Posted: 7/27/2017 6:16:26 PM EDT
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Do you have one?
What is it? Do you call people you don't know well by their nickname? If you know it? I used to be called " Bone".....long story on how it came to be. But, if you weren't in my circle, and you called me that, I would ignore you. Lol 
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I call anyone I dont know "guy"..Instead of saying "Hey you", I say "Hey guy"
Im USMC bootcamp, my DI called me weasel, cuz I wasnt the faster nor the slowest and seemed to slink around and never get in trouble with them, out of sight, out of mind. A couple times they called me out just to mess with me cause they really never had a reason to after me. |
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I work construction, everyone gets a nickname. Whistledick and Slapnuts are generic "I can't remember that idiot's name, so I'm referring to him as such" nicknames.
Sparky, in reference to any electrician. Tin-knocker, for ductmen. Shitheel, for plumbers. 
Airhead, for any office staff or basically anyone who walks around with a clipboard, pristine hard hat and a stupid look on their face. For more specific names... J-Bird. Catfish. Lightbulb. Part-Time.(Because he's always late and lays out at least once a week.) Radio. Casio.(Because he's always five minutes late and blames it on his watch being behind.) Junior. Hog. Hoss. Molasses. Zip. Fly.(Because his fly is always down.) Boxer. Professor. And I can think of at least a dozen more, most of which are fairly vulgar. As for me... Most people just refer to me as "Asshole."
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My best friend rode BMX and his buddies would always be around - all of those guys go by nicknames only. I became The Panda, a play on my first name.
Related funny story - I once received a wedding invitation and had no idea who the people were. Was discussing it with my buddy and it turns out it is one of the BMX guys I have known for years - I never knew his real name. 
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Back when I was a skater and in the rave scene, I ended up being called Dub. Honestly can't remember why. To this day there's some who only ever knew me by that name and never knew my real name.
Later when I was training as an animal control officer, my FTO asked me how I spelled my name. Jokingly I said "S-H-A-W-N, but the S is silent." He bought it and started trying to correct other officers who pronounced my name any other way than "Hawn". He finally realized I was fucking with him, but it stuck. When I got my first job as an EMT I did the same thing, a few people still call me that. When I did critical care transports we had a meeting and our supervisor was asking each of us to tell an unusual fact about ourselves. I said I did magic and sleight of hand and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He ended up calling me Houdini from that point on. |
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" Strike " Has to do with punching ability against larger opponents. Except that my nickname is "Ultra Elite Super Warrior Incredo Man" I got that nickname by doing a hi-lo night time parachute mission into enemy headquarters, silently and quickly killing the entire enemy army, and then having sex with all the women in the entire country. Including the fatties and skanks. |
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Some from my so called career:
Catshit breath, because his breath could peel paint Firstday-because every day was like his first day, fucker retained no knowledge. MacGyver- because he THOUGHT he could fix everything, actually he couldn't and just generally fucked stuff up. The new knife- because he was 'oh so sharp'  (he was always with MacGyver, they were a team)
Sluggo- because his work pace was that of a slug Sleepy- fucker was always asleep...always and he was a genius at finding places in the plant to do this. Stewbum- he always looked like a homeless person, maybe he was. Just a few off the top of my head. I had a nickname when I was young but it's a bit embarrassing. |
I got Gopher hung on me in high school. Back in the day when linemen could block below the knees during a drill, our coach said he looks like a gopher digging a hole. With a bunch of 15 and 16-year-old boys hanging around it stuck.
Our grandkids call me Grumpy Granddad though.
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My best friend rode BMX and his buddies would always be around - all of those guys go by nicknames only. I became The Panda, a play on my first name. Related funny story - I once received a wedding invitation and had no idea who the people were. Was discussing it with my buddy and it turns out it is one of the BMX guys I have known for years - I never knew his real name. |
| A friend in high school had nicknames for everyone and often others followed, the way he came up with them was stupid and convoluted so people would always ask why do they call you that. Mine was "Chip" or "Chipster", the way he came up with that was from a popular fish and chips place back in the day that I liked. That guy and a few others still call me that after 40 years, they are all the type that are stuck in high school glory days though. My dad calls me "Buster", that is not a part of my formal name but came about from my boxing days. Dad's brothers called me "Red", which was my hair color; most of them were gingers too so I was confused if that was a jab or a "welcome to the club" thing. |