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Horrible things you were called at school

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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Phoenix Wright

Hotblack Desiato wrote:

Then I moved to their secondary. Instantly the homophobic abuse started, because having a brain and wanting to learn was 'gay' it never went away and the school refused to do anything about it the whole time I was there. Just pretend nothing is happening - **** Typical catholics, cover up abuse and pretend it doesn't happen

This post is unwarranted, provocative, and narrow-minded on so many levels.

titan18

Bear - as I was big and didn't shave for a while
Shakes - as my hands used to shake a lot
Shakin Stevens - for the same reason
Fat - as I was big
Nerd - as I was intelligent

I used to pronounce r's funny as a child, so my name of course had an r in it, so they'd just call me my name with the bad r pronunciation even years after I fixed it.

I'm sure there was others but I've just blocked them out of my mind. They used to prefer robbing my stuff and punching me tbh instead of name calling.

RandomName2

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

You could have shed a few pounds, and with it, half that list. Done.

Curious if you would tell someone from the Middle East who was being called dirty to buy skin bleaching products.

dasdog

Not really horrible but I was called Julius, as in Julius Caesar, which lasted about a week because I looked like him after the school suspended me for having long hair and I got a haircut that a laurel wreath would die for. I'm far from being the fighting type but always stood my ground and fought back against the mods/skas/skins who hated us rockers. We were as bad in fairness (absolutely mentally tortured one lad who turned to heroin) but I'm friends with some of them now and the music crossed boundaries on both sides.

PandaPoo

titan18 wrote: »

I used to pronounce r's funny as a child, so my name of course had an r in it, so they'd just call me my name with the bad r pronunciation even years after I fixed it.
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Wob?

[Deleted User]

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

I didn't get called names in primary school, but there was usually some other unfortunate to pick on. In fourth or fifth class a pupil was 'welcomed' into our class having grown up in England of Irish parents. He was 'English bastard' (semi-encouraged by the bogger teacher who wouldn't shake his hand without a glove) and, because he was doubly unfortunate enough to have to wear glasses, 'specky four eyes'. About a week in to this poor cnut's ordeal, some other wnaker at break time used a ruler to fire a stone directly at his eye, it shattered one lens of his glasses. NO disciplinary action was taken even though the school authorities were perfectly aware who did it.

This was a 'christian brothers' school, I suppose I should be glad my arse was intact,

Then I moved to their secondary. Instantly the homophobic abuse started, because having a brain and wanting to learn was 'gay' :rolleyes: it never went away and the school refused to do anything about it the whole time I was there. Just pretend nothing is happening - wankers :mad: Typical catholics, cover up abuse and pretend it doesn't happen

Cnuts the lot of them. I actually sometimers find it hard to figure out that my kids are keen to go to school - but then I remember they're not going to catholic school :pac:

Ok. So you're an Irish Catholic-hating, "bogger" (which we can assume is a synonym for Irish in your case)-hating Englishman who has built up a persona of poor me victimhood and scapegoating to explain your own perceived inadequacies. And you're determined to pass this poison on to your children. How very evolved of you.

Perhaps, just perhaps, people pick up on the superiority complex and self-serving conceits which are evident above and can't warm to you?

OldMrBrennan83

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Day Lewin

I was called "Specky four-eyes," all the time.

I still wear them and I still hate them. Still feel ugly.

PixelTrawler

Day Lewin wrote: »

I was called "Specky four-eyes," all the time.

I still wear them and I still hate them. Still feel ugly.

Get Lasek? I used it to have jamjars for glasses... never got slagged for it though.

Used to get called the FA cup by a cruel english teacher. Ear reference...
Hes dead now, died youngish... alcoholic... i guess he wasn’t perfect either.

Only teacher I ever told to go f@ck himself to his face. That felt so good. His punishment was to move me to the other English class,., to a much much nicer teacher. Learnt some valuable lessons there...

Mrcaramelchoc

PandaPoo wrote: »

Wob?

Cowwect

FTA69

I have a vaguely Semitic appearance and as such my nickname was "Jew", on top of this I supported Tottenham and was also circumcised so it fit in nicely. Even when I was boxing over here my nickname on the posters was "the Yid".

clairewithani

FTA69 wrote: »

I have a vaguely Semitic appearance and as such my nickname was "Jew", on top of this I supported Tottenham and was also circumcised so it fit in nicely. Even when I was boxing over here my nickname on the posters was "the Yid".

Lads knew you were circumcised?

FTA69

clairewithani wrote: »

Lads knew you were circumcised?

Obviously like. No way you'd be playing sports through school without someone catching sight of your nob. Even besides that it wasn't a subject that wouldn't come up in conversation at some stage.

clairewithani

I was called buck teeth and bugs bunny because of prominent teeth. It continued after my teeth were straightened. I hated it and it made me terribly self conscious. I had a part time job one summer and two guys used to call me Laura Ingalls. I thought it was because of teeth and because I was clever and into books. I found out after months it was because her nickname in the show was half-pint and was a reference to my flat chest. That was kinda clever to be fair.

Dr Turk Turkelton

This thread has me thinking about a really skinny lad in my class in first year. We were in science class and rickets came up so that was his new nickname.
By third year it had shortened to Ricky and even some teachers that hadn't taught us before were calling him that thinking it was name.
Still see him around now and even though we are nearing forty it's automatically "Hey Ricky, how's things".
I'm trying for the last while and can't remember his real name.

BurnUp78

Trophy head
Dumbo
Ear lingus
Stretch ear strong
Or just a plain oul "big ears"

neonsofa

Didn't really get called many names (to my face at least), one guy on the road called me anna cause he thought I had anorexia due to be extremely thin. This definitely no longer applies.

I always feel so sad for anybody who has had comments made about their teeth. Especially when it has an effect on how they smile. Same with people who are teased for their laugh. Making someone insecure about something they naturally do in a moment of joy is ****ty imo. Especially if it causes them to then cover/alter their natural smile/laugh. That is such a sad thing to put on somebody. Not that others aren't bad I just feel very sad for people who feel they need to cover their mouth when they smile, it should be something that is carefree. I know it's usually only kids who start it but still.

Fozzie Bear

Went to school with a dude called John Francis Hunt.

Poor bast@rd was called John Fanny Cnut for 5 years of secondary school.

fixXxer

Deleted User wrote:

Ok. So you're an Irish Catholic-hating, "bogger" (which we can assume is a synonym for Irish in your case)-hating Englishman who has built up a persona of poor me victimhood and scapegoating to explain your own perceived inadequacies. And you're determined to pass this poison on to your children. How very evolved of you.

Deleted User wrote:

Perhaps, just perhaps, people pick up on the superiority complex and self-serving conceits which are evident above and can't warm to you?

That's some world class victim blaming there.

RayM

I feel cheated. Despite being constantly bullied for the first two years of secondary school, nobody ever took the time to give me a nickname.

5rtytry56

BurnUp78 wrote: »

Ear lingus

me too.:)

NewMrs2b

I have spent a good 10mins crying with laughter at this!

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

This thread has me thinking about a really skinny lad in my class in first year. We were in science class and rickets came up so that was his new nickname.
By third year it had shortened to Ricky and even some teachers that hadn't taught us before were calling him that thinking it was name.
Still see him around now and even though we are nearing forty it's automatically "Hey Ricky, how's things".
I'm trying for the last while and can't remember his real name.

Hotblack Desiato

Phoenix Wright wrote: »

This post is unwarranted, provocative, and narrow-minded on so many levels.

Objecting to people posting about their own experiences says a hell of a lot more about you than it does about them.

ToddyDoody

A waster.
A fag*ot

Hotblack Desiato

fixxxer wrote: »

That's some world class victim blaming there.

Didn't see that due to the ignore list, but that's hilarious albeit not intentionally :pac:

[Deleted User]

Rob and iv never stole anything in my life what a joke

TheDavester

Sky King wrote: »

Nothing otther than my surname (which most people assumed was a nickname). I didn't mind at all.

There was a kid in.my year with huge lips.

They called him 'apocalypse'.

Heh.

That was the majority of my school mates nicknames - or an abbreviated version like sully/murph etc - a few got animals like beaver, ferret,mole, or a few got Simpson names - one I remember was Wiggum as he sounded like him ... got called posh as I had according to some i sounded English and mainly I got called some form of my surname

endacl

ToddyDoody wrote: »

A fag*ot

A robotic cigarette?

BeerWolf

Was never bullied, though I suppose the "worst" was being called a weirdo for napping on a coach in the library.

Aglomerado

LittleMuppet wrote: »

Poshie or The Snob. I was neither but I spoke well and owned horses. I went to the local community school so all the kids from my area / primary school were called posh or snobby by the kids from the social housing estate beside the school.

I grew up in a village with no council estate, and, along with my neighbours, was called a "snob" when I went to secondary school....

Our school choir sang in a neighbouring village's church once and we were chased down the street of that village by the local kids who roared "CROWS" at us!

:D

That was about as bad as it got...:D