Nicknames: You're called WHAT?

Silly me, I forgot the nickname given to me by my very own parents. My two sisters and I were all given nicknames when we were younger, and I kid you not, my very cruel nickname was Porky.

I remember HATING this nickname with a passion (can you blame me?), so much so that I tried to change it, and give a nickname to myself. My older sister's parent-given nickname was Scooter, so I really wanted to change my nickname to Skeeter, like the twins in the Muppet Babies. Well, I'm now more than relieved that THAT nickname didnt stick, as... well... Skeeter? No thanks.

The irony of Porky is that after all the baby fat disappeared, I'm the slimmest out of my sisters and I.

Coincidentally, my last name looks like it sounds like "I know a lot" if you don't pronounce the "no" as "nyo" (without tilde). That paired with the fact that I skipped a grade, friends would call me Mr. "I know a lot," and although I was slightly and secretly proud of that nickname, I never encouraged it, rather preferring to be called by, you know, my given name.

"Naz," of course. It's just the first syllable of my last name, but the nickname spread like wildfire when I started high school. Since roll call/introductions began with last names at first, people preferred "Naz" over my simple-to-pronounce yet long-and-intimidating last name. Even my teachers then called me "Naz." Some people called me "Nads," but they're all dead now. Some friends (and my band teacher) also nicknamed me "Spaz" and "Spud." I also has the title of "The Terror of Fort Washington," given to me by a brother (as in friar) who is also the biggest Simpsons fan in the history of man. =p

"Naz" followed me to college, and the friends I made there called me by it... some professors too. At this point, it's become socially unacceptable to call me by my first name now ("Michael"), and doing so would return you some awkward stares and a "Who?"

Now, only in the workplace does no one use "Naz" at all. It's kinda sad. ;_; But once I leave, all is right in the world.

First one I recall would be the ones my parents bestowed upon me, the darling name Moobie. I imagine if they still called me that now I would have another nickname too; Manny...

In Primary School it was EJ the DJ () since my best friend and I used to "DJ" any little parties we got.

In year seven I got talking to this boy who introduced himself with the middle name Raiden, and as such, a conversation about MGS2 came up. He quizzed me about the game, I forget why, but he said he was so impressed with how much I knew he was going to call me Pliskin. I like that one; it still gets occasional use these days, but it was mostly a High School thing.

My ex gave three; Lycan, mooseshanks (no, I've no idea why) and El (because apparently 2 syllables is strenuous). El still gets used, but only by my ex and, strangely enough, my current boyfriend.

Thanks to my family name, being the youngest sibling and my diet, I'm also known as Veggiemac (my brothers are Big Mac and Little Mac respectively; their mates refer to me as Veggiemac and my mother uses it on her forum to talk about me).

From someone who hates me, I earned the delightful name Quasimodo, but this wasn't a reference to uglyness. I walk with a bit of a slouch; shoulders forward, back arched. I don't know why, I guess it's just bad posture.

Finally, since people like to make the assumption that my best mate and I are lesbians, we're now "husband and wife". Being the more manly of the two of us, I'm Hubby.

A few of my friends sometimes call me "eye socket" because I broke it once and the area around it was horribly bruised for a long ass time after the operation. I don't mind since I realized it's funny when people hurt themselves.

Sometimes i get called chunk (obviously) and sometimes gaz and occasionaly gazzacakes.

Don Mapache. That wasn't ever supposed to happen. I just happened to call someone "El Mapache" and at some point in time, this completely backfired. And it's "Don" because it sounds better than the female version, apparently. Doña Mapache?

And there's Ming Ring. I once used the false name Ming Ling--definitely going on unfounded stereotypes here--and somebody decided that Ling would be mispronounced as Ring. Unfortunately, this stuck, and I'm called Ming Ring by more people than I would have originally liked. Mind you, I would have liked ZERO. =D

Oh, lovely. Might as well get the most idiotic one out of the way.

From Grade 6 to Grade 10, I used to be really fat, so I'd get hit with "Kris Cleavage" (Cleavage was also a play on my last name. Bad pun, I know.) a lot. The funny part is, in Grade 12, after I had lost a considerable amount of weight, this one kid would STILL try to use that insult on me, in hopes of generating major "lulz", except this time everyone would look at him like he was on crack. Oh, karma's a bitch, aint it? :P

Nowadays, though, I just get stuck with "Newfie", since I'm from the island province of Newfoundland, Canada. Of course, I walk into that, because I purposely portray the stereotype of a Newfoundlander, which is like the Irish Stereotype, kinda.
What? It's always fun to act like a drunken moron. It generates the "lulz". :P
(Fuck, I need to stop reading Encyclopedia Dramatica. IT'S WASTIN' MAH MIND.)

Well I've pretty much had two nicknames. The first one being Sandbox, which I got only because my older brother was called Beach Money (because he used to be good at golf, especially in the bunkers) and that hung around for a few years.

And I still go by Strika with a few groups of people because it was the account name of a character of mine and another guy in the group already went by Dan X.x I do find it annoying when people pronounce it stryker on teampspeak though, I mean how could you manage that?

Well as of late my sister has opted to refer to me as either Bec which I don't mind or marshmellow. LOL! she gets pretty creative with the names sometimes.

The only nicknames that have stuck are extensions of my real name such as Sianny, Sianners etc. My friend tried to call me Dave at one point but it didn't stick. The boyfriend calls me Sianoid and Sianiffer (which is funny because my middle name is Jennifer). My parents have LOADS. Schnugs, Jenny, Jennifer, Amy at one point (during my Amy Lee obsession), oi you get off your lazy arse and do something...

The one that doesn't stem from my name would be Dippy. For dip shit. Only my best friend calls me that, and I call her Mozza which is from Monkey Slave. It was an odd conversation but it stuck!

My blood related peeps always called me Gig, it's a Thai nickname. Throughout school before college different groups of friend called me different things. My English name is Will, so the nicknames varied from that to Willie, William, Jimbo,

My co-workers and former classmates called me "General". It's just that my last name is well-known in that country.

Ohh, a couple.

"Hoss" was a humorous one that I had in high school. I sucked at football (in my opinion), but I've always been a phenomenal weight-lifter. Much like Deni, this is also due to my build and overall size. It didn't stick, but a circle of buddies referred to me as that quite often. I broke some dude's knee-cap using my helmet senior year in football. "Hoss" became "Killer" He shouldn't have cheap-shotted meeeee~

"Gimp" is one my old college buddies and Brother still make use of. I have a knack for suffering pretty bad injuries. It's very evident that I've been banged up given how I walk, my gait, and my shoulders. I have a confident swagger of sorts, but the right leg makes it look weird. Someone once came up to me and asked if I lost my leg in Iraq. I just kinda went "NO I LOST IT IN YOUR MOM LOLOL GET IT."

"Faggot with a lame taste in video games & animu. PLAY CAVE STORY." This one is self-explanatory. You haters

Besides Jessykins, I have had a few nicknames, none of them very great.

Legs: Being a 6'1" woman, this one seems pretty obvious.

Cookie: My last name being Cooke, it was just a cuter variation, I guess.

Hm, I thought there were more, but I couldn't really think of any.

I'm called "Flounder" where I work, after the character from Animal house. There's another guy called Pinto there. I had the nickname "Fudd" at another place I worked.

Originally Posted by nanstey

I'm called "Flounder" where I work, after the character from Animal house. There's another guy called Pinto there. I had the nickname "Fudd" at another place I worked.

And from now on, you will be Vir Cotto.

Originally Posted by Jessykins <3

Legs: Being a 6'1" woman, this one seems pretty obvious.

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