Help me think up a nickname

[taffygirl]

It's not a romantic relationship and won't be. He's started calling me Cupcake. (It's a joke--too long and dull to go into here.) I need a funny nickname to call him back, preferably food-related (though it doesn't have to be if it just sounds funny), but not something sexually suggestive. I'm drawing a blank.

Any ideas?

[iiandyiiii]

How about Beefcake?

[grimpixie]

Cheddarmelt?

Taffy apple?

Sweetie Pie?

[Omar Little]

Skippy...as in the peanut butter.

[kayaker]

Years ago I hung out with two guys my age. Another guy, much younger, was always tagging along. The young dude kept asking us to help him pick a nickname, since we all went by nicknames. We chose Jism.

From that day on, we called him by his new nickname.

[Bob Ducca]

Originally Posted by taffygirl

It's not a romantic relationship and won't be. He's started calling me Cupcake. (It's a joke--too long and dull to go into here.) I need a funny nickname to call him back, preferably food-related (though it doesn't have to be if it just sounds funny), but not something sexually suggestive. I'm drawing a blank.

Any ideas?

Nicknames should be organic, much as your Cupcake name appears to be (if it involves a long dull story to explain).

Don't force it.

[ZipperJJ]

A kid I went to school with, when he was a scraggly young freshman, someone called him "Barney Badass." Just out of the blue.

From then on he was known as "Barney" even by the future generation of freshmen, 4 years later.

I think real names as nicknames are a hoot.

[Zeldar]

May not help at all, but after Brando had been in his first three movies he was prompted in an interview to comment, "I've played a cripple, a creep and a kreplach, and it's time I did something else."

I'm not sure of the connotations outside a Yiddish environment, but for years I used that term freely instead of others. It was particularly difficult to understand Brando's point about "kreplach" when, best I could figure, it applied to his character in Viva Zapata!" I thought that was a cool dude!

You're free to use it for your food-related nickname, even if you don't know any more about its true meaning than I do. If it matters, I pronounced it "KREP-lock."

[Surly Chick]

Muffin.

[Siam Sam]

Babyckaes (which are, after all, what cupcakes are, nes pas?)

Fetus Head

Meat and Two Veg

[cmyk]

Bubbles.

[Barkis is Willin']

Think Costanza...

T-Bone!

[Scarlett67]

I've always been fond of Puddin'.

[Gary T]

Originally Posted by Surly Chick

Muffin.

Bran muffin, to be exact. The food item generally resembles a cupcake, giving some parity to your nicknames for each other. The beauty is in the contrast, with cupcakes being sweet and delicious, where bran muffins seem rather ordinary and utilitarian (i.e., pretty girl vs. scruffy guy).

[loshan]

corn dog

pork chop (pronounced poke chawp)

Those are what I call my niece and nephew. Of course, at 5 and 8, they think it is hilarious.

[11811]

Hummentash (sp?)

[corkboard]

This is really hard considering we don't know squat about the guy, but here's my contribution: Crunchberry.

[Eliahna]

Punkin

[Freudian Slit]

Originally Posted by Barkis is Willin'

Think Costanza...

T-Bone!

That's what I came in to post.

OK, well, now I'll have to suggest Koko.

[Miller]

Boo boo kitty fuck?

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Bob Ducca

Nicknames should be organic, much as your Cupcake name appears to be (if it involves a long dull story to explain).

Don't force it.

What he said. I'm a nickname-y person - I give everyone I know nicknames, but they come on their own. You can't force a nickname, and you can't choose your own.

You could base the nickname on the guy's name, or some characteristic of his.

[Kobal2]

Honey Bunny.

Originally Posted by Miller

Boo boo kitty fuck?

Although this has my full support too.

[drastic_quench]

sprinkles

[Arnold Winkelried]

Blåbärssoppa (swedish bilberry soup)

[taffygirl]

Some fantastic suggestions!! So far I'm leaning toward Beefcake, Corn Dog, or Pork Chop, but really, it's going to be tough to choose, there are so many hilarious ones. Maybe I'll rotate them.

For the record, I'm a nickname-y person, too (Have one for each of my 2 sibs and each of my kids.), and I agree that they're best when they arise organically, but this isn't that kind of situation. I'd rather call him by a nickname then his real name if he's going to call me Cupcake.

Thanks, everyone! I knew I could count on Dopers!

[the lone cashew]

tofu

[Siam Sam]

Quarter Pounder

Big Mac

[Septima]

The only suitable nickname is, of course, "Candytuft".

[Siam Sam]

Originally Posted by Miller

Boo boo kitty fuck?

I vote this one the winner.

[John Mace]

Originally Posted by Barkis is Willin'

Think Costanza...

T-Bone!

Damn you! I knew someone would beat me to it.

How about "Foot-long"?

Or, keeping with the Costanza theme: "Koko".

[Bosstrain]

Originally Posted by Surly Chick

Muffin.

Pie-muffin, it needs to not make any sense at all, that way it'll slowly mess with his mind.

(I think we all know what my nickname is....)

[Bites When Provoked]

Sweet potato.

[Rushgeekgirl]

Tater tot.

[Missy2U]

Wingnut. Or pork chop. That's what I pretty much call all my friends. Either wingnut or pork chop.

[Siam Sam]

So has the OP chosen one yet?

[drastic_quench]

Originally Posted by drastic_quench

sprinkles

This one. Come on, who wouldn't love to be friends with that nice couple, Cupcake and Sprinkles?

[Czarcasm]

"Beefcake" is a bit suggestive-I think "Cubesteak" would be a fun variation.

[cmyk]

So hey there, Cupcake... were you able to toss any of these over to Sugar Tits?

[Shagnasty]

Originally Posted by loshan

corn dog

pork chop (pronounced poke chawp)

Those are what I call my niece and nephew. Of course, at 5 and 8, they think it is hilarious.

Weird. I was going to say Pork Chop as well. That is what I call my youngest daughter and I don't know why. She is very petite and girly but thinks the name is funny.

[Ellen Cherry]

I favor Pudding Pop. I get a flash of Bill Cosby every time I say it.

[Snickers]

I call my niblings "Gooflingtons" (singular: gooflington) a lot. Maybe he's a gooflington.

[brittekland]

Fig Newton

[Kalea]

If you're Cupcake, he's clearly either Twinkie or Ding-Dong.

[the lone cashew]

He's hostess ho ho