I started going in the pool when I was two months old which earned me the nickname Boaty. My little brother was DeetBaby -- I don't know where that came from. posted by TurkishGolds at 10:43 AM on June 30, 2004
My childhood nickname was Thet. The wherefores and whys behind that are lost in the mists of time. Thet -- universally spelled that way, but pronounced without the "h" was a little too reminiscent of the Tet Offensive during my youth which coincided neatly with the headiest days of the Vietnam conflict. I far prefer my current nickname. posted by Dreama at 10:56 AM on June 30, 2004
I was known through highschool as stub. I wouldn't recommend it. posted by jmgorman at 10:58 AM on June 30, 2004
In grade school, I was called "hopeless" by everyone in the school, though the nickname still fits me today. posted by jmd82 at 11:00 AM on June 30, 2004
In school in the 1970s, my nickname was Michael Moore.
My brother's got lots of freckles, and his nickname in high school was Spot. (He even had it on his letter jacket.) Then he went into the restuarant biz and became widely known as Johnny Rock, to the extent than almost no one in the biz knows his real name and they refer to our mom as "Mrs. Rock." posted by kirkaracha at 11:11 AM on June 30, 2004
I was Mago, short for Magolino which for some unknown reason my basketball coach used that instead of my real last name: Mascolino. I was fine with it, no problems at all. I was greatly pleased when I started taking high school spanish to find out that the word means Magician or Wizard. posted by mmascolino at 11:23 AM on June 30, 2004
Spaz, in high school. I didn't mind it too much, but it also didn't stick very well. posted by jessamyn at 11:28 AM on June 30, 2004
My sister (who inisted on the nickname of Didi as a kid), upon seeing Baby Me for the first time, solemnly declared "I shall call her Beebs." It stuck, kinda, particularly with my dad. posted by scody at 11:31 AM on June 30, 2004
Prelly or Prell. My family still calls me this. posted by jopreacher at 11:46 AM on June 30, 2004
My dad used to call me "Turkey-Face-Head-Lips" when I was young. My dad is a weird guy.
My freshman year in high school I was called "Toad #1" by senoirs in the drumline. (The other freshman was "Toad #2".) We got even, though, by naming the two freshmen our senior year "Ugly Boy" and "Stinker".
When he was young, my uncle called my younger brother "Harvey" (his name is Jim) for years, until Jim received a Pound Puppy for Christmas, and named it Harvey, so that my uncle would stop.
Lately, I will always answer to the name "Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo". Or even just "Joey Jo-Jo". Though I've always hated the name "Joey". posted by emptybowl at 11:47 AM on June 30, 2004
Booby. You know, bobby - booby. that one irked me. also: "Your last name's sarabia? Are you from ARABIA!?!? HAHAHah!" i HATED that posted by bob sarabia at 11:47 AM on June 30, 2004
Just the usual nickname for Deborah, but at least it was spelled differently (Debi). Try going through school when every other girl had the same name or a variation. Bleh.
My younger brother had a better nick. My mum said he was a dirt magnet. He couldn't pronounce magnet and so he became "Maggot". posted by deborah at 11:48 AM on June 30, 2004
I get Mellie, Melly Belly, Smellie, Smelly-Annie, and Penelope (for some reason that I'm still not quite sure of). I also get various massacred versions of my last name (long Polish name ending in "ski"), usually involving adding in several more syllables.
There's nothing worse than someone calling you "Smelly." posted by MsVader at 12:03 PM on June 30, 2004
My older brother and sister still call me Jooka, which started out as "Jookahanna Smellawanna". I was also called Peanut and Ladybug when I was little, but thankfully those didn't stick.
Only one of my friends calls me "Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo". posted by amarynth at 12:11 PM on June 30, 2004
"Maz the Spaz"
As in jessamyn's case, it didn't stick. Luckily. posted by tommasz at 12:37 PM on June 30, 2004
My brothers always called me Bean, but that's only because I stubbornly insisted that the correct phrase was "human bean," not "human being." posted by ferociouskitty at 12:41 PM on June 30, 2004
why may I ask are we answering this question?
as I child I was called -- Meme, Momo, Misha, mishy-mo, and pumpkin-head - one aunt and my grandmother still call me mishy-mo. My step-grandfather calls me Terminator. My father has always called me by my middle name. I don't mind them because, well, what other choice do I have?
Teen Years -- Tammy, Tammy-Faye Baker, Ta-Mi-Shaka-Zulu. I put a stop to that Zulu nonsense quickly, but one friend still calls me Tammy-Faye - I hate them and don't want to be called any of these names, but I'm not embarressed by them.
Adult - Almost everyone, except for the aforementioned individuals, call me by full first name. posted by Julnyes at 12:42 PM on June 30, 2004
My uncle always called me Sunshine which made me smile. posted by onhazier at 12:47 PM on June 30, 2004
Currently: Jerk-face-McGee or Jerky. Not as embarrassing as it is annoying.
In childhood though, my baby neighbour couldn't pronounce my name (Liz) and insisted on calling me Jon (my brother's name.) posted by Lizc at 1:04 PM on June 30, 2004
Did you have a nickname as a child? Was it embarrassing?
inexplicably, my parents and all of my relatives have called me 'jake' my whole life, even though my name is jason. I grew up thinking that jake was a form of jason, like bill/william. Having read this thread, though, I think I got off rather light. posted by GeekAnimator at 1:17 PM on June 30, 2004
Imagine being in 2nd or 3rd grade, and suddenly those big mean 6th graders decide your name is "Linda". But you're a guy. posted by Goofyy at 1:17 PM on June 30, 2004
My father was a baseball umpire and when he was crouching behind the plate, I would imitate him. (I was 2).
This lead to the nickname "Squatty", which some of his friends from that era still call me nearly 30 years later. posted by karmaville at 1:31 PM on June 30, 2004
As a freshman, a sophomore in my chem class told me apropos of nothing that he didn't want to be called Dan anymore and that I should call him "Bob". I said, "That's fine, Bob." Then he wanted to know what I should be called, I said "Jack". He called me Jack from then on. Several other students didn't catch on that that wasn't really my name. Mildly amusing. posted by plinth at 1:49 PM on June 30, 2004
Yes and no. You can call me Big Al, as it has stuck for over 30+ years. It'll probably be on my headstone. posted by bawanaal at 1:57 PM on June 30, 2004
My sisters called me "boybsy", being the only male child in a family of six. I got called "chicken legs" by some girls at school due to my shapely calves. Was I embarassed? No. posted by cbrody at 2:14 PM on June 30, 2004
In highschool, it was "69". 'nuff said. posted by Quartermass at 3:28 PM on June 30, 2004
I was called the horrible nickname "Wigger" throughout most of high school. (It's a variation on my last name). This was also quickly and inexplicably followed by "Heifer," which was inaccurate as I was a 98-pound weakling. It was still annoying, however, to get mooed at during graduation. posted by Zosia Blue at 3:45 PM on June 30, 2004
My parents called me Kiddo. posted by Miles Long at 3:59 PM on June 30, 2004
I was Miss Tish, my brother was Bud. They were just family nicknames and never bothered me. I also got called Spam by schoolmates, and I hated that one posted by stoneegg21 at 4:53 PM on June 30, 2004
Boomsticks. I was a chubby child. posted by arha at 4:58 PM on June 30, 2004
I have a friend named Travis who, when a teacher in high school asked what he preferred to be called, decided to say "Bill." Ten years later, very few people actually know his real name. posted by chiababe at 12:38 AM on July 1, 2004
Bumfluff. I can't even hear that word without some inner part of me twitching. posted by seanyboy at 12:59 AM on July 1, 2004
My parents had a nickname for me when I was little: Boo. I don't know where it came from, but in eighth grade when I read To Kill a Mockingbird, I made my parents swear the nickname didn't refer to Boo Radley.
Most everyone in my family tends to call me Marsh, the first half of my name. Except when they're mad at me—then it's the full name Marshall. I'm probably weird, but I don't appreciate it when anyone outside my family calls me Marsh. I feel like they don't know me well enough to do that.
Lately, though, some of my friends have taken to calling me Larry.
Which brings to mind a question: Am I not correct in saying that Larry is generally a nickname for people named Lawrence? I was talking to an (now ex) girlfriend of mine and her father, and I told the guy we had something in common since he goes by Larry and my middle name is Lawrence. But apparently his first name is just Larry, and it's not a shortened version of Lawrence. They both said they'd never heard of such a thing. posted by emelenjr at 3:18 AM on July 1, 2004
I can't recall having a nickname, but I had a friend whose sister was called "Lunch" by schoolmates- she was fat. A next door neighbor called my wife Combine, because he couldn't say Carmen.
Oh, as an adult I did have the nickname "Fluffy" for a while, by my wife's family (behind my back) because I had long hair (that was like Kip Winger, they say). posted by pissfactory at 3:22 AM on July 1, 2004
My dad always called my best friend "Beavis", implying... posted by leotrotsky at 6:44 AM on July 1, 2004
Familially, *ahem* Jenny Henny Penny. Also, "Nenny Burba" because that was apparently the best I could do with my full name when I was learning to talk. Yes, they still call me both of these, but I'm not bothered by it because if the most embarassing thing my family does to me in public is call me by my childhood nicknames, I figure I'm getting off really easy*.
I never had a peer-given nickname that stuck. I'm Teflon to nicknames.
*I'm getting off easy with those nicknames, too. Other family members have been blessed with such monikers as Pris, Tooty, Ducky, and Pussy.
Yes. Pussy. posted by jennyb at 8:02 AM on July 1, 2004
My dad would always call me Jase or Space Jase. Still does actually. Oddly enough I get annoyed if anyone but him calls me that.
Friends have given me a bunch of nicknames, but nothing that anyone has continued to use. posted by mindless progress at 9:16 AM on July 1, 2004
In Jr. High: "Brillo" (due to curly hair)
In High School, "Screech", after the character of the same name on that terrible show Saved By The Bell.
I figured that if they were going to give me that name, I'd at least come up with my own spelling for it. posted by skryche at 9:21 AM on July 1, 2004
In H.S. it was Rastro, from the dog in the Jetsons.
For some reason people thought I talked like him.
Embarassing ?? Try being at a party talking to a girl
when you're drunken freinds start yelling 'Hey Rastro'. posted by repoman at 10:08 AM on July 1, 2004
Shiny Nose. Q-Tip. Muffin Head. Dr. J. The Jouge (pronouced like Zsa-Zsa).
(Having curly hair, while nice as an adult, is a curse as a child, especially when paired with a vaguely-girlish name like Julian.) posted by gottabefunky at 11:15 AM on July 1, 2004
For years I thought my nickname was "youlittlesonofabitch" it was so often used by dad when calling me. posted by BlueScreen at 12:20 PM on July 1, 2004
Dad called me Kate-a-rooni when I was younger. My parents STILL both call me kiddo.
But somehow my friends never really gave me nicknames, until possibly last weekend when a guy friend started calling me Kat after calling me Katie (which is my legal name) for the past six years. posted by katieinshoes at 1:42 PM on July 1, 2004
My dad is very into nicknames. He seldom calls anyone by their real name - I think he's used my given name twice in 30 years. I was Pokey, then Awk-Squawk, and now I'm alternatively Sweetheart and Betsy, and a derivation of my middle name which I refuse to divulge as I loathe it. My other siblings call me Betsy (usually) or Pokey (occasionally). I've gotten various derivations of my given name - Bet (grade school), Bethie (children of under three struggling to pronounce my full name and affectionate men), Beth Annie (weirdo math teacher), and since beginning high school I've been generally known as Beth.
I've inherited my Dad's penchant for nicknames and like him, sometimes come up with a particularly apt one that sticks to someone like glue. A certain woman in my office, who is short and hefty with waist-length light brown hair, a loud, mule-like laugh, and an uncanny resemblance to a picture of a female hobbit I found on the net, is rapidly becoming known as Hobbette. posted by orange swan at 5:12 PM on July 1, 2004
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