Nicknames -- Got one, and why? (Trees And Things)

skeeter1: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:39:13 EST

"I gave myself this random amalgamation of letters and numbers as a handle because I didn't think I'd be around here very long.
Guess you all proved me wrong on that one. Now I'm stuck with it... forever. At least its a handle nobody else on the inte

pO157: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:38:39 EST
I gave myself this random amalgamation of letters and numbers as a handle because I didn't think I'd be around here very long.
Guess you all proved me wrong on that one. Now I'm stuck with it... forever. At least its a handle nobody else on the interne

Dvandom: Good reasons for nicknames

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:58:06 EST
If you read the subqueue comments, you'll know my nickname was Domo from grades 3-8. The reason for this was that out of 30 boys in my grade, there were 4-5 Daves (varied over time). With such a high Dave Density, nicknames of some sort were ob

thefadd: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:23:09 EST
Thanks...somehow it actually seems to lend itself to be used derogatorily but maybe that's just me.

skeeter1: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 23:19:42 EST
"My nickname thefadd stuck out of a sort of camaraderie and membership to a group."
It seems like a good nickname to me. I've had "skeeter" for more than 50 years. Doesn't bother me in the least. Truth is, if it wasn't so much t

postillion: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:21:54 EST
I've been given four nicknames in my life, all by people who couldn't pronounce by name. My tactic has been to get them to pronounce the first syllable and then the second syllable...and then say: Put it together.
They all failed at that last step

thefadd: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:50:09 EST
I, too, find it offensive for the most part. I think there is a great deal to the power of "Naming" and I think it is often overlooked. Frequently, it is a subtle (even not so subtle) powerplay. "I named you." Just watch the Seinfeld episode where George d

Lou: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:24:17 EST
at which point I very politely ask them to call me by my given name.
Is that so, Picky McFussybutt?

tomc: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:46:51 EST
I had a couple of nicknames, but they didn't last, and the stories behind them are just too long, anyway.
What I find curious is the penchant here in America for nicknames. It seems people just come up with names for no other reason than to call y

thefadd: Re: The nickname no one will know

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:01:51 EST
You have to be careful who you say that to. My then gf and I were once looking through a house to rental it out from this guy. It was in a cool part of town but a little rundown on the outside. Everything inside was fine but there was all sorts of random c

port1080: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:58:40 EST
No, she's from Pennsylvania. Keta basically got it right - it's a play on her (maiden) last name.

thefadd: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:55:48 EST
Is your wife from Delaware? My gf and I were observing how the Delaware side of our families all have seemingly random nicknames.

keta: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:09:08 EST
Aha! The family name is "Woodpecker."!

port1080: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:06:26 EST
She was hard and tough before you softened her up?
No, but another hint - she shared the same nickname with her father. Perhaps that solves the mystery?

Nameless Cynic: Re: The nickname no one will know

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:50:14 EST
I got a nickel.
Cash money. Up front.

delete me: Re: the expensive nickname

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:47:42 EST
I was going to pay $500,000, but the exchange services at my local airport don't carry the Zim dollars. :(

gerrymander: Re: My Nick

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:24:30 EST
Well, it is traditional for people from Swa, New York, after all. ;-)

keta: My Nick

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:07:13 EST
Swany. For obvious reasons.

MayorBob: It Might Be A Deal.

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:14:44 EST
If Lou's nickname was "Short And To The Point" I'm sure we could get a fund drive going at TnT to pay you to live up to that nick.

ms sue: Re: the expensive nickname

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:36:10 EST
I'd bet $500,000 that he was too, in his not exactly knee-slapping way. :-)

Lou: Re: the expensive nickname

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:04:55 EST
I doubt that anyone cares.
I was, of course, joking.

skeptic: the expensive nickname

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:51:52 EST
It seems very unlikely that anyone is going to offer to pay you $500,000 to reveal your disliked childhood nickname, or for that matter, it seems unlikely that they would offer you even $5. I doubt that anyone cares. But if it should turn out t

HidingFromGoro: Re: thefadd

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:41:08 EST
I used to go by a different handle several years ago. Until my then-girlfriend (universally disliked by all my friends) became extremely controlling and would find me online whenever I wasn't with her and begin interrogating me. This got so bad

thefadd: thefadd

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:49:15 EST
Based on my last name...made up by some friends in college and inspired by David Letterman's prime time special in which he pimps out a college kid with a nickname, a car, some beer...only they stopped at the nickname. Given life when several of my roommat

Lou: The nickname no one will know

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:21:55 EST
I had a childhood nickname bestowed upon me by my mother at birth. No one outside of my family knows this nickname and no one ever will. Soon, either the few remaining family members will die, or I will die and the accursed name dies as well. &

delete me: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:23:58 EST
Online, my handles have been nicknamed "rm-me" and "del-me", depending on if my acquaintances are familiar with Unix or not. Offline, meeting people that know me from online, I've been called "Delete" or "Derumi". The latter nickname is derived from a past

skeeter1: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:29:30 EST
"Is there an Internet mafia nickname generator? If not, there should be.
Yes, there is right here:
http://pages.prodigy.net/mlemus/mobnamegenerator.htm

joshv: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:16:23 EST
I rarely attract nicknames, but when I do, they tend to be memorable. A classmate in 5th grade who was fascinated with the disproportionate size of my noggin' took to calling me "Apple Head". As my mother told me at the time, I would eventually

Degee: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:00:54 EST
"My wife's nickname, for a number of years, was "Woody" (she finally got away from it when she married me, which may give you some hint where it came from)."
She was hard and tough before you softened her up?

port1080: Re: Nicknames -- Got one, and why?

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:05:44 EST
No nickname here, but I have a few odd ones. My father was nicknamed "Chip" - he and his brother were "Chip and Dale", from the cartoon. Chip stuck, Dale didn't. My cousins still call him "Uncle Chip". My wife's nickname, for a number of years, was "Wo