We all have nicknames!

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Funny things, nick names. When I was really young my dad called me Da Vinci :rolleyes: In 7th grade we learn about Francis Drake and, because I got 100% for the short test that followed, a classmate began to call me "Drake" a name which has (sadly) stuck for years. I didn't mind at the time, but now hardly anyone calls me that, only a handful of people from school. I can't stand it now, but my brother and his wife still call me by that name. His nickname is Blues and that name has stuck with him since 4th grade. He has always embraced that name. I prefer my own name or a shortened version of the name.
 
I love nicknames when they are meant affectionately. I also like giving nicknames, but I need to know the person well enough, to see how it would be received.

Shour sometimes calls me Kitsune ("fox" in Japanese) and that may be my fav.

My least favorite is probably "goat girl". *stares pointedly at gypsygirl* I am NOT sure how that one stuck!

No comment on the nickname of "Nagie". :rolleyes: I choose to believe this is a repeated typo.
 
I had a nickname for my second wife. 3 horse.

It was weeks before she finally asked me what it meant. She didn't like the answer that it was because all she did to me was nag, nag, nag.
 
Nicknames are why I don't text. My thumbs and most keyboards are not compatible. I was once signing off an email with "hugs, Deb". Unfortunately I hit the "j" instead of the "h". Naturally my kind and compassionate friend immediately Facebooked my mistake (yes I know Facebook is not really a verb). It took several years before that nickname died off. Good times.
 
TemporaryCircumstances said:
1. I like getting nicknames depending on what they are lol!!!

2. My nickname for my two year old brother is monkey lol, I am called Nat a lot, or littleflower (my sister called me tht), or Naty (I hate that one!!! Hahaha)
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Haha, one of my nicknames was monkey. I've had so many nicknames over the years that I've lost count.

Littleflower is quite a nice one though. Most of my nicknames have not been so cute, lol
 
PinkDiamond said:
Haha, one of my nicknames was monkey. I've had so many nicknames over the years that I've lost count.

Littleflower is quite a nice one though. Most of my nicknames have not been so cute, lol
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Haha I have no idea how he gets Monkey from Natania lol

Yes, littleflower was a nice one :P


Hahaha
 
Yahweh_is_gracious said:
I've had a few nicknames over the years. Some of which I have liked for one reason or another.

A lot of people simply call me by my last name "Judge". In a Sammy Davis Jr. - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In "Here come da Judge" type of manner.

The most recent nickname I earned is "Monday". I had to ask why Monday and I was told "You're like a Monday Jon...nobody likes Mondays". I think I was supposed to be upset to find out others didn't like me and that the nickname was meant as a reminder of my social status in the "pack", but I actually liked the nickname, so I've carried it.
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Those "Monday" people just had no idea who they were dealing with. What were they thinking...
 
Sonflower said:
Those "Monday" people just had no idea who they were dealing with. What were they thinking...
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I figured out long, long, long ago that it does no good whatsoever to try and discern what people are thinking or why they are thinking it. I know for a fact that I very often act in way that are contrary to how I am expected to act given the things I do and the certain social status I possess, and because I act in an odd way, I will catch a lot of flak for it. Oddly enough the flak almost always comes from the male of the species. Women are most generally much more understanding and accommodating of peculiarity.
 
Grace-Like-Rain said:
I love nicknames when they are meant affectionately. I also like giving nicknames, but I need to know the person well enough, to see how it would be received.

Shour sometimes calls me Kitsune ("fox" in Japanese) and that may be my fav.

My least favorite is probably "goat girl". *stares pointedly at gypsygirl* I am NOT sure how that one stuck!

No comment on the nickname of "Nagie". :rolleyes: I choose to believe this is a repeated typo.
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In some parts of the world, men would pay their soon-to-be-wife's family in livestock as a sort of reimbursement to the family to make up for the work that the woman would no longer be doing for that household. 3-4 cows may be a standard dowry, whereas 7 or 8 cows is extravagant and considered a huge compliment to the woman. In such a culture, being an "eight cow wife" is a high honor.

I happen to dislike gypsy's nickname for gracie as well...she is at the least an "Eight Goat Girl."


**snicker**


**runs**

http://www.chriskiki.com/2010/01/seven-cow-wife.html
 
CatHerder said:
In some parts of the world, men would pay their soon-to-be-wife's family in livestock as a sort of reimbursement to the family to make up for the work that the woman would no longer be doing for that household. 3-4 cows may be a standard dowry, whereas 7 or 8 cows is extravagant and considered a huge compliment to the woman. In such a culture, being an "eight cow wife" is a high honor.

I happen to dislike gypsy's nickname for gracie as well...she is at the least an "Eight Goat Girl."


**snicker**


**runs**

http://www.chriskiki.com/2010/01/seven-cow-wife.html
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Hey now.

I think I'm worth at least 3 hamsters and a ferret... :mad:
 
I definitely set myself up to be called Lettuce on this site. You can call me Mike, but I might not recognize it. lol
 
+i'm a fan of nicknames. and if you're particularly special to me, you have a nickname that i like to keep secret. i guess i'm possessive/private about nicknames i give to others or i get. nicknames are personal, to me. or maybe i don't want to hear someone use the nickname i gave someone?

as far as nicknames i've received in the less recent past, here are some of the highlights:

+nic (like nick), moT, fidget, curly, and flash.

+my first boyfriend called me "miss forcefull" after i managed to break, disable or destroy a few items (perhaps more than a few) i either attempted to assemble or repair in a matter of a few months. eventually, i learned to be patient enough to wait for help. or read directions. and i returned the favor by offering him his own nickname "mr. passive aggressive". good times. of course, i was an idiot in my 20s.

+my (short) older boss used to call me amazon or something like that. that was annoying. it's not like i'm all that tall. it creeped me out, but i didn't see him enough to care that much.

+for years i was "monicat" or just "cat" to my work peeps. that's often how i refer to myself in self-talk. "c'mon monicat, don't forget to open the door this time"... my last name begins with T.

+my maternal grandma called me sunny almost exclusively. i always looked to see who she was talking to. i really don't get it. but she started out by calling me nic or nicki and apparently it took a disastrous turn.

+during some of my more adventuring and self-involved days i began writing a collection of poetry after i'd come home from NYC and working in a factory while going to school. it was my feeble attempt to somehow legitimize the intensity of how i viewed everything, i.e. "so much feels". i wrote as kyle wallace (kyle was my chosen name if a boy and my dad's bio name is wallace). the writing was intensely private and i exorcised some demons by saying things "out loud" that had never been "voiced". eventually, i killed kyle wallace when i learned to stop taking myself so seriously and change my entire focus, actually.

+finally, i'm going to come clean about "goat girl". it was a recycled name that i hated too. : D my mom called me that when she discovered i'd trained our two goats to, among other things, charge my brother on command. in my defense, he was awful to me and it kind of evened the score. my mom noticed that the goats started following me around and started calling me it. i hated it so much. so, you couldn't imagine how happy i was to return it to its rightful owner. : D

hey, this is way long. : ) good idea, roh chris!
 
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well, to be fair, once i'd heard of her expert goat hoof trimming skills, not to mention the madcap adventures of the mobile goat maternity/nursery, that nickname was an inevitability.

and i agree, our grace is worth a whole herd of goats. fainting goats. : ) love you, nagie!

CatHerder said:
In some parts of the world, men would pay their soon-to-be-wife's family in livestock as a sort of reimbursement to the family to make up for the work that the woman would no longer be doing for that household. 3-4 cows may be a standard dowry, whereas 7 or 8 cows is extravagant and considered a huge compliment to the woman. In such a culture, being an "eight cow wife" is a high honor.

I happen to dislike gypsy's nickname for gracie as well...she is at the least an "Eight Goat Girl."


**snicker**


**runs**

http://www.chriskiki.com/2010/01/seven-cow-wife.html
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Yahweh_is_gracious said:
I figured out long, long, long ago that it does no good whatsoever to try and discern what people are thinking or why they are thinking it. I know for a fact that I very often act in way that are contrary to how I am expected to act given the things I do and the certain social status I possess, and because I act in an odd way, I will catch a lot of flak for it. Oddly enough the flak almost always comes from the male of the species. Women are most generally much more understanding and accommodating of peculiarity.
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I have a friend that you remind me of, some. Obviously, you both are super unique but your humor and cantankerous ways are similar. He is one of my favorite people on the planet. Maybe, women can see the humor more easily? I don't know. I just know I usually enjoy your comments...you're pretty hilarious.
 
gypsygirl said:
well, to be fair, once i'd heard of her expert goat hoof trimming skills, not to mention the madcap adventures of the mobile goat maternity/nursery, that nickname was an inevitability.

and i agree, our grace is worth a whole herd of goats. fainting goats. : ) love you, nagie!
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Thanks for complimenting my thread idea, Monica. :)

I don't think Nagie is going to be happy when she reads all this. :rolleyes:
 
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