November 25, 2010 2:45 PM GMT
Absolutely. I got a nickname in the place where most people acquire a nickname. University. The evolution of my nickname was strange and round about, but it eventually came into focus.
As an actor, my circle of friends was other actors, musicians and writers. I was (by far) the largest actor in the program, and was always cast as the "character" lead. One of the guys in the acting program, who was also in a 60's and 70's cover band with me, started calling me "The Top Dog, The Big Cheese", during production of Twelfth Night, when I played Sir Toby.
Another friend of mine, who was a musician and loved to poke fun at me, started calling me "The Top Cheese, The Big Dog", which I didn't really like any more than the original names. But then, something strange happened. Most of the nickname was abruptly dropped and I just started being called "Cheese" and occasionally "Cheeser". I have to admit sort of liking my nickname, especially since it wasn't gender dependent.
Z
November 27, 2010 12:41 AM GMT
F...ing Wierdo, F...ing Queer, F...ing Gay B...ard, and some that were unkind.
November 27, 2010 2:17 AM GMT
When I was in elementary school, there were a couple bullies that insisted that my name was Isabelle.
To this day, I still have no idea of where they were coming from with that name.
Needless to say, I was relieved that it never stuck.
November 27, 2010 1:47 AM GMT
When I was in Jr High a friend was trying to get people to call me a girls name I didn't like because of my long hair. So I just looked at him & said fu@k you Goober. He was called goober untill the end if high school.
November 25, 2010 12:21 PM GMT
I'm rather relieved that in the main, my nicknames are forgotten and in the past, Snivel & Batty Boy spring to mind. (Batty boy (also spelled bhatti boy, batty bwoy), bati man are pejorative sexual slurs used to describe gay, bisexual and effeminate men, )
November 25, 2010 2:38 PM GMT
None that are printable.
Hugs...Joni Mari
November 26, 2010 1:32 AM GMT
The only nicknames from my youth were meant to be hurtful and were left behind when I moved. My current (male) one is what I use everyday and relates to my interests and is amusing to me. It is sort of the acme of my male persona and was started years before I came to TGS.
Here, some of my British acquaintances use "Wendo", which I gather is like a nickname one might be given in school. Having a nickname for "Wendy" is like making it official, lol.
November 26, 2010 6:53 PM GMT
Hi Janis,
In high school my Cuban friend Jose used to call me "Conejo" which means rabbit, cause he thought I looked like one. Happily it didn't stick...
I've always wanted, when in drab, to be called "Mac" because I never liked my given name, Alan. Mac comes form my Scots sirname, think McCann or McDougle. My father was also called Mac so I was "little Mac" til I grew 4 inches taller. Luckily, I was never called "Big Mac".
Best,
Mellie (my preferred nickname)
November 27, 2010 7:00 PM GMT
In primary school I was Kiki - not after Kiki Dee unfortunately, but after a parrot. I think that one was just a children's corruption of my real name.
Later on it was Beaky, and neither I nor the old friend who I met on Friends Reunited a year or so ago and who reminded me of it can remember how that was arrived at.
(My brother was nicknamed Doris, and it is still used by some of his old schoolfriends. And none of them will tell me why!)