Nicknames

[Pale Rider]

A thread for nicknames and their origins.

My starter is a lad I knew in London called Lino.

I made the obvious inquiry and it emerged he was known for regularly getting into fights and losing.

Hence he ended up on the lino.

A shady character I knew from the same time had a driver/minder called Gorilla - for obvious reasons.

His real name was Chris, which as I was keen to keep my kneecaps intact, I felt more comfortable using.

A man I still know who is now in his 50s and always gets Bobby Jumper - I don't know his real second name.

That one dates from his childhood when he turned up at school one day with a patterned jumper.

For some reason his mates made a lot of that and the name has stuck ever since.

Any more?

 

[slowmotion]

At secondary school I was "Mole" on account of my tendency to be low profile and a bit shifty. Characteristics I still retain.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I have had various, usually rather derogatory (), nicknames but one that stuck the longest was

'Tripper'

When I was in the BBs', because I was always rubbish on the horse and other gymnastic things, and would often be seen heading through the air at the wrong angle/doing the wrong thing/going the wrong way/falling over/off something, with the predictable crash landing!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The Rowing Club I used to go to had a guy called 'Clap'.

I eventually found out that it wasn't anything to do with his sexual conquests and subsequent time at 'the clinic' (), no, it was because he was a big Eric Clapton fan!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I also remember hearing of someone who, as a teen, was called 'Sultana Face'

Cruel!

 

[Pale Rider]

I also remember hearing of someone who, as a teen, was called 'Sultana Face'

Cruel!

I wonder what the raisin for that was?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I wonder what the raisin for that was?

No raisin needed, it was probably just their raison d'être.

 

[ozboz]

When I was in the Army , I was given the tag of " LJ " , because I was the tallest in the Troop ,
shortened from Little John, though my name is Steve ,
That is still with me today on the Regt'l websites.
One new Troop Leader
2nd Lt, Bowes Lyon , got a bit confused, he started calling me by this as he thought it was in fact my surname,
Untill the Troop Sgt
' Dutch Holland ' put him right. !

 

[Accy cyclist]

I was out on my bike the other month when I spotted a bloke I hadn't seen from school days. It's banana head, I said to myself. He was cruelly called this because his head was curved due to a deformity.

 

[MarkF]

"Yule" was a kid at school who was always smiling. Yule Brynner - grinner.
Tubby one was "Doughnut".
Greg, economical with the truth, was "Greganory".

 

[Accy cyclist]

One of our cycling club members has picked up the name fake bake, due to his constant all year round sun tan. He insists he maintains it through cycling, saying that even sunny winter days tan him. Funny, i've seen him with his shirt off, he's tanned all over. So I presume he rides around in winter without wearing a Jersey!

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

My friend was nicknamed Feeble because of his second name McPhee.And the fact he was very small and weak.
Joined the Army at 17,saw him in the pub 4 years later and "Feeble " became Ferociously Big.

 

[Bazzer]

A chap I used to work with was known as Deek. His surname was Dawber. Known very briefly as Dawber's kid, that became DK, which expanded to Deek.

 

[HertzvanRental]

I often take my golf gear in a trailer that I tow behind my shopping bike.
I am known as "rickshaw".

 

[gaz71]

At school we had a teacher nicknamed Bumhead on account of a scar running down the middle of her forehead.