"Do you have any nicknames?" Topic

Do you have any nicknames that you have been called over the years? It could be at the gaming table or not.
A) none
B) one
C) two
D) three
E) four or more
F) none that I can repeat in mixed company.

One when I was young. None now.

None. Ever.

D. Well, everybody in the Army ends up with a nickname sooner or later. I had two. The third is a family nickname whose origin is vague.

LT

My attitude at age 19 was such that some people called me Doctor Doom.

I got better.

And,oh yeah,a few people used to call me "Slim".

That one went away too,for some reason. . .

Wife started calling me moose after watching a documentary about them. Claimed I was territorial like a moose. Now the whole darn family picked it up.

The OFM.
Old Fart Meister.

Lead – from my initials. Fatso. and a bunch of option F

This is a bizarre question. Not "What are your nicknames?" but "How many do you have?"

At least half a dozen, thank you.

Mexican Jack aka Lightnin' aka 'Orrible 'Owud aka ----

My nickname stuck so well I almost forgot my "other" one. I usually get HMGS con badges with my real name on it- that confuses everybody :-)

There are those that call me…G Dog.

B.

C. Two.

Big Ritchie

A nickname from when I was a kid that I was never fond of

When I was in Detroit for some reason the guys at work called me "The Baron"

Now my buddies call me "The Iceman"

And I am such a nice guy – can't figure it

1.

Gik the crippler.

It's a long story, from a long time ago.

Maybe a new one. According to the kids….. I am OLD!

With a name like Juergen…tons .lots not even close. Fanta was my favorite on the Soccer team. No reason ..just Fanta.

Got one when in the Army, I still use it, but it has not been picked up by my friends. I got another when I joined the club but fortunately it never really caught on.

Four or five, not sure how often/long you need be called it to count. Current one from reenacting is "Visage Tonnerre."

just the one, a typical Australian shorteningand adding of an "o", of my surname

Two. The one I've maintained over the years and that is "Egg". It was from Hugh Walters calling me an Egg Head or possibly just the sheer awesome size of my cranium. I never did find out but my old mates in Paragon still use it.

In Saudi, back in teh 80's I was 'The Poobah'. Coined by some Americans i was working with. Never did figure out that one.

A few

Having a very common name I have had nicknames all my life. At present Ecks is the main one with Buster also in common use.

x42

B.

B) in college. Now A)

Like most ex-servicemen, several. I'm proudest of 'Sparker' though – its the nickname for my original Royal Navy Trade Group, Radio Operator (General)(strategic) – which required a very high level of skill and attention to detail when authenticating and safeguarding codes and the like – retaining that nickname once I became a commissioned officer worried me at first – I thought its use suggested the troops felt I was still a tradesman – but I was told it implied respect for my tradecraft and that I didn't forget my origins.

I don't know about the first, but the latter is certainly true!

A couple mostly when I was younger, now none that are used.

Nope, I never qualified for one. Too boring, I guess.

Parents tagged me with one at birth which I used until High School.

Brother couldn't pronounce it when he started speaking so family and Pediatricians picked up on it.

One in the SCA in 1970s/1980s if people who only know you by your persona qualifies. Baffled Personnel Security at first.

None that I know of currently.

Three historically.

From the old 'Draw Skippy' ads.

When I was at school, yes.

Not now, unless they are only uttered when my back is turned…

I have never really had a nickname.

My much older brother, brass1, has always called me things that are not my name but that's just him. I think he has a bit of a memory problem…

Fish

I was "Punky" for most of the 2000s.

In my former life, I had been called Loki, Pounce, and Hairball.

And, of course, there were the cute honorifics bestowed by girlfriends…

C. The one I have now because of my hair, although its more like silver fox than badger and when I was younger I was called Stan.

E – at least 4 or 5 different nicknames with different groups of folks over the years.

Once my university buddies found out my middle name (Clyde), they never called me anything else!

I was once called 'Tricky Dickie' at work! fortunately it didnt stick!

Yes. Several. My friends kids called me Mad Dog from when they were two and three. That's my favourite. Others include 'Brains' which now I think about it, may have been a less than flattering reference to a puppet. Oh well.

I have been Skip since a few weeks old, most people i know at work don't know my real name i think.

I get "Norman" a lot, but I've only got meself to blame for that.

Yep

E

"Chuckles" was my fav.

C
Jughead (college/Fraternity)
Militia Pete

Gaming knickname based on the way I run the Roman Empire in Decline and Fall "Pennius Pinchus".

TMP member Natokina gave me the name "Bunkermeister."

A few people call me that.

I use it on the web.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

At school, Peanuts.

First job, Archie.

Now just by name only.

Slick Rick,Wolfman(my Aerodrome call-sign),and maybe a few others,some decent,funny;others not so much.

Online, I tend to go by Weaz or Rune, both shortened versions of my nickname. (Weasel and Runequester respectively)

In person, not anything currently, but one of my friends has taken to calling my tortured analogies "Ivanisms".

My friend Jack calls me "Commissar"

E. four or more- 7 that I can recall.

Rat, G-Rat, Rat-fink(from my sister), George, Scooter, the Great One, the Colonel.