Nicknames

[Miss Chicken]

Do you have or have you ever had a nickname? I don't just mean a shorten form of you given name. Do you like or hate your nickname/s?

My childhood nickname was Zozo. When the Curious George books were first released in the UK and Australia, George VI was on the throne and it thought it was disrespectful to have a monkey called George in a series of children's books so his name was changed to Zozo. I loved the books and because I also loved bananas my father started to call me Zozo. I was the only child in my family whose nickname was still used by my father beyond childhood.

Later on I started to use Zozette as one of my internet names as it is a combination of my given name (Lynette) and Zozo.

My best friend refuses to tell me what her childhood nickname was as she said it is too embarrassing.

 

[thestrangequark]

Zozo is an adorable nickname. However embarrassing your friend's is, it can't be worse than one of mine: Goat Girl.

My family has always used nick names, and all of us get called by nicknames more than our real names. "Goat Girl" came from being a goat's milk baby, and I'm still often called "Goat," "Goaty," and "Nanners" (from "Nanny Goat"). My older sister has the unfortunate "Itchy" and "Roach" as nicknames, and my poor brother became "Eenus" after we went through a childhod phase of Latinizing all our names as kids by adding "us" to the end (he is Ian). "Eenus" probably stuck because it rhymes with penis and made for good teasing.

My little sister, however, was gifted the most glorious nickname. Her real name is Laurie, but no one ever calls her that. Her nickname is Florence Bolivia Beatrice Brown, and she goes by Flo or Rory...effectively nicknames of her nicknames.

 

[Amaris]

Those are all adorable nicknames. I'm serious, they're so cute!

I had several nicknames.

When I was about 15, my best friend and I decided chasing tornadoes would be fun, so we started doing that. He had his license (being a year older than me), and that's what we did. He gave me the nickname "Chase." My other friends just called me a psychotic, crazy son of a bitch, mainly one particular friend, but then, he was also the guy who duct taped his shoes together, and climbed a flagpole to get struck by lightning in order to prove he could take it. We nicknamed him "Dozer."

In high school, I wore a pair of much too small yellow spandex type shorts, and a white shirt that only went to my midriff. I was about 30 lbs overweight at the time (that story is explained elsewhere). Well, for those of you wondering what nickname I got that day, it was "Big Buford Bellybutton," or shortened to "Big Buford B."

I hated that nickname, but I grew to love it, and now I miss those guys.

When I was a child, my mom gave me the nickname "Pokey," after Gumby's sidekick. I used to make horse sounds (I've had a lifelong love of horses), and she thought it was adorable.

 

[Miss Chicken]

My sisters had the uninspiring nicknames of Ha-ha and Da-da. My brother was called Good Boy Boy by my parents but never by his sisters. I think my nickname was the best out of the four children.

My Dad was called Curly even after most of his hair had fallen out. He started to go bald in his early 20s but had very curly hair before that. As far as I know my Mum never had a nickname.

 

[Melakon]

No, no nickname. Unless you count taunts like 'Four Eyes'.

. . .George VI was on the throne and it thought it was disrespectful to have a monkey called George in a series of children's books. . .

Nonsense. We had a monkey called George in the White House.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The usual ones based on my first name: Mike, Mikey, Mickey and Mr. Mike. Have one friend who called me Mishka. A guy a works calls me Magic Mike.

My wife called me "Flash" when we first met because my middle name is Gordon. She has another nickname for me, but I won't be sharing it.

For several years my best friend call me "Bwana". Not sure were that cam from. These days we call each other dude. (Always lower case when typed)

 

[jaz'a]

When I was a child, my mom gave me the nickname "Pokey," after Gumby's sidekick. I used to make horse sounds (I've had a lifelong love of horses), and she thought it was adorable.

Awww, that's cute.

I've only had one nick name - Parrot. Given to me by my best friends mum, and really only used by her and her husband. I used to talk not just a lot, but very very fast.

No one in my family ended up with nick names (mum hates them).

There was a girl in high school who decided I looked like an Amanda, so for the 4 years we attended school together that is what she called me. First name Rachel btw. I don't know if that counts.

The closest thing I have to a nickname now is Racheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Used only by those I work with.

 

[Sector 7]

No, no nickname. Unless you count taunts like 'Four Eyes'.

. . .George VI was on the throne and it thought it was disrespectful to have a monkey called George in a series of children's books. . .

Nonsense. We had a monkey called George in the White House.

The only nicknames I had as a kid were Dumbass and Stupid by my stepfather (who beat, punched and kicked me almost daily). Our matriarch, my grandmother, did not approve of nicknames, so we had no official ones.

In the military, we had nicknames on our Team. Mine was Blade, because it was my weapon of choice. I still recall my Team members' nicknames... they were also our call signs. Even our Team had a nickname... Rainbow Warriors. This is because I was white & we had a black, a Mexican, Italian, etc. You get the idea. It's probably why Jeff Gordon is my favorite NASCAR driver... his race team was called the Rainbow Warriors, too.

 

[Jono]

Not really apart from the obvious one based on my name.

I am a big guy, both in height and weight so I do often just get called "big guy/man".

 

[iguana_tonante]

I have a long and very uncommon first name, so most people shorten it in some way, which is fine by me.

However, in high school I was with a group of friends and we started calling each other with silly monikers like "Old man", "Handsome", "Blond", "Curly", etc.

For both ironical and un-ironical reasons, I was Handsome.

A few people actually call me Iguana, a part of my on-line life that has seeped in real life.

 

[Mary Ann]

When I was a toddler my father would say I was pretty. I pronounced it as Pippy, so Pippy and Pip stuck as nicknames until I threw a massive temper tantrum when I was about 10 and the nickname was dropped. I was always embarrassed by the nickname and no one outside the family knew it.

My name is Mary Ann and as it's a longish name one of my brothers started calling me Sis (I'm the only girl and have three brothers) when I was in my early teens, a nickname even my mother used for me. The funny thing is that the Dutch version, Zus, was my mother's nickname when she was growing up. Her name was Josephine and as there was the family tradition of having grandparents as godparents and naming the newborn after the godparent of the same gender there were a large number of Josephines in my mother's large extended family. When yet another Josephine was born into the extended family my mother's nickname in the family was changed from Fientje, the common Dutch nickname for Josephine, to Zus. My mother never picked up an English nickname when she moved to Canada.

Growing up friends would call me Mary, Mair or M.A.

 

[Melakon]

My ex's name was Mary Elizabeth. Her mother always called her Mary Beth. Always. Her brother's name for her was Mare's Breath.

My late sister's first name was Josephine, and she disliked it show much she went by her middle name Patricia, listing No Middle Name on documents.

 

[1001001]

When I was pledging my fraternity, we had an exchange with one of the sororities. I had a few drinks, and then a few more...people kept coming up to me and saying "Man, you're wasted!"

There was a DJ playing at a big table at the front of the room. I stood up on the table, making the record skip and all the noise stop (just like in the movies). I said "You all think I'm drunk but I'm SOBER AS A JUDGE!" and then fell into the turntables and records knocking everything, including myself, on to the floor.

I have been Judge ever since.

 

[Mary Ann]

Well, at least you earned your nickname.

 

[Q2UnME]

For me, as a kid, it was "Chuck" or "Little Buddy" (mostly from my Dad) or "Richie".

As an High School student it was mostly "Rich" or "Richardson" or "Ricco".

As an married adult, it's usually "Rich", or "Look at me when I'm talking to you" or "Honey".

Q2

 

[1001001]

Well, at least you earned your nickname.

Ah, youth.

Back when I was 8 Feet Tall and Bulletproof.

 

[B.J.]

< My real name, so obviously I had a few "names" thrown my way, but only a few nicknames. A couple people have called me "Beej", and one coworker calls me "Beetlejuice". Had one coworker a while back call me "Rabbit", since he said I looked like a scared rabbit every time I came to the shop floor! He made it a point (all in fun) of addressing me in his best Yosemite Sam voice.

 

[KimMH]

Maiden name is Murphey, got called Smurfette.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Barge

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

During my high school years I was known as JJ. They are my initials.