Funny knicknames..

Mr Magnolia · 20-01-2006 11:53AM

'buckets' because when he walks he looks like he's carrying buckets (swaying side to side)

Chesty, called him this for years before I knew why, because of bad asthma

Clinical Waste · 20-01-2006 11:55AM

Demetrius wrote:

You must have a very unusual surname or else I lack imagination.

His name is Petes Potatoface.

Not too hard to work out where his nickname came from, Greekboy.

condra · 20-01-2006 11:56AM

murphys are called spud....

wing nut is a great one. i still love small head and burger lips and man child.

my mate looks foreign we used to call him boolip.. kinda bad he hated it..

Demetrius · 20-01-2006 11:59AM

Clinical Waste wrote:

His name is Petes Potatoface.

Not too hard to work out where his nickname came from, Greekboy.

Greekboy? Always thought it was Latin myself.

jebuz · 20-01-2006 11:59AM

One of my friends got the name 'scone' in school, its ridiculous really! We were finished school and standin outside the shop, and john at the time asked me to get him a packed of fruit pastilles as i was going in. Being the hilarious prankster that I was, I bought him a scone instead of fruit pastilles. He wasn't very impressed and threw the scone on the ground in anger, we all had a right laugh. 4 years on we still call him scone. Its such a stupid story, but amazing that the name stuck!

condra · 20-01-2006 12:00PM

just thought of more..

there was:

shovel hands
batman
mad eye
fat face

petes · 20-01-2006 12:00PM

Demetrius wrote:

You must have a very unusual surname or else I lack imagination.

Think of a bag of crisps that used to be out. Not sure if they are anymore.

condra · 20-01-2006 12:03PM

lol@scone- the silly ones can be the best..

the story reminds me of being called "ribena fingers" - legend has it i once washed off some bodily fluids of a certain local girl, with ribena. this i do not remember..

Clinical Waste · 20-01-2006 12:06PM

Demetrius wrote:

Greekboy? Always thought it was Latin myself.

Probably is but also:

Demetrius - A young man of Athens, initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena. Demetrius’s obstinate pursuit of Hermia throws love out of balance among the quartet of Athenian youths and precludes a symmetrical two-couple arrangement.

and

Church of St. Demetrius at Thessalonica

Occidental · 20-01-2006 12:11PM

Someone in a previous job who was called Vic, but never to his face. Was told it was because he got up everybodys nose.

Goodshape · 20-01-2006 12:27PM

Meathead comes to mind. the guys got a real big head and constant 'duh' expression.

I know three brothers who all got lumbered with the nickname 'Poochie'. No idea where it started but it can get confusing when they're all together.

I've got the unusually simple nickname of 'Bruce' (actual name being Michael) due to, at one stage or another, having a slight resembelence to Bruce Lee.

Funny how things stick.

threebeards · 20-01-2006 12:37PM

I know a guy called 2 Stroke. Legend has it that this has nothing whatsoever to do with engine oil

condra · 20-01-2006 01:08PM

Originally Posted by Demetrius
You must have a very unusual surname or else I lack imagination.
**
Think of a bag of crisps that used to be out. Not sure if they are anymore.

sam spudz crisps- they were lovely...
I think there used to be a potatoe company called murphys, like years ago.. and thats where spud comes from Re murphys...

i used to know a guy whos nickname was Smelly, or sometimes, Schmelly, i never knew his real name, i met him recently in drumcondra and i was like, "alrigh'.."

used to know a guy called Kinger, he used to go nuts wen we called im "kinger, bus ringer, albanian swinger" .. dunno where that came from but he hated it.

Jamey · 20-01-2006 01:11PM

Some assorted nicknames from around my area include:

Scraps
Biscuits
Hulk
Sh!tman
One-Eye
Dinny's (Insert first name here)
Rodney
Pooky
Jimmy Tits
Elvis
Connemara
Scallions
Pimptooth

condra · 20-01-2006 01:19PM

I think these days almost everyone knows a big ugly fecker called Shrek.
I know 2. One is a girl whos rather large.
Another is a guy who we used to call Barny [after the kids dinosaur] and Beef .. hahah he used to hate being called Beef. He used to call me Complan Man because I was so skinny in my teens.

lol @ Meathead, we used to have a guy called Meatloaf in Rosmini. Another guy called Bogger..come to think of it most nicknames are kinda cruel.

I used to know a dude called Fin Higgins and people used to call him Chin Figgins. .. "alrigh' Chin"

ST* · 20-01-2006 01:30PM

pretty tame really but someone calls me 'baby' and 'babe'

and someone else calls me cnut and i call him my bitch:v:

Demetrius · 20-01-2006 01:42PM

Clinical Waste wrote:

Probably is but also:

Demetrius - A young man of Athens, initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena. Demetrius’s obstinate pursuit of Hermia throws love out of balance among the quartet of Athenian youths and precludes a symmetrical two-couple arrangement.

and

Church of St. Demetrius at Thessalonica

Learn something new everyday. Any Helenas on the boards-hello.

Back to nicknames

Pinky
Mental-Case
Berry-boy
Ferrett

Clinical Waste · 20-01-2006 04:04PM

We had a big hard guy at our school who got the name:
Brick with eyes

which of course led to his mate being called:
Prick with ears

jebuz · 20-01-2006 04:06PM

there was a lad in school called 'kidney', cos he was always around when he wasn't needed

Kiera · 20-01-2006 04:08PM

We call me 14 yr old nephew “fat-head” and have done since he was about 3. the poor kid doesn’t even have a fathead but it stuck and now that’s all we seem to call him. I actually cant remember his first name

Demetrius · 20-01-2006 04:09PM

jebuz wrote:

there was a lad in school called 'kidney', cos he was always around when he wasn't needed

Nickname of the day.:)

Sudsy · 20-01-2006 04:30PM

Salty - never asked why
Micro - as above

and the same guy
Honker (orriginally honker-head-herse-box, no idea)
Splat
Toasty
Shep
and of course a few of the obvious ones, 2 guys called pinky and the brain, another called gums, spike, spud...etc etc
ohh and my own, Sudsy!

Siogfinsceal · 20-01-2006 04:31PM

In one job I used to be called Featherhead (cos im not the sharpest sometimes) and pixie in another cuz im small. My brother is still known as 'afro' from school cos he had fuzzy hair. My mate was known as 'tractor jo' in school cant remember why and my sister is called 'frog' and 'stinkface' in our house.

Kersh · 20-01-2006 04:32PM

This thread reminded me of a few.
I used to work in a garage in which the manager used to come up with some great ones.
One guy, who he nicknamed 'scream' who had a vague resemblance to the mask in the film scream.
Another Latvian guy was nicknamed 'knacker jumper', cos his name was difficult to pronounce and his jumper was dirty one day.
Another guy was nicknames 'horsebox' cos he was always towing along behind his big bro, who got him the job.
And another guy, who had a stammer was nicknamed 'match of the day', cos the theme tune to it (go on hum it), goes like this - Di Di Di Diii Diii Diii etc and sounds like a stammer.
Plus the sisters fella nicknamed my gf 'nine iron' cos shes from Derry.

ST* · 20-01-2006 04:33PM

Kiera wrote:

We call me 14 yr old nephew “fat-head” and have done since he was about 3.

ahh Kiera, yiz'll give the kid a complex :v:

//edit// my ex used to call me weasel aswell.

Kiera · 20-01-2006 04:38PM

He's grown up with it ST so he knows no better.

Ah he'll be grand! We actually call my 22 yr old niece "bítch" too. I think her Dad started that one off.

She's bítch and i'm "that other bítch" in my house.

Siogfinsceal · 20-01-2006 04:41PM

Kersh thats hilarious ya had me in stitches when I read that. ! Our sales manager renames all of his team too its mad.
My bro has a mate called 'Fish'. I get called 'malteser' by some people (brown on the outside blond on the inside). My da used to be called 'whatch-may-call-it' cos he was always sayign it

ST* · 20-01-2006 04:41PM

Kiera wrote:

Ah he'll be grand! We actually call my 22 yr old niece "bítch" too. I think her Dad started that one off.
She's bítch and i'm "that other bítch" in my house.

Wow. what a really nice family you got there

Kiera · 20-01-2006 04:43PM

I'm actually holding back loads here, SC. If you only knew us!

No one takes offence tho. It all just a bit of fun.

ST* · 20-01-2006 04:46PM

Kiera wrote:

I'm actually holding back loads here, SC.

:eek: Im not SC, I'm ST! *storms off offended*

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