The only nicknames I've ever had that I like are ones I've given to myself that other people generally don't use.
Poll: Have you ever had a nickname?
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There's practically no one with nicknames where I live. The only one i can think of is someone called pickles, and his real name is nicholas. I have no idea where it came from.
I have had a few, at the moment the vast majority of my friends call me Pinkie (hence the username, not a brony, my neighbour just gave me the name and it stuck). I was known as Gollum for a while when I lived in Spain, because it sounds like my real name, but the silly Spaniards found Gollum easier to say 
For a while, it was ?Hank?, because I apparently look like a ?Hank?. Afterwards, it was ?Vesuvius Mini-nips? (later shortened to just ?Vesuvius?), because I have/had lots of zits on my face and I supposedly have small nipples. Later, it was ?Solomon Vandy? (from Blood Diamond, because of course, all black people look the same, right?!
Only once "Badam"
My name is Adam, Badam is punjabi for almond. Someone who has plenty of almonds is said to be very smart in Indian culture. So it was an endearing nick name at least...
My name is Adam, Badam is punjabi for almond. Someone who has plenty of almonds is said to be very smart in Indian culture. So it was an endearing nick name at least...
Yes Danegerous which is also my username. I got it once a kid attempted to kick my ass but wound up like the scene with Lou in Fight Club only instead of ending with my going all psycho it end with me insulting him and his fist missing my face and hitting a TV and gouging the hell out of his arm. Then i walk into class and had people just happen to yell "DANGEROUS!" at me and the name stuck.
It is spelled weird because my name is Dane
It is spelled weird because my name is Dane
A few, In primary school we had to line up to go into lunch and the caretaker would tick off our names on a list as we went in to the dining area. He gave all of us nicknames and since my name is Phillip he simply called me Pip.
One that stuck and eventually became my online alias for a lot of things is Flipip. Again it originates from primary school. In the lower years teachers would read us a story every now and then, and one that they read was called Beaver Towers. The main character, called Philip (with one L but meh...near enough the same thing), encounters a family of talking beavers, the youngest of which can't say his name properly and instead calls him Flipip. From then i was called Flip and Flipip. It kind of stuck.
One that stuck and eventually became my online alias for a lot of things is Flipip. Again it originates from primary school. In the lower years teachers would read us a story every now and then, and one that they read was called Beaver Towers. The main character, called Philip (with one L but meh...near enough the same thing), encounters a family of talking beavers, the youngest of which can't say his name properly and instead calls him Flipip. From then i was called Flip and Flipip. It kind of stuck.
I've been called "Stoney" since High School, despite the fact that I've never actually done any drugs and only been drunk like twice. Apparently I just look high as a kite.
I was called Kermit in college for a while, since I always used to wear a green hoody. Apart from that I'm mostly called Dan, but that probably doesn't really count as a nickname, since it's just short for Daniel.
There was also a couple that never really stuck, mostly on Skype with other Escapist members. Shirley and Dan No. 2 were brief nicknames I had on there.
There was also a couple that never really stuck, mostly on Skype with other Escapist members. Shirley and Dan No. 2 were brief nicknames I had on there.
I was called names a LOT in primary and secondary school (not many of which I can (thankfully) remember), does that count? I think the most imaginative (and (possibly) least hurtful) one was "Panda-Bot 3000", on account of my staying inside all the time, wearing nothing but black clothes, and the dull, monotonous droning that is my voice, and possibly my fascination (obsession) with robots/cyborgs/ridding myself of this squishy fleshy stuff I currently inhabit...
Oh, and "Army Spoon", given to/shouted at me by the anti-social little bastard of a brother of one of my most awesome (and only) IRL friends.
School was not fun...
Oh, and "Army Spoon", given to/shouted at me by the anti-social little bastard of a brother of one of my most awesome (and only) IRL friends.
School was not fun...
My real name is Joseph so normally my nickname is shortened to Joey, though my PE teacher in primary school used to call me Joe Blow once upon a time