Nicknames

[Oldbloke]

Knew a bloke called Wingnut on the basis of his sticking out ears.

 

[swee'pea99]

I have a friend whose surname is Lamb, and is known to all as Legga.

This and similar have reminded me of a collection of footballers' nicknames, which I believe I might originally have got from this very forum (though it was quite a while back and I can't be sure). Anyway...

A few years ago, my club Man City signed a player called Kizito Musampa. He became known as Chris.

...the former Everton player Neil Pointon, or "Disser". His early promise wasn't quite fulfilled.

Some years ago Sheffield Wednesday had a constructive midfield player called Gilles de Bilde, known affectionately to team‐mates as Bob.

Leicester Tigers have this year played a centre who is simply known as "36". His surname is Twelvetrees.

...much travelled defender currently on loan at Newcastle, "One Size" Fitz Hall.

I particularly liked the "second‐generation" nickname given to Carlos Eduardo Ventura, a Brazilian who played in Portugal and who was nicknamed Duda. That name, in turn, acquired a prefix – Zippedy.

Justin Edinburgh (Tottenham and England) was known as Leith.

Australian rugby player Matt Hilder is known as Waltzing.

Supporters of Grimsby Town (aka the Mariners) always refer to their custodian of the net as the Ancient Mariner, because he stoppeth one in three.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

A few years ago (early-mid 90's), we rode MTBs with a guy who was nicknamed 'Tepid'
On account of his favourite word to reply to anything was "Cool"

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I had a couple of uncles with nicknames; Uncle George was The Genie as he'd magically appear when a bottle was opened, and Uncle Neil was The Exorcist because when he left our house there were no spirits left.

 

[ianrauk]

I have lots of mates called Steve, they each have a nickname to define which steve we are actually talking about.

One of them has three fingers on one hand, so is obviously "piano playing steve" which became PPS...and now peeps for short.

I worked at a place that had 3 Kevins.
They are now forever known as Clarky, Vek and KDS.

At my current work there used to be 2 Ian's
Ian A and Ian B, We were called Mr A and Mr B.
Mr B left 10 years ago. I am still called Mr A.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Every police office has similar characters so I'm sure @Brandane will recognise some cop nicknames:

The Olympic Torch, because he never went oot.
The Coiled Rope, because of his lethargic demeanour.

 

[MontyVeda]

Knew a bloke called Wingnut on the basis of his sticking out ears.

A friend of mine had a classmate nicknamed The FA Cup, on account of his sticky out ears... this friend was similarly nicknamed The World Cup at school, on account of his rather small ears.

I got called Time-Bomb throughout my school years because is sounds a bit like my surname, which sometimes still gets used, as does Tick-Tock, and Ticky

 

[MossCommuter]

Amongst my friends there are:

• Pete Feet who has bad feet
• Pete Beet who is a greengrocer
• Posh Stu who always wears a smart suit
• Big Stu who is bigger than Posh Stu
• Wobbly Dave who walks with a stick
• Dave Hips who has a Liam Gallagher swagger
• Nasty Al who is the gentlest man anyone ever met
• Crick who plays cricket
• Handy Andy, a plumber

 

[Gert Lush]

I used to be called Mouse in school. I had (and still do to some extent) a high pitched voice.

In school we had a teacher who we called the 'The Bush' because she never used to shave her armpits. Also there were 'The Fat Twins' and their friend 'Flappy' which stemmed from a rumour she had her mum take a look at her downstairs due to the size of things...

Kids are mean.

 

[Drago]

My nickname is Chopper. About 15 years ago when I was a beat bobby and had my own patch a colleague discovered that the young ne'er do wells of my beat called me Chopper. It seems I bear great similarity of appearance and character with Mark Brandon Read, and the local herberts took note of this and gave me the affectionate moniker. It quickly spread, to the point where everyone simply called me Chopper, even the area Supernintendo. To this day I'll be walking up the street or riding my bike and some random voice in the distance shouts "ALRIGHT CHOPPER?!"

An ex colleague of mine who's still in the job is called The Swede, because of his rather awe inspiring physical presence.

I have a friend called Minty, because he is the spitting image of the old Eastenders character.

I know a chap called Grot, because as a teenager he didn't remove his socks for a months for a bet, and when his plates eventually emerged he had mouldy slime between his toes.

 

[cyberknight]

My nickname was bionic in my 20s as i was a gym bunny , my nickname at work now is a very boring pun on my surname as it is a fruit .......

 

[Brandane]

Every police office has similar characters so I'm sure @Brandane will recognise some cop nicknames:

The Olympic Torch, because he never went oot.
The Coiled Rope, because of his lethargic demeanour.

Harpic - because he was clean round the bend.

My nickname in my early Polis days was StreetHawk, given to me by the local worthies of Port Glasgow, but then followed me when I worked in other areas of the division. Apparently StreetHawk is an American cartoon crime fighter who rides around on a motorbike. I was a biker when I joined in 1982 (and still am!).

 

[Drago]

my nickname at work now is a very boring pun on my surname as it is a fruit .......

Aubergine?

 

[John the Monkey]

Greg Davies does a great bit on childhood nicknames in "Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog";


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha3IV0bU_Yk

 

[steve50]

My nickname at school was Scotty, although I was born and raised for the first four years of my life in England the family moved to Glasgow then Ayrshire before coming back to Yorkshire when I was in my early teens. I arrived at my new school with a strong Scottish accent and carried the nickname throughout my school days. To this day some of my old school mates do not know my real name.