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Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:32 amby Squawk
Heard of a boss the other day who's staff call him "Mirrors" because every time they ask him something, he says "I'll look in to it".
Got me thinking though - nicknames are plentiful but what are some of the CLEVER ones you've come across?
I remember Mark Waugh was called "Afghanistan" - as in the forgotten 'War'.
What others (famous or not) have you come across that are crackers? Work, sports teams, wherever!
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:56 amby JAS
Back in the early 1980's I worked for a Sqn Ldr who was hated by everyone (have never met anyone who liked him). His nickname was Exocet...after the missiles used against us by the Argies...because you could see him coming* but there was f**k all you could do about it.
Also new an aircrew Flt Lt who was called Tess because his surname was Tickle.
Regards
JAS
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:48 amby Snaggletooth Tiger
One of my favorite nicknames was for legendary Aussie fast bowler Dennis Lillee...
FOT funny story behind it too, something to do with his coach yelling at him during training & the name stuck!
(It's an abbreviation of
F'n Old Troll)
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:54 amby bayman
Squawk wrote:Heard of a boss the other day who's staff call him "Mirrors" because every time they ask him something, he says "I'll look in to it".
Got me thinking though - nicknames are plentiful but what are some of the CLEVER ones you've come across?
I remember Mark Waugh was called "Afghanistan" - as in the forgotten 'War'.
What others (famous or not) have you come across that are crackers? Work, sports teams, wherever!
you sure it wasn't dean waugh ?
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:07 amby Snaggletooth Tiger
I know a coupla of Power supporters who call Chad Cornes (& sometimes Kane)
SOC
Being Port types they're not the biggest fans of the Cornes boy's old man so basically it stands for...
(Similar to Carlton's Steve Silvagni 'Son of Serge')
But in the Wharfie's case its 'Son of C*#khead'
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:29 amby Dogwatcher
bayman wrote:Squawk wrote:Heard of a boss the other day who's staff call him "Mirrors" because every time they ask him something, he says "I'll look in to it".
Got me thinking though - nicknames are plentiful but what are some of the CLEVER ones you've come across?
I remember Mark Waugh was called "Afghanistan" - as in the forgotten 'War'.
What others (famous or not) have you come across that are crackers? Work, sports teams, wherever!
you sure it wasn't dean waugh ?
Definitely Mark, but could've been Dean too or even more appropriately Danny.....
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:32 amby Dogwatcher
I've got some interesting ones through cricket:
One cricketer in the Northern Suburbs was called Cumber. in reference to a vegetable and a certain use of it.
In Loxton we named a team-mate Selley's, because his partner's name was Polly...
Also we had a bloke start playing for us with the surname Lynch around the time of Van Nuygen's death, his nickname tastefully became Van.
I've copped a few nicknames in my lifetime - Kurt, Nixon, Gyprock and most recently Mr Vinyl.
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:41 pmby bulldogproud
Perhaps the best I came across was due to the person's name rather than their nickname. I studied Accountancy with an international student named Hoo Yu Phuc. We nicknamed him 'not fussy'.
Cheers
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:54 pmby Squawk
bayman wrote:Squawk wrote:Heard of a boss the other day who's staff call him "Mirrors" because every time they ask him something, he says "I'll look in to it".
Got me thinking though - nicknames are plentiful but what are some of the CLEVER ones you've come across?
I remember Mark Waugh was called "Afghanistan" - as in the forgotten 'War'.
What others (famous or not) have you come across that are crackers? Work, sports teams, wherever!
you sure it wasn't dean waugh ?
Yeah Bayman - it was before Mark was playing for Australia.
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:58 pmby locky801
Snaggletooth Tiger wrote:I know a coupla of Power supporters who call Chad Cornes (& sometimes Kane)
SOC
Being Port types they're not the biggest fans of the Cornes boy's old man so basically it stands for...
(Similar to Carlton's Steve Silvagni 'Son of Serge')
But in the Wharfie's case its 'Son of C*#khead'
PURE GOLD
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:31 pmby MW
We call a guy at work "SNUP" which stands for "Serves no useful purpose"
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:46 pmby Jimmy
i have a few...
a guy i played cricket with ages ago had the nickname SOS because his old man was not liked around the club and was a right pain in the ass. SOS stands for Son Of Smear.
a guy at work we call TTK (Tic Tac K******, his last name is the K). We call him this coz he always comes around to our desks and starts talking for ages at a time and interrupts us when we are busy. So we joke we should give him tic-tacs so we can hear him coming.
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:52 pmby smithy
Worked with a lady called Ruth who we called Hot Tin .
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:03 amby dinglinga
julias hodge for the adelaide 36ers his nickname is chicken legs
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:25 amby Dirko
Had a few from my old work place..
We had "Bug", a bloke who was in a bad car accident and smashed his head against the windscreen, much like a Bug.
We had "Piranha"..eat anything, then a new bloke started who was the same so he got "Japes" i.e Junior Piranha.
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:01 pmby Baron Greenback
Dogwatcher wrote:I've got some interesting ones through cricket:
One cricketer in the Northern Suburbs was called Cumber. in reference to a vegetable and a certain use of it.
In Loxton we named a team-mate Selley's, because his partner's name was Polly...
Also we had a bloke start playing for us with the surname Lynch around the time of Van Nuygen's death, his nickname tastefully became Van.
I've copped a few nicknames in my lifetime - Kurt, Nixon, Gyprock and most recently Mr Vinyl.
Love Mr Vinyl. That one's gonna stick DW.
Unfortunately I got Mr Crying Game for reasons I'd rather not divulge...
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:11 pmby Dogwatcher
Don't forget Mr Motorboat and Mr Incognito!
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:15 pmby silicone skyline
Bloke who i played footy with was nicknamed Mazda.
Last name was Bates
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:46 pmby Drop Bear
Got a mate I play footy with called "Shadow". He was pissed one night in the pub, starting a light scrap and pretty much danced around shadow boxing.
Re: Nicknames and how they got them
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Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:38 pmby MagicKiwi
One of my mates nickname is Bondi because he's far from manly......