Funny (genuine) nicknames for people you have known of.

[Lozz360]

This clip is somewhat amusing...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUU8bLQfmKQ

 

[matticus]

A teacher friend - in a very white school - had one Sikh boy in his class. They nicknamed him the Turbanator.

 

[Chris S]

We had a rather dapper, effeminate teacher known as Kinky Dave.
One of his older shabby colleagues was referred to as 'The Man From OXFAM'.

 

[Julia9054]

There was a teacher at my sixth form called Arthur Jackson.
There was a Monty Python character called Arthur "two sheds" Jackson which for this teacher had been shortened to Twosh.
Even when I was there most of us were a bit young to remember the original Monty Python sketch. I imagine this bloke went all the way to retirement with the nickname Twosh and no one having the slightest clue why.

 

[byegad]

St. Pronounced as a child would say the alphabet letters.
His name was Stephen, and his mother went her ends when she heard a playmate call him Steve.
So they shortened it from Steve to St.

 

[PK99]

A flatmate years ago, a shy, quiet nerdy type, was known by his initials - "JR"

Then Dallas came along and the contrast to "JR Ewing" was total and the nickname suddenly funny.

 

[Electric_Andy]

We had a science teacher called Mr Lowcock. He was ginger, so was nicknamed copper b*ll*cks

There was a boy in my year who had hydrocephalus and had a massive head. As some boys do, we gave him the nickname of Brains (because he looked like Brains off Thunderbirds and had the same glasses). I wish I could meet him again to say sorry.

Weirdly my mate called James always went by Owen. No reason, he just liked the name.

My other mate was called Rabbit because he had slightly larger than average teeth

 

[captain nemo1701]

Working on...ahem...a large construction project near Bridgwater...in it's early days pre-construction, we did some engineering work and the client's Health & Safety guy (always in immaculate Hi Viz PPE, never seemed to get dirty) had an 80's style perm, so we nicknamed him Curly Sue.

 

[HarryTheDog]

At a company I used to work the night shift made a online comic strip of the management. The Vice President came across it and asked why he was depicted as the Tin Man . He was really upset at the answer "No heart".
NB I was Penfold my deputy was Danger Mouse. ( I took it as a comliment as Penfold was the brains of the duo)

 

[swee'pea99]

Another football one, a Palace player I think, is called Fitz Hall. He answers to one size.

Football's a rich vein. I think my favourite was Kiki Musampa, a Congolese player who while on loan to Man City was apparently known as Chris.

 

[ColinJ]

Football's a rich vein. I think my favourite was Kiki Musampa, a Congolese player who while on loan to Man City was apparently known as Chris.

I once worked with a lad of Indian heritage, who gave his name as 'Charlie'. I asked why he called himself that and he replied that none of us would be able to pronounce his real name. (In fact, I don't remember ever finding out what it was!)

 

[DRM]

One of the supervisors at a place I worked at was from South Africa, hence was known as Botha, As in P W Botha the former South African prime minister

 

[Chris S]

We had a science teacher called Mr Lowcock. He was ginger, so was nicknamed copper b*ll*cks

There was somebody at my school known as Splinter Dick. His surname was Woodcock.

 

[stephec]

There was somebody at my school known as Splinter Dick. His surname was Woodcock.

On a similar theme, a lad in my class got called straw dick as his surname was Haycock.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

One bloke I worked with was known as Piles because he was a pain in the 'arris.