I need a creative robotics/mechanical/electrical (engineering) themed nickname for a shirt I'm making. Constraints and criteria below. [more inside]
posted by WilliamWallace on Jul 24, 2009 - 11 answers

Some Spanish speaking guys at work have taken to calling me "Rambo". Give me some suggestions for good humorous rejoinders, especially in Spanish. I have never seen the movie and speak no Spanish. [more inside]
posted by idiopath on Apr 30, 2009 - 49 answers

I have a serious question about adopting a "tricky" nickname. Yes, that one. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 3, 2009 - 50 answers

What's a playful and interesting but still respectable online handle for an "official" identity I'm creating on the website I work for? [more inside]
posted by mostlymartha on Jan 8, 2008 - 20 answers

Do you know a derogatory nickname for a town or city? [more inside]
posted by Miko on Dec 17, 2007 - 198 answers

Need a list of the top 1000 male and female names, with variants and misspellings. [more inside]
posted by MattS on Oct 2, 2007 - 7 answers

My son is entering that awkward teen stage and wants to put aside childish things. To that end, he would like to change his rather "kiddish" gamertag to something more intimidating (and less likely to be berated by his older sibling). Obviously, he's not looking for something like "Fluffy Wumpkins." He asked me to help him with suggestions for cool, edgy, threatening names. So, Hive mind, any ideas? Bonus points if it sounds particularly impressive or humiliating to the enemy after, "you were killed by..."
posted by misha on Sep 25, 2007 - 101 answers

Help me figure out what my Italian Nonna was calling me all those years. [more inside]
posted by NoraCharles on Oct 29, 2006 - 6 answers

What's a nickname for the speakers on a stereo? [more inside]
posted by Gucky on Jan 12, 2006 - 21 answers

Help me come up with a funny stage name. [more inside]
posted by jojopizza on Nov 2, 2005 - 44 answers

Did you have a nickname as a child? Was it embarrassing? [more inside]
posted by o2b on Jun 30, 2004 - 47 answers