Nicknames: Need They Be Earned?

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If its a vanity nick it should be earned, 'hands of stone' should have been earned by punching really hard stuff and not breaking his hands. You can just dub yourself 'da bestest at all the stuff' because you think your pretty good, you have to go and beat everyone at everything.

If its just a nick then so long as someone gave it to you then its good, usernames and handles arent nicknames but some people use nicknames as handles and usernames though.

Mine's Datto because I drive a datsun, nice and simple, truthful and I didnt choose it.
 

sky14kemea

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CrazyHaircut94 said:
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Furburt said:
Nicknames aren't nicknames if you make them yourself.
I agree with Jedoro, this is pretty much /thread

Ive never given myself a nickname (alias dont count right?) but I give people nicknames all the time, it shows I'm their friend :D
Does that mean we're not friends? D:

OT: I don't have any nicknames other than short versions of my real name. One guy frequently calls me 'Troll' because of my dreadlocks. Does that count?
You do have a nickname... I just never use it >_> sometimes I make weird ones that have nothing to do with peoples usernames :D
Well, what is that name then?
>_________>

[sub]Crazyface...[/sub]
...Dare I ask why? o_O
Your username is Crazyhaircut, and you used to have a scary avatar on twitter xD
 

Asturiel

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alloneword said:
A wise man once said: Nicknames are like hickies, you can give yourself one but you look like an idiot if you do.
Pretty much this, you dont give yourself a nickname, because its from yourself. Its not natural, a nickname is often just something people call you because thats the name that comes to mind. A name you give to yourself CAN work, just usually doesnt.
 

Arkhangelsk

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sky14kemea said:
CrazyHaircut94 said:
sky14kemea said:
CrazyHaircut94 said:
sky14kemea said:
CrazyHaircut94 said:
sky14kemea said:
Furburt said:
Nicknames aren't nicknames if you make them yourself.
I agree with Jedoro, this is pretty much /thread

Ive never given myself a nickname (alias dont count right?) but I give people nicknames all the time, it shows I'm their friend :D
Does that mean we're not friends? D:

OT: I don't have any nicknames other than short versions of my real name. One guy frequently calls me 'Troll' because of my dreadlocks. Does that count?
You do have a nickname... I just never use it >_> sometimes I make weird ones that have nothing to do with peoples usernames :D
Well, what is that name then?
>_________>

[sub]Crazyface...[/sub]
...Dare I ask why? o_O
Your username is Crazyhaircut, and you used to have a scary avatar on twitter xD
What avatar was that? Can't you call me Anansi instead? D: That's a much cooler name.
 

sky14kemea

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CrazyHaircut94 said:
What avatar was that? Can't you call me Anansi instead? D: That's a much cooler name.
The uhh... Sweeny Todd one ',:/

And I could...

[sub]Anasiid (like Anaseed).... enjoy you're new random nickname >_>[/sub]
 

Arkhangelsk

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sky14kemea said:
CrazyHaircut94 said:
What avatar was that? Can't you call me Anansi instead? D: That's a much cooler name.
The uhh... Sweeny Todd one ',:/

And I could...

[sub]Anasiid (like Anaseed).... enjoy you're new random nickname >_>[/sub]
Ah, that one.

[small]...I'm actually okay with Anasiid...[/small]
 

TK421

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Furburt said:
Nicknames aren't nicknames if you make them yourself.
Exactly. A nickname is something that someone else notices about you and then creates a (hopefully clever) name for it.
 

Lizmichi

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Well don't make up you're own nick name. All the ones I have friends have given to me or I earned. Like one is Bunny Slayer or Bunny and I got that because I'm a skinner in WoW and when I first started out every time I say a bunny I would run after it, kill it and skin it (In WoW that is XD) So my friends call me bunny slayer. I also call my boy friend record because he repeats questions or tells me something like an hour after he told me.
 

ConstantJoe

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I've gone through many nicknames, most from people I hardly know, and a few from people I don't know who needed to call me something when another Joe was around.

From experiance, the truely awful ones tend to die off, as with the long ones, where as the easily explained ones tend to hang around longer.
 

Danpascooch

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Of course nicknames need to be earned!

I am not called "That fucker" for nothing, I WORKED HARD FOR THAT!

nicknames have to also be given to you by somebody other than yourself, you can in NO WAY contribute to their formation, and you are obligated to at least act like you don't like it for at least a day or two.

My last name is Pascucci (pass-coo-chi), so one time a kid was so confused reading my name he just careless blurted out "spugucci" (spUH-goo-chi) and now some people call me that, and others call me scooch.

One really weird guy calls me "papa scooch", that just creeps the fuck out of me for some reason.
 

Shadowfaze

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Depends on the nickname. My girl calls me "Curly" because of my hair. I called her "lanky" one time and she gave me a slap.
 

Captain Schpack

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If your a pro anything your nickname should be retired along with your number. Also, I beleive that those nicknames have go be earned not just given out for marketng purposes.

People call me Teddy because apparently I'm just like a big huggable Teddy bear.
 

nick_knack

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The only nickname I can remember of myself was stuck to me for approximately 6 weeks of my life. "Vomit Boy" or just "Vomit". I totally earned it though :)
 

Tuddle

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Nicknames both earned and placed on us are fun names that stick or
could be use to hurt someone.

For Me:

Fun Nickname : MW2 I got this tag-nickname-thingy because I saved someone from being killed.
I forget what the name of it was. Saviour I think.

Bad Nickname : A******-Face-Man