# A Name Game For The Really Bored **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385 "2001-02-06T18:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/41 "2001-02-10T08:15:39Z")
Paprika **um, no.** Err **yes, but generally affectionately. it’s that whole shortening to one sylable thing.** Rika **occasionally, and I don’t object.** Rita **nope.** Eureka **yep.** Ricki **again, no.** America **absolutely not.** Ech **no.** Icky **no.** Kika **and, no.** They missed the only one I ever truely hated - **Er-i-poo** , which took a damn long time to shake. I’m also called **E** on a reasonably regular basis by good friends, and I don’t object at all. Other nicknames had nothing at all to do with my first name. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/42 "2001-02-10T08:18:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lunatic13 \* > Spumoni **ummm. What?** > \*\* It’s a rather bizarre ice cream flavor. Well, not bizarre, just kinda gross. It’s chocolate, something pink, and something green, and kind of looks like they stuck hunks of left over flavors in a big bucket. Though I assume SOMEONE likes it, as they continue to make/market/sell the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![wyldelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@wyldelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wyldelf)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/43 "2001-02-10T10:08:56Z")
_sigh_ didn’t even have my name… _trots off to corner to sulk_ ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/44 "2001-02-10T16:12:34Z")
Dawn dishwashing liquid **nope** Dawn on me **nope** Dawn Juan **nope** Dawn of the dead **nope** The crack of dawn **yep** Daylight **yep** Day break **yep** Sunrise **yep** Dawnald Duck **nope** Delta Dawn **yep** Ding-Dawn **nope** Dawn the Fawn **yep** Dawn the Spawn **yep** Some people in my family can get away with calling me Dawnie, but I hate that too. I also once had a boss who called me Sunshine (yuck!) so much, he would forget my real name. ---
**Author:** ![Wozzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@Wozzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wozzo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/45 "2001-02-10T18:00:52Z")
Kathleen here. The ones I was actually called, I’ll put in ALL CAPS: KOO KOO KI KI Kit Kat - In reference to a brand of candy bar. GASOLINE Kathy Clean Kathyellenie Fat A Lean KATHLEEN THE BEAN CAFFEINE Lean Ball Kat KATHLEENIE WEENIE KATHLEEN THE BATH QUEEN Kathleeny J Beany Katydid Kitty ---
**Author:** ![Intriguing\_Question\_Mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Intriguing\_Question\_Mark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intriguing_Question_Mark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/46 "2001-02-10T19:42:00Z")
Wozzo why in the world were you called Kathleen the Bath Queen? ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/47 "2001-02-20T08:46:58Z")
From the site: _Teasing Nicknames: Screwy Louie_ Bah, I’ve been called worse. _Associations: In British slang, a ‘‘Louie’’ or ‘‘Louis’’ is one-sixteenth of an ounce of marijuana._ :eek: I am so glad my stoner buddies don’t know this. ---
**Author:** ![Pnuk\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Pnuk\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pnuk_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/48 "2001-02-20T14:08:27Z")
Tony Baloney **no, but i like it** Tony Macaroni **no** Phoney Tony **no** Ant **This is my preferred nickname, and they call it a drawback! Dammit!** Tinkie-tonks **huh???** Antman **This used to be my Web Name, again… i’m offended!** Tony Spomoni **I like this one, it’s kinda Gangsta** Cal-Toni (Calzone) **What’s Calzone?** Tony Harmony **no** Riga-Tony **These are just odd** Antoni **surely pronounced the same way as my name now** Tonio **yep, i’ve also been called Antoinette and Antonio** Good Site! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Melpomene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Melpomene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melpomene)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385/49 "2001-02-20T15:16:42Z")
They had my name, but no “Drawbacks” section. I guess “Stacie”, ranked 516th in popularity in 1990, just isn’t common enough to relish teasing nicknames. The closest name-calling I got, that was related to my name, was ‘Acie Stacie’ and that was because of Wall-Ball and 4-Square games and my habit of being very good at “acies” (catching the ball after someone else hits it, before it hits the ground, earning them an ‘out’) - it was more of an insult on my height (being so close to the ground), not my name. All the other teasing was completely unrelated to my name. _shrug_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-game-for-the-really-bored/53385.md?page=2)