New Weekly " Off Topic" Topic No.21 (25/06/12)

[Ludwig Venter]

Throughout my life, I've always just been known as Ludwig.... it's only recently that people here on the forum started with either "Lud" or "LV".....

This week we talk about nicknames..... what are the most fitting ones you have heard of and have you ever called by any other name than your own??...

3 that comes to mind is at school, we had this very obese guy and he was called "Condition"... and another (also obese) was called "Obvious".... This other guy had every second tooth missing in his mouth and he was called " Knit one, Slip one"..... What are some of the best (fitting) nicknames you have heard of.....??

 

[Man of fish]

This kid in elementary school always coughed a lot and his last name was brunk so we all called him brunkhitis. He was a cool guy though.

 

[FishFanatic04]

We call my baby Chunker instead of Tucker. It's out of love, and it's fitting I think we'll have to change back to his actual name when he starts realizing what we are saying, or he'll get a complex.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Mine at school was Rhino, I played rugby, was built like a brick s*** house and when running at people on the pitch I used to knock them off their feet lol. Slimmed a bit now tho. We had a guy at school who was obese and had a lot of teeth missing who was nicknamed grand, due to size and his teeth looked like piano keys. He didn't really mind tho.

 

[the_lock_man]

We had a kid at school we called Taxi, because his ears stuck out like London taxi doors.

 

[FishBlast]

First nickname I've earned: Detonatoarea, while playing SC 1 with some friends online. Most of the time I was the one nuking stuff. It means Detonatress so I've switched to that nickname on most of my works / web pages.
Other online friends know me by my game name Silver-Hawk (my archer character was named that). On this forum I'm FishBlast (chosen as random to contain something related to detonation) and on a 3D forum I'm named Silver Feather (related to my in-game nick).
But friends at high school just called me Deto since most of my IDs are either Detonatoarea or Detonatress.

There were a lot of people with nicknames in our high-school, one of them had a nick "Camataru" which meant something like "Money Lender", he was the tallest in our class, probably around 2m height. Then there was one guy named "Cotoninio", sounded something like what people around here call a male cat but a Latin version of that, lol. And "Orbit", probably because he chewed the gum that was called that. "Jardel" was his friend, his nick means jewel but I forgot in what language.
Only two girls had nicknames in our class: "Molie" which means moth, and "Pitica" which means female midget because she was short.

 

[MBOU]

Bleugh. I was forever called names through school, kids are cruel.

Some of the nicer names I was called on a regular basis we "Secondhand dartboard" (I have freckles not to mention so did the guy calling me that!)

Pickles, Picker, Picalilly, Pickernose etc (my surname is Pickering)

Gem Anyone can call me this as my name is Gemma

JimJams Can't remember how that happened lol but its what my best friend calls me

Lastly... and this one has a story...

Ponygirl

Yeah... because this is the most offensive name they could come up with lol. I quit going to school at the end of year 6 (age 10/11 i think) and refused to start school after the holidays for year 7. I couldnt cope with the bullying going on... bullying doesnt really cover it but if my mum had made me go to school, id have been one of these tragic stories of kids going over the edge...

My parents decided to move house and move me as far away from area as possible but it meant I missed a term of school, started a new school straight into year 7 in January after everyone had made friends, I was also really depressed and so I would sit in the corner of the room on breaks and tutor time and would just read books, at that point i was going through all my mums old pony books (still have them and love them, even if they did cost her a shilling and are falling to bits lol) so I got the nickname ponygirl (yeah because hat was JUST what I needed lol).

It was one particular person that was the ring leader but after 5 years at that school, even some of the teachers forgot my name or referred to me as ponygirl before looking horrified with themselves. Mostly for years i just rolled my eyes and left them to it, Ponygirl is hardly a massive insult...

But after 5 years and this guy cornered me in the hall before classes and was taunting me andI lost my temper and whirled around and backhanded him and broke his nose with the comment of "at least i'm not a fat aggressive thug who has to scare people into liking them and has no prospects in life". Word for word. I felt awful for saying it when at 16 after being bullied all my school life... i obviously touched a nerve as he burst into tears!

Apparently he was very sensitive about his weight! Normally its not something I would ever say to anyone, i'm not like that... but its even weirder because he most definately wasnt fat! He carried a lot of muscle which I can assure you he liked to use. He put me in hospital pouring hydrochloric acid down my back in science... and he cant take being called fat? Jeezz...

More satisfying still.... 8 years after leaving school, he never got any further qualifications and the best he has managed is working tills at tescos... though he got fired from that last I heard. He couldnt even get his dad to employ him in the family business. Shouldnt make me happy... but honestly... after 5 years of being called names and hurt and told how i was good for nothing or noone... i hope his life is hell.

 

[Dieses Madchen]

I call my son "Monkey," simply because he LOVES to climb. He broke his arm on the playground, climbing and jumping off stuff. And sure enough, as soon as the cast came off, he was back to climbing and jumping again

 

[FishBlast]

Bleugh. I was forever called names through school, kids are cruel.

Some of the nicer names I was called on a regular basis we "Secondhand dartboard" (I have freckles not to mention so did the guy calling me that!)

Pickles, Picker, Picalilly, Pickernose etc (my surname is Pickering)

Gem Anyone can call me this as my name is Gemma

JimJams Can't remember how that happened lol but its what my best friend calls me

Lastly... and this one has a story...

Ponygirl

Yeah... because this is the most offensive name they could come up with lol. I quit going to school at the end of year 6 (age 10/11 i think) and refused to start school after the holidays for year 7. I couldnt cope with the bullying going on... bullying doesnt really cover it but if my mum had made me go to school, id have been one of these tragic stories of kids going over the edge...

My parents decided to move house and move me as far away from area as possible but it meant I missed a term of school, started a new school straight into year 7 in January after everyone had made friends, I was also really depressed and so I would sit in the corner of the room on breaks and tutor time and would just read books, at that point i was going through all my mums old pony books (still have them and love them, even if they did cost her a shilling and are falling to bits lol) so I got the nickname ponygirl (yeah because hat was JUST what I needed lol).

It was one particular person that was the ring leader but after 5 years at that school, even some of the teachers forgot my name or referred to me as ponygirl before looking horrified with themselves. Mostly for years i just rolled my eyes and left them to it, Ponygirl is hardly a massive insult...

But after 5 years and this guy cornered me in the hall before classes and was taunting me andI lost my temper and whirled around and backhanded him and broke his nose with the comment of "at least i'm not a fat aggressive thug who has to scare people into liking them and has no prospects in life". Word for word. I felt awful for saying it when at 16 after being bullied all my school life... i obviously touched a nerve as he burst into tears!

Apparently he was very sensitive about his weight! Normally its not something I would ever say to anyone, i'm not like that... but its even weirder because he most definately wasnt fat! He carried a lot of muscle which I can assure you he liked to use. He put me in hospital pouring hydrochloric acid down my back in science... and he cant take being called fat? Jeezz...

More satisfying still.... 8 years after leaving school, he never got any further qualifications and the best he has managed is working tills at tescos... though he got fired from that last I heard. He couldnt even get his dad to employ him in the family business. Shouldnt make me happy... but honestly... after 5 years of being called names and hurt and told how i was good for nothing or noone... i hope his life is hell.

Wow, school there sounds worse than here.
In the first school I went to, the fights between kids were common but we never went past the line, it was mostly a game to fight and not get hurt (more than a few bruises...)
In high school I was being picked on for being the geek who also helped the bullies with their homework... And all I got in return was them mocking me and then saying "You help us and we mock you, ha ha!", until I just started pretending like I don't care about mathematics... well... that backfired when I really ended up getting lower grades at maths, up to the point of exams But at least I had peace in exchange. No one would ask me to show them how to solve exercises and such.

The stuff I got called... including some people saying they don't know what to count me as: female or male. Or classmates saying I'm not human because I'm white like cheese (it didn't help that I have some white hair strands either).

My case is inverted, while all the bullies (who were rich to begin with) ended up in good universities or their parents got them a job, I have no official job, I'm a lazy good for nothing (nothing useful at least) who tried to get hired twice and failed for stupid reasons (that I couldn't do anything about anyway) and a third time got hired and was unlucky that the whole job went on hiatus. And I can't go to college either, my dad won't pay for it and where it was free, they removed the specialty I wanted to follow, because Romania no longer produces good movies anyway, so they don't need script writers.

 

[Bugdozer]

I was called Wiggy for a while at school because there was arumour going round that my hair was a wig. Totally untrue - nobody would buy a wig that looked like that.
Ironically, now I'm quite bald.

 

[the_lock_man]

Bleugh. I was forever called names through school, kids are cruel.

Some of the nicer names I was called on a regular basis we "Secondhand dartboard" (I have freckles not to mention so did the guy calling me that!)

Pickles, Picker, Picalilly, Pickernose etc (my surname is Pickering)

Gem Anyone can call me this as my name is Gemma

JimJams Can't remember how that happened lol but its what my best friend calls me

Lastly... and this one has a story...

Ponygirl

Yeah... because this is the most offensive name they could come up with lol. I quit going to school at the end of year 6 (age 10/11 i think) and refused to start school after the holidays for year 7. I couldnt cope with the bullying going on... bullying doesnt really cover it but if my mum had made me go to school, id have been one of these tragic stories of kids going over the edge...

My parents decided to move house and move me as far away from area as possible but it meant I missed a term of school, started a new school straight into year 7 in January after everyone had made friends, I was also really depressed and so I would sit in the corner of the room on breaks and tutor time and would just read books, at that point i was going through all my mums old pony books (still have them and love them, even if they did cost her a shilling and are falling to bits lol) so I got the nickname ponygirl (yeah because hat was JUST what I needed lol).

It was one particular person that was the ring leader but after 5 years at that school, even some of the teachers forgot my name or referred to me as ponygirl before looking horrified with themselves. Mostly for years i just rolled my eyes and left them to it, Ponygirl is hardly a massive insult...

But after 5 years and this guy cornered me in the hall before classes and was taunting me andI lost my temper and whirled around and backhanded him and broke his nose with the comment of "at least i'm not a fat aggressive thug who has to scare people into liking them and has no prospects in life". Word for word. I felt awful for saying it when at 16 after being bullied all my school life... i obviously touched a nerve as he burst into tears!

Apparently he was very sensitive about his weight! Normally its not something I would ever say to anyone, i'm not like that... but its even weirder because he most definately wasnt fat! He carried a lot of muscle which I can assure you he liked to use. He put me in hospital pouring hydrochloric acid down my back in science... and he cant take being called fat? Jeezz...

More satisfying still.... 8 years after leaving school, he never got any further qualifications and the best he has managed is working tills at tescos... though he got fired from that last I heard. He couldnt even get his dad to employ him in the family business. Shouldnt make me happy... but honestly... after 5 years of being called names and hurt and told how i was good for nothing or noone... i hope his life is hell.

I'm amazed that he wasn't in tears because of the broken nose.....

 

[MBOU]

Bah. Was no more than he deserved and he was always in fights and coming out with far more injuries and broken bones...

Possibly less feelings because 90% of the time he was high as a kite!

 

[the_lock_man]

Bah. Was no more than he deserved and he was always in fights and coming out with far more injuries and broken bones...

Possibly less feelings because 90% of the time he was high as a kite!

What, even at school? Sheesh.....

Funnily enough, my daughter shares your name and is also nicknamed Jimjams. And Gem. And Gemmsy. And Gemmo. And Gemmadeewemms. But then she's only 10, so I can get away with it.

 

[garyspence84]

I had a couple of goodins in school....
Skindyanabones was prob the best though.
All things skiny related, beanpole, pencil, lanki bla bla bla
Chicken (broke my leg and after recovery, had a really strange run for a while, like a chicken, apparently)

Mate of mine was called V-nose, because his eyebrows met in the middle and formed a V.
There was 2 larger chaps in my class too that were into wrestling, so they were Earthquake and Typhoon.
1 guy was tiny, so everyone presumed his Willy would be the same, so he aS pinky, pink panther, or even just humm the tune to pink panther.
All this changed once we started German and French class. Then we looked up the German/French for all these names and started using them