yourself feel comfortable.... just so if you were joking around, I don't do something that was really counter to your wishes.
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
(Bad joke, Angloesque!/Yes, I know.)

I'm joking--you can leave it--except that I actually can't edit it right now. The little 'Q" and magnifying glass icons are there, but the paper/pencil edit one is gone. I've found that the power to edit the site's custom links and edit my own articles comes and goes sometimes. Dunno if that's a Mozilla thing or a JU thing.

-A.
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
no, it happens to us all....
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
I got variations on Katrina - kat-rina, kat-pee-na, reen, reena, trina, trina-arena, barina, beena (phonetic spelling) angel, Sa-ka-trina (you know the rice crackers sa-ka-ta?) pal (my dad calls me pal or reen) treen, my husband calls me beautiful, people used to call me Katrina to annoy me because I went my trina in one circle of friends. I also got Kat, Kat-tie, katie, rickety kate and ricki oh and teeny-tina.

Elana gets Elana-Grace, Elana Banana, Lana-banana, lana-bean (when she was in utero she was jellybean) Elana grumpy pants, goober, monkey, clever bubby and chubby-bubby, angel, pumpkin, you know all the foodie names:)

Nick gets gorgeous (me), partro (school friends), chick-pee (fishhead) picnic (my dads sisters) and nicky-noo-noo (his little sister) - but mostly just Nick
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top
That's a wide variety of nicknames... color me impressed
Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top
Damn, trina . . . that's a lot of names!

My husband sometimes gets called "A" or "A1" . . . he's also "Huggy Bear" and "baby" to me (shhh . . . don't tell him I told!).
Reply #34 from JoeUser Forums Top
i was a chubby baby and chubby kid...my first nicknames were "petunia" and "miss piggy"....an uncle of mine still calls me piggy...though i'd like to think that my weight is ok now lol
Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top
My husband sometimes gets called "A" or "A1" . . . he's also "Huggy Bear" and "baby" to me (shhh . . . don't tell him I told!).


Its our little secret
Reply #36 from JoeUser Forums Top
In High School, through the service, college, and into my 30s I was always called Moon. No, not for THAT reason. My last name is Mullins, and it came from the old comic strip Moon Mullins. I was also called Moon Dog, but only by one drunken friend.

These days I am called Saddle Tramp. It's my CB handle and it pretty much fits. I am a homeless, wandering cowboy just driving my truck from place to place. It's a good name. I like it.
Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hijo del Sol means "son of the sun." Not sure about Canche.


They called me Hijo del Sol because I was so fair complected and blond haired. Canche is another Guatemala term for someone who is very blond. They were big fans of the fair skin/blond hair combo down there.
Reply #38 from JoeUser Forums Top
These days I am called Saddle Tramp. It's my CB handle and it pretty much fits. I am a homeless, wandering cowboy just driving my truck from place to place. It's a good name. I like it.


After seeing your picture, you certainly look like a cowboy....
Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is how geeky I am.... when you said mackintosh, the first thing that came to mind was Mackintosh as a raincoat.



You know what? That's pretty dam weird. I didn't even know that mackintosh was a raincoat

I knew that, but since I am a computer wonk, I figured it was related to the Apple computers!  Iknow it is spelled differently, but you know their motto.  Think Differently!

Reply #40 from JoeUser Forums Top

Then there was "Teyamo" given to me when I started dating my wife, she had an awful time saying my name. She's from spain and claimes it means lover, but it could mean @sshole for all I know......

Tast, my wife is hispanic, but her mother is from Guadeljara.  And trust me, teyamo means I love you!

It is actually T'amo.  In french it is is 'Je T'aime'.  Very similar, and you are blessed.  kiss that girl!

Reply #41 from JoeUser Forums Top
Let's see, I work in a jail so I have lot's of nicknames,like:

Whitey motherf***er, or C*cks*cker or A**hole but most of the time just plain vanilla Son of a Bitch...
Reply #42 from JoeUser Forums Top
my "real name"
Alison Marie Watkins

My "nicknames" past and present

Nicknames in high school:
Al (given by my high school band director), Watskie (the speak teacher )Allie (in high school I went by this), Ally McBeal

nicknames throughout college--Allie, Allie Cat, Allie oop, A train, AMWatkin, AMCriminal,

and the worst nickname I've ever had--soul titties....don't even ask.
Reply #43 from JoeUser Forums Top
I knew that, but since I am a computer wonk, I figured it was related to the Apple computers! Iknow it is spelled differently, but you know their motto. Think Differently!


That one makes sense too.

Ally McBeal


I wonder if anyone named Molly has gotten the nickname "molly mcbutter"

and the worst nickname I've ever had--soul titties....don't even ask.


I'm not. Let's just make that a don't ask, don't tell story