The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

With nick-names in most social situations it seems it is almost impossible for the one receiving the nick-name to be the original creator of the nick-name. They are almost always given by friends, family, or work-people. Some people are born with nick-names, others have nick-names thrust upon them. Such is the mysterious nature of the nick-name.

Also, who the hell was this Nick? And why is his name an alternate for pseudonym?
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

papachronos said:
Not so! I haven't listened to Ayreon in about ten years, but I think I burned a hole in my Human Equation disc. Being too lazy to actually go look, how is their more recent stuff? Any interesting guests?
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I don't know metal well enough to pick out interesting guests, but the last Ayreon album 01011001 was great. Mostly he's been doing other projects; New Real was interesting, but nothing epic. Victims of the Modern Age was great. I haven't listened to Guilt Machine.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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LittleKagsin said:
I oftentimes address someone by a nickname so much that I forget that they have an actual name. And then I wonder if I confuse people because I use people's nicknames in conversation.

I think I may be a bigger fan of nicknames than most.
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Anyone who doesn't know that I'm Lord Pezzleton can just:
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GasBandit

GasBandit

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In high school, I had two nicknames, neither of which I picked. The first was "devil man," which was short lived, as the nickname that stuck with me the rest of high school was coined a couple months later in a rather large misunderstanding - "snuff." And it had nothing to do with tobacco.
 
Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

GasBandit said:
In high school, I had two nicknames, neither of which I picked. The first was "devil man," which was short lived, as the nickname that stuck with me the rest of high school was coined a couple months later in a rather large misunderstanding - "snuff." And it had nothing to do with tobacco.
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Were... were you killed on tape?
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

20 years ago on Friday, I was out on my first week off OJT and in the regular living units (aka "cottages"). I was assigned to work one of our security units for the first month, and when I got there, they told me to go outside (it was actually a decent day for early April) and supervise recreation. That meant watching kids play basketball on an outdoor basketball court in the back of the building.

Anyways, while I'm watching these guys play hoops, one or two other youth are talking out their window - technically not allowed, but I wasn't completely aware of it at the time. One of the kids commented that I looked like a cartoon character.

The next words out of his mouth have, unfortunately, stuck with me over the next 20 years. If I try to do something to stop it, it keeps going. If I try to ignore it, it keeps going. If I do nothing, there are suddenly some staff who think that it's my real name (I kid you not).

Suffice to say I do not care for the little sidekick to a certain Hanna-Barbera character that wanders around Jellystone Park...

EDIT: And the funny thing is - just last night I had to hand out a consequence to a kid who called me that. :facepalm:
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

jwhouk said:
20 years ago on Friday, I was out on my first week off OJT and in the regular living units (aka "cottages"). I was assigned to work one of our security units for the first month, and when I got there, they told me to go outside (it was actually a decent day for early April) and supervise recreation. That meant watching kids play basketball on an outdoor basketball court in the back of the building.

Anyways, while I'm watching these guys play hoops, one or two other youth are talking out their window - technically not allowed, but I wasn't completely aware of it at the time. One of the kids commented that I looked like a cartoon character.

The next words out of his mouth have, unfortunately, stuck with me over the next 20 years. If I try to do something to stop it, it keeps going. If I try to ignore it, it keeps going. If I do nothing, there are suddenly some staff who think that it's my real name (I kid you not).

Suffice to say I do not care for the little sidekick to a certain Hanna-Barbera character that wanders around Jellystone Park...

EDIT: And the funny thing is - just last night I had to hand out a consequence to a kid who called me that. :facepalm:
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HAhahaha. Sorry. Well, not really, but I shared the same nick-name for a couple of years while in the Air Force, the first guy that was my supervisor went by the nick name of the main character that you are referencing.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

In school I was "T-bone", "Tea bag" (both because of my maiden name), or "Lisa Pizza" (why anyone thought they rhymed is beyond me).

I was nicknamed "Tits" by a friend who was into sfx makeup and was making me a prosthetic third breast. He probably saw my chest as much as he saw his girlfriend's. I knew it was going to stick when I called his house. His step-father answered the phone and yelled out "Jason! Tits is on the phone!"

Same friend also called me "The Epitome of All Evil" because he said my eyes change color when I'm pissed.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I have gained a few nick-names over the years: Mickee, Mickey Mouse, Mick(not sure if that counts), Mike, Mitchel(do not call me this, it annoys me, I do not know why) and Pineapple. And no, the origin for the last one is not disgusting or hilarious. I told a guy one of the characters in my comic was a Pineapple samurai and I was called Pineapple ever since.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Nicknames I've had:

Mikey - Lasted about a month before I decked the guy who started it. Not used since.
Ninja - Because of how quietly I walk, I sometimes sneak up on people without meaning to. This lasted until I left high school to get my GED.
The Dish - This started as my character in SWToR, but now everyone in my guild calls me it because of how DEAD ON I could do his voice on Vent. Everyone agreed that this was EXACTLY how he should sound and it just kinda stuck.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I think I was called Mikey at one point in my life but I'm not sure. I have never been more uncertain on my past than with this name.

Also I have been called Santa, and Unabomber, because of the beard-wielding.
 
Hylian

Hylian

I have had a few nicknames but I never really cared for them.

Bruiser - A friend of my dads called me this when I was growing up because I was tall
Commander Toad - My dad and a few other people called me this when I was little because I used to be really into the Commander Toad books,
Brain - Various people have called me this for many different reasons but mostly because it is an anagram of my real name.
 
fade

fade

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No nicknames that I know of. Probably a few behind my back. I did like that no one could pronounce my last name when I was a professor, so they all just called me Dr. Jack.
 
Azurephoenix

Azurephoenix

I only ever had one nickname growing up and it wasn't exactly pleasant... I was known as "Psycho" through most of middle school and high school.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I had a nick name that followed me for 20 years... I was 6 watching reruns of the camp-Batman, I'd run through the house with a towel around my neck singing...

Na na na na na! MATMAN! MATMAN! MATMAN!
 
LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

Kags has been my nickname since junior high - it used to be some long Japanese name because my friend and I thought we were oh so cool. It got shortened to Kags and I've been with it ever since. And I quite love it really. I don't mind being called Kags at all. =^^=

My relatives call me Christa Bear, I don't know why, but they do and always have. And the families around my neighborhood call me Grace (because I'm the opposite of graceful, I tripped a lot as a child..actually, I still trip a lot now..).

I don't have a lot of nicknames; I give more than I get.
 
Azurephoenix

Azurephoenix

Gilgamesh said:
Was that a nickname or were they calling you that name to be hurtful?
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Both I would imagine.

I met a few people from my class years after and one of them (not a bully) jokingly referred to me as psycho. Luckily I have nothing to do with anyone from my grade school anymore.
 
Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Lamest nickname I ever had was -Tiger- given to me by one of my high school girlfriend's father. He was a bit older (young wife and daughter was 15) but he used it everytime he saw me when I started dating his daughter. Never thought I'd hear someone use that outside of a movie/show.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Gilgamesh said:
Lamest nickname I ever had was -Tiger- given to me by one of my high school girlfriend's father. He was a bit older (young wife and daughter was 15) but he used it everytime he saw me when I started dating his daughter. Never thought I'd hear someone use that outside of a movie/show.
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My grandma used to call me tiger when I was little.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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I haven't thought about this in years, but one of my ex-girlfriends used to call me "totem pole" because she thought I challenged her to be a better person. Her mother's boyfriend started calling me "totem pole", too. I'm not sure he ever called me Bruce after that.
 
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