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Horrible things you were called at school

  • 30-11-2017 10:24am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    So coming to a bit or a milestone in my life (as pathetic as that sounds), I'm getting my braces off in a few weeks.

    I left it quite late in life to get them, I'm 34 btw.
    My parents couldn't afford them when I was a kid.

    The reason I ALWAYS wanted them was because, in school, all them years ago, people used to call me "Gopher Boy" as my two front teeth stuck right out (Just like Kevin from South Park)

    I'll never forget the sting of that name.... Gopher Boy
    Looking back in it, I laugh but only because my teeth are straight now.

    Kids can be cruel little fu*kers.

    What horrible names were you called when you were a kid?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,631 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman


    Bugs Bunny because I had prominent teeth. My teeth are nice and straight now :D
    I was also called Frankenstein because I have a high forehead:(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Benildus


    Goofy, for the same reasons as the above


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    "Retard" is the one that stands out really.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    Brit, despite living in Ireland with Irish parents since I was 1 year old.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Taz....after the tasmanian devil in looney tunes



    Because I can't talk clear


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    Darling, by bro. dermot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,074 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I went to school in South Africa, so some of the things I was called don't quite translate. Because I was an immigrant there, I got called "soutpiel", lit. "salt dick", because I had one foot in Africa and one foot in Europe, so my junk was dangling in the Atlantic Ocean ... :o

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    bnt wrote: »
    I went to school in South Africa, so some of the things I was called don't quite translate. Because I was an immigrant there, I got called "soutpiel", lit. "salt dick", because I had one foot in Africa and one foot in Europe, so my junk was dangling in the Atlantic Ocean ... :o

    That's a very well thought out insult, if it wasn't so cruel, I'd be impressed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Man, thats a long list. Well for starters, our school uniform was a green blazer and trousers, and I'm a big guy and always have been (broad and tall at that time incidentally) so my name in school from the age of 12 till we moved at age 16 was the Green Giant. Being also fat, speccy, 'nerdy' (hate that word) and incredibly shy and awkward, I got

    Fat
    Fatty
    Chubby
    Fat as a ****ing elephant
    Fatty fatty boom boom
    Blob
    Big blob
    Mr blobby
    Tubby
    Porky
    Piggy
    Lard arse
    Tubby
    Speccy
    Four eyes
    Fat nerd
    Obese ****
    Nerd
    Geek
    Poofter
    Queer
    Fat queer
    Fat ******
    Fat poofter
    Blobby poofter
    Queer retard
    Gay retard
    Fat retard


    Thats off the top of my head. Imagine that every day for 4 years :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭PeterParker957


    Anyone remember "On The Buses" ?

    I got Olive a lot


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 466 ✭✭vg88


    Used a laptop since second year and got mocked a lot with it. Being called a "retard" and comments being made "I wonder how really stupid he must be to really be using a laptop".

    Got called "laptop" a lot. Backfired on one fella one day mocking me for why I didn't bring it in one day, this chap was quite overweight, and I replied he ate it :D. Never have I made a classroom laugh so hard :D.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭Bob Harris



    Fat
    Fatty
    Chubby
    Fat as a ****ing elephant
    Fatty fatty boom boom
    Blob
    Big blob
    Mr blobby
    Tubby
    Porky
    Piggy
    Lard arse
    Tubby
    Speccy
    Four eyes
    Fat nerd
    Obese ****
    Nerd
    Geek
    Poofter
    Queer
    Fat queer
    Fat ******
    Fat poofter
    Blobby poofter
    Queer retard
    Gay retard
    Fat retard


    Thats off the top of my head. Imagine that every day for 4 years :pac:

    They called you tubby twice. That's just cruel.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    They called you tubby twice. That's just cruel.

    It was that good of an insult.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    They called you tubby twice. That's just cruel.

    Kids are cruel, like MAD cruel!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    They called you tubby twice. That's just cruel.

    He was that big.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    They called you tubby twice. That's just cruel.

    Fat Asterisks is the worst, I could take anything, but don't call me Fat Asterisks.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭Ciaran_B


    Oddball

    Because I wore odd socks to school once. ONCE.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭valoren


    'My number 1'

    Seems innocuous enough. In first year of Secondary School, we did Business Studies but as it was a Gaelscoil it was Staidéar Gnó. I struggled in that first term getting to grips with the duality of reading something in English, trying to understand it, translate it to Irish and learn that off. The stupidity of it looking back. We had our Christmas exam and I failed. Spectacularly. 10% or something ridiculous. It was then that our teacher, who was an arrogant prick, decided to make a show of me in front of the class. He perched himself up on the edge of my desk and casually said that I was his number 1, he made me feel more of an idiot than I already felt and it was completely unnecessary. I guess his approach was to motivate me, to give me a kick up the backside, but it felt more akin to him bullying me, mocking my sh1t exam results that I readily accepted as embarrassing and actually encouraged the other's to laugh at my failure.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    valoren wrote: »
    'My number 1'

    Seems innocuous enough. In first year of Secondary School, we did Business Studies but as it was a Gaelscoil it was Staidéar Gnó. I struggled in that first term getting to grips with the duality of reading something in English, trying to understand it, translate it to Irish and learn that off. The stupidity of it looking back. We had our Christmas exam and I failed. Spectacularly. 10% or something ridiculous. It was then that our teacher, who was an arrogant prick, decided to make a show of me in front of the class. He perched himself up on the edge of my desk and casually said that I was his number 1, he made me feel more of an idiot than I already felt and it was completely unnecessary. I guess his approach was to motivate me but it felt more akin to him bullying me, mocking my acceptably sh1t exam results and actually encouraging the other's to laugh at my failure.

    "If you were a girl I'd kiss you" same teacher, not to me, but another lad in the class, then he lost the rag for 10 minutes when one of the lads commented "I'd hope not".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    valoren wrote: »
    'My number 1'

    Seems innocuous enough. In first year of Secondary School, we did Business Studies but as it was a Gaelscoil it was Staidéar Gnó. I struggled in that first term getting to grips with the duality of reading something in English, trying to understand it, translate it to Irish and learn that off. The stupidity of it looking back. We had our Christmas exam and I failed. Spectacularly. 10% or something ridiculous. It was then that our teacher, who was an arrogant prick, decided to make a show of me in front of the class. He perched himself up on the edge of my desk and casually said that I was his number 1, he made me feel more of an idiot than I already felt and it was completely unnecessary. I guess his approach was to motivate me, to give me a kick up the backside, but it felt more akin to him bullying me, mocking my sh1t exam results that I readily accepted as embarrassing and actually encouraged the other's to laugh at my failure.

    Quality teaching there....

    My German teacher once told me (in front of the whole class):
    "Unfortunately Graham... You're just not intelligent enough to learn German"

    Well f*ck you ye stupid C*nt

    She nearly knocked me off my motorcycle about 5 years later, pulled up beside her... she was all apologetic, I told her she wasn't really wasn't intelligent enough to be driving a Car.
    She didn't recognise me though with the helmet on and she probably says that **** to loads of pupils, so I didn't get the satisfaction out of if that I should have...

    Oh well :rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    For me it all started with a trip to the swimming pool. Afterwards, while getting dressed, someone caught a glimpse of my genitals.
    From then on they were relentless:-

    Tripod
    Long John
    Swing Low
    The Swordsman
    Biggus Dickus
    Snake
    Larry Holmes
    The Elephant Man
    etc

    Seriously, being fantastically well-endowed has its drawbacks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,809 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Buddy Holly, because of the horn rimmed specs that were the only things you could get as a kid back then.

    Ironically, thought to be stylish these days.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,754 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Called too early in the ****ing morning most of the time...

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,214 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    There used be so many names floating around school from other pupils/teachers you sort of took no notice of it. If a teacher/student didn't have some sort of nick name for you then there was a problem!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Albino, cos I was ice blonde and fair.

    Cheese string, cos I ate them a lot. (at least I hope that's why)

    Freckle face.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭Pac1Man


    A teacher called me a camel because I have long eye lashes, no joke.


    And no, I didn't take the hump.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭Kamu


    I was called Santa in my final two years of primary school as I was big, jolly and fat and had the makings of a ronnie.

    Didn't actually bother me mind....
    *cries to sleep* :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,419 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Tail gunner , because I was so pretty looking and effeminate it was assumed I was gay .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 443 ✭✭shovel


    A flying ant landed on my forehead in the school yard.
    Cue one of the girls shouting "he's got fleas"
    So fleas it was for then on.
    I'm fine now though.........


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Plopsu


    Ciaran_B wrote: »
    Oddball

    Because I wore odd socks to school once. ONCE.

    That's all it takes. I remember on the first day of secondary school, in the first class we had one kids name was called during roll call. His surname was Kennedy and one of the TV stations happened to be showing a season of Edgar Kennedy movies at the time. Some guy chirps, 'Ha, Edgar Kennedy!' and I don't think I ever heard his real first name used again for the next five years.
    The worst thing I remember somebody being called though was Nogger because he had really bad acne.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 988 ✭✭✭The Royal Scam


    There was 2 travellers went to my school and they knicknamed me Crackers as my mother was great in everyway except making good lunches so a lot of days I would have cream crackers and butter for my lunch.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    I was fat (not even that fat, but a bit fat), so I used to called some variant of 'fatty' the odd time.

    Fast forward a few years and most of them have gotten fat whereas now I am svelte AF :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭LadyMacBeth_


    Well I had a ronnie, a unibrow, buck teeth, glasses, an inhaler and a massive forehead. I was also a hell of a lot smarter than most of the idiots around me. What wasn't I called! To be honest the boys in my area were the cruellest. I was told every day for years how ugly I was. I still find it very difficult today to accept a compliment about my looks and I always have a vague feeling that someone is bullsh1tting me when they do compliment me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    Joe 90 ....... yes horrible.

    maybe it fit though because I did cr@p in that school.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭BuboBubo


    Judas. Because I changed from a "Pass" to "Honours" class (it was the 1980s) in secondary school.

    Lads used to shout "30 pieces of silver" and "traitor" at me. :(


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 161 ✭✭bod71


    Mate of mine was called wham bar, because of his bad acne.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    BuboBubo wrote: »
    Judas. Because I changed from a "Pass" to "Honours" class (it was the 1980s) in secondary school.

    Lads used to shout "30 pieces of silver" and "traitor" at me. :(

    In the event you even passed that honours subject in the leaving then the pain was worth it. - moving from the "ordinary level" to the honours class.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,409 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Ciaran_B wrote: »
    Oddball

    Because I wore odd socks to school once. ONCE.
    Tell me about it. :mad:

    Did they call me Ace, or Cap. after leading every school team in every sport to victory, without a single loss in five years? No, they bloody didn't. But they catch you shagging one sheep...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭seagull


    bnt wrote: »
    I went to school in South Africa, so some of the things I was called don't quite translate. Because I was an immigrant there, I got called "soutpiel", lit. "salt dick", because I had one foot in Africa and one foot in Europe, so my junk was dangling in the Atlantic Ocean ... :o

    The standard response to that was "Yes, but at least it can reach the water".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    Duffy, because i wore a jacket that the idiots who invented the nickname, thought was a Duffel coat.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭storker


    "Hitler" because of my interest in military history.

    Also "Benny" after the Top Cat character. No idea why because I looked nothing like him. Ironically, I probably do a bit now...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,982 ✭✭✭minikin


    Kamu wrote: »
    I was called Santa in my final two years of primary school as I was big, jolly and fat and had the makings of a ronnie.

    Didn't actually bother me mind....
    *cries to sleep* :D

    Girls can be so cruel to each other!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Stonedpilot


    Kids use to call me The King, twas horrible.

    They'd say here comes our King.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭tevey08


    A teacher once said to me mid class, Your sister is like a bowling ball, I stick 3 fingers in her and **** her down the lane. Quiet funny but my god was it bad for a teacher to say that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭danganabu


    grahambo wrote: »
    My German teacher once told me (in front of the whole class):
    "Unfortunately Graham... You're just not intelligent enough to learn German"

    Well f*ck you ye stupid C*nt

    She nearly knocked me off my motorcycle about 5 years later, pulled up beside her... she was all apologetic, I told her she wasn't really wasn't intelligent enough to be driving a Car.
    She didn't recognise me though with the helmet on and she probably says that **** to loads of pupils, so I didn't get the satisfaction out of if that I should have...

    Oh well :rolleyes:

    She probably had a point to be fair if your grasp on english is anything to go by :D:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    danganabu wrote: »
    She probably had a point to be fair if your grasp on english is anything to go by :D:D

    Thanks for pointing out my typo...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭joe stodge


    I knew a couple, the young lad had a bad lisp and the girl had a fairly bad under bite.

    while they were together they were know as "chindlers lisp".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭danganabu


    grahambo wrote: »
    Thanks for pointing out my typo...

    It was a joke, lighten up!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    danganabu wrote: »
    It was a joke, lighten up!!

    I don't get jokes...
    That was another thing they called me in School.... "Non Joke Getter!"

    Old Wounds = Opened

    Nice one :D:P:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,352 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    I got called windows because I needed glasses but we couldn't afford new pairs so I got lenses in a grown up sized frames we got from a family friend. Bleedin massive so they were on my head.


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