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Post by Phoenix84 on Jun 12, 2013 12:32:57 GMT -5
Just curious. Do you or anyone you know in your circle of friends/co workers/aquantinances have a nickname? If so, is there a reason or story behind said nickname? Or do you simply wish you had a nickname?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 12:40:49 GMT -5
One of my BIL's nickname is "Pops". I met him in college and I still call him that, even though my sister asked that we refer to him by his given name once they became serious.
Old habits die hard and he has even said that having me call him by his given name would be weird, since I've been calling him that for over 20 years now.
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Post by Bob Ross on Jun 12, 2013 12:44:51 GMT -5
The nicknames I use for most people are derogatory. The reason should be obvious.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 12, 2013 13:22:26 GMT -5
I'm meghan or megh at work; megh, meggles, meggy, or meggers amongst friends.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jun 12, 2013 13:45:02 GMT -5
How does one even pronnounce Megh? Is it just "Meg" or do you pronnounce the "H" at the end? "Meggles" that's an amusing name
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Post by steph08 on Jun 12, 2013 13:48:03 GMT -5
I met my husband at work and he was always referred to by his last name. When we started dating, it was hard for me to call him by his first name. I actually almost never call him by his first name, even 8 years later. It's usually "honey" Steph is what most people call me - short for Stephanie. Everybody uses them interchangably and that is fine with me. I prefer Steph, but I always introduce myself as Stephanie since it is my full first name. No other real nicknames to speak of.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 13:48:34 GMT -5
My nickname in the A.F. was Tex & a lot of people only knew me by that name.
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Post by Queen of Interesting Nuts on Jun 12, 2013 13:50:40 GMT -5
Just a shortened version of my name, Nic, that is reserved for good friends, everyone else it is Nicky. It makes me smile when I get called Nic because I know it is a cherished person.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jun 12, 2013 13:53:02 GMT -5
My nickname in the A.F. was Tex & a lot of people only knew me by that name. That sounds like a nickname from a classic war story. Wasn't there somebody in Forest Gump named Tex?
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jun 12, 2013 13:55:22 GMT -5
I can only think of three examples.
1. It was more teasing to piss me off than a nickname, but several people in middle school called me "spoon" because they were assholes.
2. Growing up, my sister had a friend called "fish" because she was big into swimming.
3. I had a friend in college who went by the name "Tink" short for "Tinkerbell." Her real name was Janus and I guess she didn't like it.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jun 12, 2013 13:56:38 GMT -5
Just a shortened version of my name, Nic, that is reserved for good friends, everyone else it is Nicky. It makes me smile when I get called Nic because I know it is a cherished person. Can I call you Nic the magnificant Or Captain fantastic, whichever you prefer
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Post by Queen of Interesting Nuts on Jun 12, 2013 14:00:59 GMT -5
No you may not
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Post by steff on Jun 12, 2013 14:04:06 GMT -5
I met my husband at work and he was always referred to by his last name. When we started dating, it was hard for me to call him by his first name. I actually almost never call him by his first name, even 8 years later. It's usually "honey" Steph is what most people call me - short for Stephanie. Everybody uses them interchangably and that is fine with me. I prefer Steph, but I always introduce myself as Stephanie since it is my full first name. No other real nicknames to speak of. Most of my friends & family also call me steff instead of Stephanie. There are a few exceptions, one grampa called me Steffie, my BFF calls me Teffie, and my brothers call me Sissy. Neither of my brothers could say Stephanie when they were little. One called me Sanie & the other called me Etnie...they eventually both settled on Sissy & they still call me that now. Only my Mamaw used to call me by my full first & middle name, but I think that was because my middle name was her name. I had an aunt that tried to start calling me that a few years ago, I gave her the stink eye & told her that only Mamaw called me that. I guess that sounds rude, but I don't particularly like this aunt anyway. LOL
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Post by kittensaver on Jun 12, 2013 14:05:02 GMT -5
My nickname is Meemo. When my now 23-year-old niece was 18 months old and learning to talk, she tried to pronounce my name but "meemo" came out. It stuck.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 12, 2013 14:17:55 GMT -5
How does one even pronnounce Megh? Is it just "Meg" or do you pronnounce the "H" at the end? "Meggles" that's an amusing name Just meg! My name is spelled with an h, so I just keep the h in shortened form. It gives me a little distinction. :-)
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Post by steph08 on Jun 12, 2013 14:18:16 GMT -5
I met my husband at work and he was always referred to by his last name. When we started dating, it was hard for me to call him by his first name. I actually almost never call him by his first name, even 8 years later. It's usually "honey" Steph is what most people call me - short for Stephanie. Everybody uses them interchangably and that is fine with me. I prefer Steph, but I always introduce myself as Stephanie since it is my full first name. No other real nicknames to speak of. Most of my friends & family also call me steff instead of Stephanie. There are a few exceptions, one grampa called me Steffie, my BFF calls me Teffie, and my brothers call me Sissy. Neither of my brothers could say Stephanie when they were little. One called me Sanie & the other called me Etnie...they eventually both settled on Sissy & they still call me that now. Only my Mamaw used to call me by my full first & middle name, but I think that was because my middle name was her name. I had an aunt that tried to start calling me that a few years ago, I gave her the stink eye & told her that only Mamaw called me that. I guess that sounds rude, but I don't particularly like this aunt anyway. LOL One kid that I babysat couldn't say Steph or Stephanie - he called me Tennie. That remains my favorite nickname ever. Of course, nobody ever calls me that except him and his parents.
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Post by Bob Ross on Jun 12, 2013 14:23:16 GMT -5
I'm meghan or megh at work; megh, meggles, meggy, or meggers amongst friends.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 14:32:55 GMT -5
Great true story about getting a nickname.
When I was a kid we used to camp every summer. One summer where we camped was close to a creek with a mountain on the other side. Well someone suggested that we walk up the mountain (a whole different story) so everyone thought that was a great idea. Someone had put rocks that were just sticking out of the water all the way across the creek to use as stepping stones. So we crossed one at a time with every body either waiting for their turn or waiting on the other side. My mom crossed & looking back saw that my grandmother was about half way across. So she yelled out "Mom you better watch those rocks because they are slick". My grandmother looked up & said "I'm as sure footed as a Nannie goat" & (of course) as soon as she said that both of her feet shot out from under her & she landed butt first in the creek. So for the next couple of days everyone kidded her about being a nannie goat & as things happen she was stuck with the nickname Nannie for the rest of her life.
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 12, 2013 15:10:04 GMT -5
I work with a Tiny, a Fluffy, a Dude, a Bubba and a Gillby.
Tiny is a large man (6'5" and over 300 lbs) it's a name he has had for years Fluffy- Someone once called him Fat and he responded with "I'm not fat, I'm fluffy". The name has stuck and he has been called Fluffy for the entire 15 years I've known him. Dude- is a 55 year old man. Someone once described him as a "Cool Dude" and the name Dude stuck Bubba- is technically retired but since half of my crew is related to him by marriage his memory lives on. He also answers to Big Mike (very large man- well over 500 lbs) Gillby- short for Gilbertson- his last name
My BFF calls me "Boss" and I call her "Chief". Don't know why- we've been doing it for years. When she calls me up she says "Hey Boss" and I respond with "Hey Chief"
DH is a Nathaniel. For most of his life he would answer only to Nath. Now he answers to Nate.
DS is a Stephen and that's what most people call him. His little cousins (and my BFF's kids) call him Stevie and his dad and I call him "Boy" or "The Boy"
my son calls me "Mom-Goose" and his dad "D-Man"
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Post by Tiny on Jun 12, 2013 15:14:59 GMT -5
I have a version of my name that used by family, another that's used by friends. I tend to use my 'family' name at work (which I wish I had never done). I have alot of alias-es. This is mostly due to my mom enforcing the use of my full name and not any of the dozens of diriavatives of it. This caused my childhood friends to call me by the first syllable which isn't a particularly melodic because if necessary they could stretch it out to my full name and not incurr the wrath of my mother. This also caused my older teenage brothers to choose an actual diravative of my name that uses the first syllable of my name - which pissed of my mother. I actually answer to 3 'names' - my full name, the first syllable, and the diravative my brother's use. If you call me anything else I'll give you an amusing to me nickname that I will use until you use one of the names I prefer. The weirdest thing was that when I got my first 'professional' job and was introduced as "full name" the person I was just introduced to would randomly pick one of the many diravatives and say "Hi! Short Name nice to meet you". To which I would reply "No, it's Full Name, nice to meet you too", which 90% of the time got a response of "Sorry, different short name". Um, NO! it's full name! This caused a lot of confusion because everyone was referring to me with different names. After this happened about a dozen times - I started using the name my Brothers call me. I wish I had picked a different diravative for work. Cause then I'd have seperate alias'es and would be able to tell what kind of person was addressing me (work, home, friends) based on what they called me.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 12, 2013 15:15:03 GMT -5
One of my coworkers call me Princess Rain Cloud or PRC for short. I have a never ending supply of drama
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 15:41:42 GMT -5
I hate being called by a shortened form of my name. My ex knew this, and yet he called me "Sue" to his employees and BF. I just silently cringed at the BF, but I would correct the employees the first time they called me that. Ex said I was rude. I'll agree that one of us was being rude, but I don't think it was me. I wanted a cutesy nickname as a grandmother and suggested GG, borrowed from a friend. My DIL shot me down, telling me it sounded like a hooker's name. She suggested Granny Sue. Way to make me feel like a hundred-year-old country hick! I refused so my poor grandchildren have to learn to say "Grandmother Susana." It is quite a mouthful, and I feel sorry for them, but they already have a Nana and a Nanny and another Grandmother. Oh, and they have a Mimi. That's my ex's wife's nickname. I asked why she could have Mimi, but I couldn't have GG. It was because she "insisted." I know. Being "too nice" is my problem.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jun 12, 2013 15:54:12 GMT -5
Granny Sue, that's a classic. I've noticed a tend though as of late to come up with cutsie names for grandparents, specificaly grandmothers. Like Mamaw or Mimi or Nana. Whatever happened just good old fashioned "Grandma" like we used back in my day. If we needed to identify which Grandma we'd say "Grandma Smith" or "Grandma Jones."
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 12, 2013 16:12:16 GMT -5
Granny Sue, yikes! I say go with GG, there's a lot around here. I got called Vada Irene by my grandmother's 2 sisters. Guess what their names were? I get the shortened version of my name a lot, and sign it that way too unless it's something "official" I'm signing. I never had any other nickname than that though. ETA: Irene was called "ballerina" by her oldest granddaughter, who shortened it to Rena and that's what we all call her.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 12, 2013 16:14:25 GMT -5
Granny Sue, that's a classic. I've noticed a tend though as of late to come up with cutsie names for grandparents, specificaly grandmothers. Like Mamaw or Mimi or Nana. Whatever happened just good old fashioned "Grandma" like we used back in my day. If we needed to identify which Grandma we'd say "Grandma Smith" or "Grandma Jones." Zzzzzzzzzzzz............... how dull. I had both a Meemaw and a Mawmaw. My mom is Mimi.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 12, 2013 17:12:01 GMT -5
I hate being called by a shortened form of my name. My ex knew this, and yet he called me "Sue" to his employees and BF. I just silently cringed at the BF, but I would correct the employees the first time they called me that. Ex said I was rude. I'll agree that one of us was being rude, but I don't think it was me. I wanted a cutesy nickname as a grandmother and suggested GG, borrowed from a friend. My DIL shot me down, telling me it sounded like a hooker's name. She suggested Granny Sue. Way to make me feel like a hundred-year-old country hick! I refused so my poor grandchildren have to learn to say "Grandmother Susana." It is quite a mouthful, and I feel sorry for them, but they already have a Nana and a Nanny and another Grandmother. Oh, and they have a Mimi. That's my ex's wife's nickname. I asked why she could have Mimi, but I couldn't have GG. It was because she "insisted." I know. Being "too nice" is my problem. What's wrong with "grandmom"? "Grandmother Susana" is so stuffy and formal. Both of my grandmoms are "grandmom," I use last names if I need to differentiate. I do agree that Granny Sue is awful!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 18:43:23 GMT -5
You guys are missing the point that I wasn't given a lot of choices. Lol. My DIL had the first child, but most of my kids' and their spouses' grandparents are still alive. It was Granny Sue or Grandmother Susana. Most the time they just call me Grandmother.
GG wasn't an option. A hooker's name, remember? While Mimi (my ex's wife's chosen name) wasn't. Lol.
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 12, 2013 18:46:29 GMT -5
We had two Grandma's- would call them by their full name if we needed to specify which one we were talking about. My son is the oldest grandchild on one side and the only on the other side. When I was pregnant I asked my folks and DH's folks what they wanted to be called. My folks are Nana and Papa and my in-laws are Oma and Opa. All of the grandkids on my side call my parents Nana and Papa and have different names for the grandparents on the other side. As other grandkids were born my mom was able to tell the various in-laws 'pick a name because I'm already called Nana'
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 19:08:08 GMT -5
My Dad called my brother Ricochet Rabbit. Apparently it was a cartoon character that moved really fast and you never knew where he was. It stuck his whole life. (He died in a car crash at 19) He would often identify himself to people as Rabbit if they weren't too sure who he was.
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Post by steff on Jun 12, 2013 19:29:41 GMT -5
I had a Gramma & a Grampa (also know as One armed Grampa). They were my mom's parents. My dad's parents were Mamaw & PawPaw.
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