Nicknames you've had in real life

[Agathon]

"The World's Greatest Lover" by thousands of breathless and grateful women.

So there...

[Agathon]

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....

[Frankychan]

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.

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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.

[Harovan]

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.

[Az]

Not when your first name is "Lee".

[DAVOUT]

Dr No. When I was Chief Finance Officer in a troubled company, I generally refused requests of money.

[Az]

Dr No.

That's pretty awesome!

[laurentius]

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

[DRoseDARs]

Magenta

Bastard

[Spiffor]

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)

[C0ckney]

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'

[reds4ever]

"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!!

[Pollyanna]

surprisinly enough i have been refered to as pollyanna heaps lately (which would explain the influence in my screen name i guess.... aPOLYton...lol)

[Az]

lol... DL... lol.

[Theben]

IT's time to dance!