That's not how McCoy got his nickname!

[Trekker4747]

Stop saying that Kirk gave McCoy the nickname "Bones" from McCoy's line about his ex-wife. That's not why he has that nickname!



Not only does such a genesis for a nickname make no sense, "Hey when we first met you said your wife left you with your bones after the divorce. It was an off-the-cuff flippant remark and using it as a nickname will likely stir up painful memories of your divorce!"

No. His nickname is "Bones" from the term "sawbones" a slang-term for a surgreon!

 

[T'Paul]

Not in this universe.

 

[cubbie]

Your post needs more smileys.

 

[Jax]

In your timeline maybe

 

[Flamegrape]

Hey, everyone! Dogpile on the hater! Go go go!

 

[RoJoHen]

Not only does such a genesis for a nickname make no sense, "Hey when we first met you said your wife left you with your bones after the divorce. It was an off-the-cuff flippant remark and using it as a nickname will likely stir up painful memories of your divorce!"

Maybe Kirk is just a dickhead.

But seriously, I agree with you.

 

[Amaris]

Stop saying that Kirk gave McCoy the nickname "Bones" from McCoy's line about his ex-wife. That's not why he has that nickname!



Not only does such a genesis for a nickname make no sense, "Hey when we first met you said your wife left you with your bones after the divorce. It was an off-the-cuff flippant remark and using it as a nickname will likely stir up painful memories of your divorce!"

No. His nickname is "Bones" from the term "sawbones" a slang-term for a surgreon!

He did. In this movie, Star Trek. This is the Star Trek XI forum. Perhaps you need to relax.
I know the origin of the term "Bones", but as I mentioned earlier, nicknames that seem obvious don't always have to be.

J.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Stop saying that Kirk gave McCoy the nickname "Bones" from McCoy's line about his ex-wife. That's not why he has that nickname!



Not only does such a genesis for a nickname make no sense, "Hey when we first met you said your wife left you with your bones after the divorce. It was an off-the-cuff flippant remark and using it as a nickname will likely stir up painful memories of your divorce!"

No. His nickname is "Bones" from the term "sawbones" a slang-term for a surgreon!

You're wrong, because the only canonical explanation ever given for this nickname is in this movie.

So that's why he has the nickname.

You can say that you don't like it, but you've got no grounds to say that your explanation is the "real one."

 

[Sci]

No, Trekkies don't over-react to minor pieces of minutiae. Not, not at all. Where did you get the idea that such a stereotype was accurate?

 

[RoJoHen]

I just thought it was a cute throwaway line, but it never occurred to me that it was actually the reason for the nickname.

 

[RoJoHen]

This place has been hiccuping a lot lately. Silly double posts.

 

[Dale]

New canon for a new Trek, Trekker...

 

[Rii]

Yeah, that his nickname is derived from that single off-the-cuff remark is difficult to believe. Perhaps it's an idiom that he uses with some frequency? Although if that were the case one would think the writers would have tried to work it again somewhere. In the absence of anything to the contrary I prefer to look at it simply a slight nod to the fans in the absence of him actually being called "Bones" by anyone in the film.

 

[KirkusOveractus]

I won't pile on him, but it was never mentioned in TOS how he got the nickname.

Therefore, with this movie and timeline, that's all we have to go on.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

Well this is nuBones. He got his nickname the way we saw it in the nuFilm.

 

[Eddie Roth]

Stop saying that Kirk gave McCoy the nickname "Bones" from McCoy's line about his ex-wife. That's not why he has that nickname!



Not only does such a genesis for a nickname make no sense, "Hey when we first met you said your wife left you with your bones after the divorce. It was an off-the-cuff flippant remark and using it as a nickname will likely stir up painful memories of your divorce!"

No. His nickname is "Bones" from the term "sawbones" a slang-term for a surgreon!

The number "4747" never appeared in any filmed Star Trek episode. Your username is therefore NOT CANON!!!

 

[Trekker4747]

I won't pile on him, but it was never mentioned in TOS how he got the nickname.

Therefore, with this movie and timeline, that's all we have to go on.

Except for the fact that "sawbones" is a term for a surgeon, paticuarly one in the military, that's been in use since the Civil War and that it makes no sense to nick-McCoy "Bones" from a single off-the-cuff remark he made during a rant.

The number "4747" never appeared in any filmed Star Trek episode.

Ah, but it has. "47" has appeared in many forms throughout all of Trek since TNG. It even appeared in this movie.

 

[Brent]

Like it or not, it is canon

 

[trampledamage]

Stop saying that Kirk gave McCoy the nickname "Bones" from McCoy's line about his ex-wife. That's not why he has that nickname!



Not only does such a genesis for a nickname make no sense, "Hey when we first met you said your wife left you with your bones after the divorce. It was an off-the-cuff flippant remark and using it as a nickname will likely stir up painful memories of your divorce!"

No. His nickname is "Bones" from the term "sawbones" a slang-term for a surgreon!

You're wrong, because the only canonical explanation ever given for this nickname is in this movie.

So that's why he has the nickname.

You can say that you don't like it, but you've got no grounds to say that your explanation is the "real one."

That's what I thought - I can remember countless questions about why the original McCoy was called Bones. And I think, in the books, a couple of explanations have been put forward - either "Sawbones" or the fact that McCoy was "a bag of bones" (ie skinny).

I see no reason why they can't still be the reason here. Equally, I see no reason why Kirk couldn't have made a joke some point in the Academy about McCoy having said he had only his bones, and it grew from there.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

nuCanon.