Funny Nicknames.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I was out with my father last night and some of the old chaps he associates with have hilarious nicknames, the Grasshopper for instance, like he'll just say how are ya doing grasshopper and I'm in tears watching it. Other guys have names like 'the Saint' (saw statues move in the 80s)

Others in the town take names for their profession, Charlie 'Electric' works for the ESB, Michael 'Papers' runs a newsagents, Michael 'Pills' runs the pharmacy.

How come women never seem to have nicknames among themselves?

Jawgap

I grew up with a group of lads whose surname was Beatty - every single one of them were nicknamed "Chester."

There was also a guy I worked called "Bishop" because in the middle of a very busy Sunday he was told he could go to mass (as a joke) and off he trotted!!

Omackeral

Not making this up. My brother hangs out with Shoes, Burgers, Onion and Wheelie Bin. I've more than likely given my location away with that list of what would usually be considered inanimate objects.

Teyla Emmagan

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

How come women never seem to have nicknames among themselves?

Because no self respecting grown woman would be caught dead responding to a nick name. It's a little boy thing.

NeitherJohn

Guy in my place of work called Potholes because everyone avoids him.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Because no self respecting grown woman would be caught dead responding to a nick name. It's a little boy thing.

Maybe it's just a guy thing. I could see women taking it too seriously and the whole thing descending into a bitch fest.

FrKurtFahrt

Tadhg 'Handball' Lally. I love it.

Jawgap

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Because no self respecting grown woman would be caught dead responding to a nick name. It's a little boy thing.

Secretly, deep down, we want to be like Maverick, Goose and Ice Man.......;)

DEFTLEFTHAND

yoppon yop off of wrote: »

I know a couple lads called 'papers' and 'pills' aswell...

What town are ya in?

Teyla Emmagan

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Maybe it's just a guy thing. I could see women taking it too seriously and the whole thing descending into a bitch fest.

Possibly. I don't think women find nicknames very funny though that might be more the issue. They seem to be something that just men delight in.

Gremlinertia

I worked with a guy that was called bungalow, yup, nothing upstairs..

Arthur Beesley

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Possibly. I don't think women find nicknames very funny though that might be more the issue. They seem to be something that just men delight in.

Like scat humour?

December2012

I'm female, I don't find them funny at all.

They are usually a form of slagging and I'm not into that.

DEFTLEFTHAND

December2012 wrote: »

I'm female, I don't find them funny at all.

They are usually a form of slagging and I'm not into that.

It's not slagging though, the nickname is a term of endearment. Friend's aren't going to square off for such a petty cause.

The one time you could see violence is if an enemy or outatowner addresses the individual by their handle, in certain circumstances that could lead to an ass whoopin.

El Weirdo

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The one time you could see violence is if an enemy or outatowner addresses the individual by their handle, in certain circumstances that could lead to an ass whoopin.

Jesus, do you live in The War of the Buttons?

DEFTLEFTHAND

El Weirdo wrote: »

Jesus, do you live in The War of the Buttons?

A man's man doesn't take too kindly to somebody not paying respect. Nicks are for close friends and associates.

I don't know you for instance, if I walked into a bar and started addressing you by your nickname you would see that as a sign of disrespect. This is Alpha male 101.

MRnotlob606

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Because no self respecting grown woman would be caught dead responding to a nick name. It's a little boy thing.

or maybe women lack the creative capacity to come up with one ?:D

Obliq

A management fella where my Dad worked had the double-barrelled surname of Cambell Crawford. Nicknamed soup and biscuits. I thought that was lovely

Teyla Emmagan

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

or maybe women lack the creative capacity to come up with one ?:D

Right. Because the examples in this thread are so witty and ingenious? The guy who owns the newsagents is called 'papers'? Everyone named Beatty ends up being called 'Chester'? I'm floored by the imaginative process that developed these unique gems. Oscar Wilde wouldn't be in it with ye.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Right. Because the examples in this thread are so witty and ingenious? The guy who owns the newsagents is called 'papers'? Everyone named Beatty ends up being called 'Chester'? I'm floored by the imaginative process that developed these unique gems. Oscar Wilde wouldn't be in it with ye.

What about the guy who runs the tyre centre, Joey 'Wheels', or the undertaker 'the timber tailor'.

Having a nickname is part of our man culture, don't mock it.

The Peanut

Growing up there was an old lad called "Feck the knickers"; did exactly what it said on the tin.

Teyla Emmagan

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

What about the guy who runs the tyre centre, Joey 'Wheels', or the undertaker 'the timber tailor'.

Having a nickname is part of our man culture, don't mock it.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to poke fun at your man culture. It's clearly way more sophisticated and nuanced than I'd realised.

Tell us yours then.

DundalkDuffman

Guy used to work in a factory here was called Bombscare because people would scatter when he was coming.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to poke fun at your man culture. It's clearly way more sophisticated and nuanced than I'd realised.

Tell us yours then.

I was called Vinny boy, and Vinny rich in primary school, the finest ground hurler in all of Tipperary.

Grayson

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Because no self respecting grown woman would be caught dead responding to a nick name. It's a little boy thing.

Sure "Teyla". If that's your real name :P

DazMarz

Barman in the local pub is nicknamed The Exorcist... there's not a man alive that can move spirits like him.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Another I'm just remembering now is that a local Garda with glasses is known as Xtravision. Irish males are so witty, they make a nick stick for life. :pac:

mackeire

Rugby- went to an optition and told he has a condition called rugby eye, where his eyes are the shape of rugby balls and due to this he will never be a pilot or a professional darts player.

Rusty- ginger hair.

Monkey- not sure why he's called than.

Butsy- called that because he has smoked since he could walk.

Ears- has big ears.

Georgie - looks like georgie Burgess from the snapper.

And I was always called bosco because I always have big red cheeks.

5live

I know a guy whose nickname was Zero.

And his younger brother was Minus One:)

mackeire

The general
The monk
The coach
The viper

DEFTLEFTHAND

mackeire wrote: »

The general
The monk
The coach
The viper

All gangsters though, they're on a different level when it come to nicknames and there's nothing funny about any of them unless you want your jaw repositioned. :eek:

I'm just looking for the regular working man small town joe types with humorous handles.

Sam Kade

A female Garda called robocop
Garda named the chocolate soldier had a fake tan summer and winter
Woman called the flying saucer
Large rough woman called Brutus
Skippy always talking about his exploits with women clue what was skippy?
Podge and rodge bachelor brothers living together
Pops he have 14 children

septictank

I worked with a guy called Lester for about a month, not long after he left I mentioned his name and the guy said who, turns out it was his nickname named after Lester Piggott, for all the riding he got up to.

Grayson

half my class had nicknames when i was in school. they passed down generations. there was one guy in my class who had the same nick name as his older brother. He brother was 20 years older and the name had been passed down through 5 or 6 brothers (they were good catholics )

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

How come women never seem to have nicknames among themselves?

I think women in general just are not as self depreciating as men are and you have to be in order to take a nickname on the chin. I also think this is why there are not as many female stand up comedians. It's not a bad thing, it just is.

I remember when I was about 11 I started to notice that girls were much more serious than boys and whenever boys would ask why that was, we would be told that girls just mature much earlier than boys but now that I am older I see that that was, and is, the biggest load of nonsense.

It has feck all to do with maturity, as that would imply that having the craic is immature and it's something to grow out of. Hogwash.

dirtyden

A guy at work nicknamed thrush as he was an irritating c**t.

Not a particularly nice one.

micar

Buttercup - he "apparently" ate a sandwich with some butterscups

Smush - a fella who was vertically challanged.

saintsaltynuts

I was in school with Bear,Moose,Rat and Snake...These lads we're fooking animals.

MortGoldman

When I was 12 and started at secondary school, a group of 6th year boys spotted my tiny scrawny self, my ginger hair, large glasses, my huge school bag and flask, and my buck teeth and referred to me as 'dexter'.

It was never malicious but it stuck. Even the teachers called me it (some of them anyway). I'm almost 27 now, and there are still people I interact with on a daily basis who I'm certain don't know my real name.

And yes, my username is another nickname I picked up at work.

TheBody

A girl that went to school with my brother was called Marijuana because she was a bit of a dope!

cactuspaw

Local girl is always known as "Jockser", I think her brother was given it after a play they did in school, but as her name was was more fiting she got stuck with it. Poor girl got so many cards sent to her for her wedding with Jockser on it.

Cantremember

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It's not slagging though, the nickname is a term of endearment. Friend's aren't going to square off for such a petty cause.

The one time you could see violence is if an enemy or outatowner addresses the individual by their handle, in certain circumstances that could lead to an ass whoopin.

Lmao. "An outatowner". Cue chorus of "I drove my tractor through your haystack last night".

_Redzer_

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Because no self respecting grown woman would be caught dead responding to a nick name. It's a little boy thing.

Jesus, somebody's got sand in their vagina this evening

takamichinoku

Most of the nicknames for guys around my dad's age back at home seem to come from mascots and products: pair of bachelor brothers called Barney and Beany (bet this one is common enough, actually), bald fella called Mr Proper, a guy who came into school one day with flour on his clothes is still called Pat the Baker...


I had a ton of nicknames in school, none of them managed to transition to college but I guess that'd involve me introducing myself as them and that seems lame enough. "Hey, I'm Taka but you can call me Springs! :cool:"

Meangadh

I'm a woman and I've a few nicknames- by my friends I'm mostly just called by the short version of my real name, which I wouldn't call a nickname. But my family mostly only call me by the two nicknames I've had since I was a child, and my college friends call me by the name they gave me there.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest, I actually kind of like them. I would agree it's more a male thing, but I'm quite attached to my 3 nicknames and wouldn't like if people stopped using them.

osarusan

One of our teachers was really strict and tough....you'll never guess what we called her.....wait for it....HITLER.

Brilliant, eh?

dar100

Bullseye
Mousey
Smokey
Gargle
Pie face
Elvis
Freaky

fleet_admiral

Customers in pubs can be given great nicknames by the staff

fingers - a fella who lost most of the fingers on one of his hands in a printing accident was one

holystungun9

Black Joe. More literal than funny tbh.

Shaun Plays Games

My friend Eamonn was nicknamed Mossy.. Why I do not know, but now its stuck

DEFTLEFTHAND

Cantremember wrote: »

Lmao. "An outatowner". Cue chorus of "I drove my tractor through your haystack last night".

Lol I know it sounds like the 60s deep south but it's actually like that where I live, outatowners are viewed upon with suspicion. Jackeens are probably the most despised. That accent goes over like a fart in church in my town, they just can't stand the fcukers.