# Doper Nicknames

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534 "2009-10-29T01:01:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 3

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### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/41 "2009-10-30T18:22:36Z")

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I get “prav” occassionally. S’alright.

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### Author: ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/42 "2009-10-30T18:23:18Z")

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It’s **Mr. Quercus** , if you’re nasty. Wait, what were we talking about again?

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### Author: ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/43 "2009-10-30T18:59:33Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> Hey, does “Skaldy” bother you? Cause I’ll cut it out if it does.

It doesn’t bother me. Does it bother you when I call you 'Mika rather than Mika? Cause we Rhymers just love apostrophes.

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### Author: ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/44 "2009-10-30T19:07:58Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> It doesn’t bother me. Does it bother you when I call you 'Mika rather than Mika? Cause we Rhymers just love apostrophes.

Nothin’ wrong with a little apostrophe lurve. As long as you _never, ever_ use an apostrophe to mean “Look out! Here comes an S!”

Saw a shirt in a discount store once that said  
Mother’s Are Special People

Guess what? Whoever designed that shirt was pretty special, too. Special as in “gets to ride the short bus”.

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### Author: ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/45 "2009-10-30T21:24:45Z")

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**Yeti** will do.

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### Author: ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/46 "2009-10-30T22:07:06Z")

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Pnut will do. As long as any of the 5 other Peanut type persons are not in the same thread.  
(Peanut Gallery, Peanut Butter, Peanut50, PeanutFish, and PeanutPeach)

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### Author: ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/47 "2009-10-31T00:11:34Z")

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\*\*Aes \*\*(ace), usually, though some people go for **Aesir** , which makes sense, it being the root of my username and all.

I’ve also been called \*\*Ass \*\*on occasion.

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