06-07-2005 13:49									#31
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"The World's Greatest Lover" by thousands of breathless and grateful women.

So there...

	06-07-2005 14:06									#32
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But seriously "Bruce" and "Ug" at a place I used to work. My name is short, so a nick isn't really necessary.

Weird nicknames.

I have a friend called "Couch" owing to the fact that he never left it (think of Jeffrey Lebowski).

Another called "Steelo" because his hair resembles a popular brand of pot scrubber.

My Dad's old work was full of them. "Treacle" for a guy who'd stick to anyone was a good one.

It was bad at his work because he didn't know a lot of folks' real names. I once went with him to a workmate's place to borrow some tools and the old man was worried because he couldn't remember if the guy knew that he was referred to as "Gargoyle" (he looked like one).

The best one is "Shottie" short for "Shotgun". That guy has had that nickname for over 35 years, and most people don't know why. I only found out about it 7 or 8 years ago. Apparently, when he was young he was at the local pub and a girl took a shine to him. So he bought her a drink and they went outside. A while later she came back in with a sour face, wouldn't talk to him and sat sulking in the corner. Some of the other guys were a bit worried, so they asked her if she was alright, and she wouldn't say anything but kept sulking. So they kept asking her what was wrong and she said "He went off like a bloody shotgun!!"

Oh the shame....

	06-07-2005 14:24									#33
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon But seriously "Bruce" and "Ug" at a place I used to work. My name is short, so a nick isn't really necessary. ...T he best one is "Shottie" short for "Shotgun". That guy has had that nickname for over 35 years, and most people don't know why. I only found out about it 7 or 8 years ago. Apparently, when he was young he was at the local pub and a girl took a shine to him. So he bought her a drink and they went outside. A while later she came back in with a sour face, wouldn't talk to him and sat sulking in the corner. Some of the other guys were a bit worried, so they asked her if she was alright, and she wouldn't say anything but kept sulking. So they kept asking her what was wrong and she said "He went off like a bloody shotgun!!" Oh the shame....

Poor girl.

I think "Ug" is a kick a** name.

	06-07-2005 14:27									#34
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My classmates called me "Lenin", which of course is something to be proud of , even though it's only a far derivate from my last name. This name stuck for about ten years. Other than that I had no significant nicknames. Mostly people called me by my first name or affectionate forms of it.

	06-07-2005 14:34									#35
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Not when your first name is "Lee".

	06-07-2005 16:17									#36
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Dr No. When I was Chief Finance Officer in a troubled company, I generally refused requests of money.

	06-07-2005 16:24									#37
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quote: Dr No.

That's pretty awesome!

	06-07-2005 16:31									#38
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Some of the nicknames I can remember include

The Charger

The Siberian

Mr. Professor

Latex, uh I dont really know how and why but it probably derived from my first name along with Lauski, Lalla, Late, Lare, Lauren

the usual Sweetie, Honey etc...by gf.

one of my friends calls me The Terrorist because the militant way I dress I suppose

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	06-07-2005 16:59									#39
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Magenta

Bastard

	06-07-2005 17:15									#40
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Variations on my first name. My uni friends tried to come up with a nickname, but couldn't find one they'd stick out to. I'm often called Spiff by the RL friends I used to LAN with (our relationship goes way beyond LAN though)

	06-07-2005 17:39									#41
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everyone used to (and everyone still does) call me by my first name, bleaching my hair though gave rise to loads of nicknames like 'blondie', 'james blond', 'mr salon' etc. my personal favorites were 'sami' (as in sami hyypia), and 'tim shady'

	06-07-2005 17:42									#42
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"Face", it was quite 'cool' as a teenager, but I still get called it aged 36...maybe I need new friends, it's going to get embarrasing anytime soon!!

	06-07-2005 17:46									#43
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surprisinly enough i have been refered to as pollyanna heaps lately (which would explain the influence in my screen name i guess.... aPOLYton...lol)

	06-07-2005 18:12									#44
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lol... DL... lol.

	06-07-2005 18:33									#45
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IT's time to dance!

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Do the DL Dance!

	06-07-2005 18:46									#47
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Sweet Sauce Jones

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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Your equating a bad joke with a lack of sense of humour is strong evidence in support of my retort.

Actually, it backfired. People with a good sense of humour can tell what's funny or not, and since the joke was not funny, someone with a good sense of humour would not have made it.

	06-07-2005 20:41									#49
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I forgot to add "Bueller". I always seemed to take days off at work, they stuck me with the name for some reason.

ACK!

	06-07-2005 21:57									#50
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Bueller?

	07-07-2005 00:55									#51
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In college, I had a black pair of shoes that I wore everywhere. One of my suitemates said they looked like 'Puerto Rican fence climbers' and started calling me 'chico'.

	07-07-2005 02:07									#52
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Ad-man by my family.

I'm known as A.C. at work.

And the wife calls me dork.

	08-07-2005 09:06									#53
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Selz- derived from by last name.

Selsun Blue/Selsun Power- started when some asked what shampoo I used.

	08-07-2005 09:15									#54
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Many people call me by my last name, so that seems to be my favored nickname.

Other nicknames have been variants on my initials:

M.D.
Doc (as in Medical Doctor, M.D.)
Mad Dog (I kid you not)

The guy who shines my shoes calls me "Professor."

Some people have tried calling me "Marky Mark." That never ends well.

My mom often would call me "Marcus Aurelius."

My most unfortunate nickname was "Fish." This resulted from the extremely dorky fact that I played a Mon Calamari character in a session of the Star Wars RPG. It was a mercifully short-lived nickname.

	08-07-2005 11:18									#55
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Sauce was my rugby name. It came from the fact that I was useless on the field - so instead of being like meat and potatoes I was just the sauce on the side.

And my stoner friends call me John the Nerd or just "the Nerd," because not only did I graduate high school but I even went to college for a little bit.

	08-07-2005 15:55									#56
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Terrible things happen to people who call me hypocoristic versions of my given name.

Nicknames I've had over the year include GT, Theoretician, Rocco, and El Alemán.

	08-07-2005 16:12									#57
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When I went to our local Catholic HS, I won the only boys academic scholarship. I already had the reputation as being a pure acedemic, but that it was a good idea to leave me alone (someone attacked me in seventh grade and I berserked - it wasn't pretty but since he jumped me in front of dozens of witnesses I didn't get kicked out). I was having no luck with girls due to both those factors, plus some others, so I decided to try out for sports. That year I played football, wrestling, discus, and swimming.

I was around 130 pounds with flat feet. Good at wrestling, decent at discuss and the breast stroke, but not so good at football - too small for the line, too slow for the secondary. However, I am also non-visual. Real problem for memorizing the plays, especially because, since I was definitely a second stringer, I had to play any tackle or guard position at a moment's notice.

So I encoded all the positions, and all the plays, in a alpha-numeric code. Thus I knew who I was supposed to block for any play and all four positions. So going out to the game I had my little cheat sheet out, and was double checking my plays. The coach saw me with all these number codes, and accused me of worrying about academics instead of the game.

I then explained my coding system to him. He gave me this blank look. The assistant coach came up, who actually taught a maths course (economics). When he had heard my explanation (and I suspect saw the utterly blank look on the head coach's face) he cracked up. I was nicknamed "Bomar", as in the Bomar Brain, one of the first caluclators that he had bought in college and was still showing off. Google it.

I spent the rest of that year getting rid of the damn nickname. Now my wife calls me her "bear". I will not explain that one except to comment I am a bit hirsuite.

	08-07-2005 16:29									#58
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well i had several...first of all the shorting of my already short name from
Ivo to Iv....my family still uses that...i mean it is only 3 letters and still they have to take one off

then after that when i had a skaters period i was always wearing red baggy pants and blue t-shirts so i was called 'clown'

then after that because i did some serious training and sporting and stuff i came a little buff...and one of my best friends back then (who now adays turns out to be gay) made a joke by calling me 'hunk' it stuck and even teachers used it...kinda funny

after that because one of my friends was getting sick of hunk or jealous or what ever...made a joke that although i had muscles i have a very short penis....so new nickname 'shorty'

i was also know to people do didnt know my name as 'the guy with the long leather coat' because in the winter i wore a long black leather coat...2 years ago this changed to 'the guy wearing the pilot jacket'

now adays i dont have a nickname but because i didnt do anything the last year (and i mean anything) my friends have a new verb. ivoën which means not doing anything...but this when out of fashion after i got a job and earning more money then any of my friends


that is about it...

	08-07-2005 16:57									#59
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quote: Originally posted by shawnmmcc When I went to our local Catholic HS, I won the only boys academic scholarship. I already had the reputation as being a pure acedemic, but that it was a good idea to leave me alone (someone attacked me in seventh grade and I berserked - it wasn't pretty but since he jumped me in front of dozens of witnesses I didn't get kicked out).

I always feel jealous when I her such stories. I had people who continued to attack me after getting thrown down stars, kicked till they couldn't walk without help, or had their head repeatedly bashed into metal lockers.

	08-07-2005 17:46									#60
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I was given the name "Animal" in college because I banged two girls consecutively at a party one night and they started fighting each other about it afterwards....