# Ever turn actor's names into nicknames? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365 "2021-03-07T00:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/1 "2021-03-07T00:04:46Z")
For example, I’ve been rewatching some _Psych_ lately, and saw one yesterday with “Lewd” Imman Phillips. And whenever I think of the specific actors in question, I think of “Loofa” Rigno and James “Gandolf” Feeny, for example. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/2 "2021-03-07T02:35:38Z")
Come buy your next car at Harrison Ford. Exit 6 off the Interstate. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/3 "2021-03-16T02:20:36Z")
I can’t stop referring to him as “Crisp Rat” ever since I saw it posted on Facebook a while back. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/4 "2021-03-16T02:28:18Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I can’t stop referring to him as “Crisp Rat” Him who? Antecedents can be your friends. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/5 "2021-03-16T02:29:00Z")
I would have thought it was obvious. Read it out loud. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/6 "2021-03-16T02:31:04Z")
Yeah, that’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/7 "2021-03-16T02:56:36Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Read it out loud. 🙂 Ah, got it. I just don’t read posts out loud. Maybe I’ll have to start, that was good. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/8 "2021-03-16T09:31:35Z")
The man who played Wolverine is forever Huge Ackman to me. Benodoctor Cucumberpatch has never been referred to by his real name in my hearing or when I’ve see him referred to by friends online. The names vary, but it’s never whatever his real name is supposed to be, whatever that is. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/9 "2021-03-16T11:21:31Z")
I made up nicknames for almost all of the actors on Criminal Minds. Gobbler - Gubler Vagueness - Vangsness Joe Montana - Joe Mantegna Honk, Honk, Honk - Tripplehorn L-o-l-a, Lola - Lola And so forth. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/10 "2021-03-16T11:56:02Z")
My father passed away 40 years ago, when I was ten, but I still remember he would sometimes mention some actor named “Marlon Branflakes.” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/11 "2021-03-16T11:58:08Z")
I’ve posted this here before; as a child I thought Cloris Leachman’s name was “Clorox Bleachman”. My brother and I still call her that. Not an actor, but John Cougar Watermelon Camp. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/12 "2021-03-16T12:35:44Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Not an actor, but John Cougar Watermelon Camp. In my mind, he’s John Camp Cougarmelon. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/13 "2021-03-16T12:45:48Z")
My father invariably referred to Don Rickles as Don Wrinkles. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/14 "2021-03-16T12:53:20Z")
I’m fond of referring to WWE’s Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman as **BORK LASER** and **BROWN STRONGMAN** respectively. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/15 "2021-03-16T13:00:22Z")
Years back my brother used to refer to Don Johnson as Dumb Johnson because he found the plots and premise of Miami Vice to be ludicrous. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/16 "2021-03-16T13:36:29Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Not an actor, but John Cougar Watermelon Camp. there used to be an advertising poster up in the laundromat I used decades ago with jokes and cartoons on it. It had two cartoons next to each other – _John Cougar’s Melon Camp_ and _John Melon’s Cougar Camp_. the cartoons showed cougars and melons cavorting in different camp activities – volleyball, swings, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/17 "2021-03-16T13:56:11Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I’ve posted this here before; as a child I thought Cloris Leachman’s name was “Clorox Bleachman”. My brother and I still call her that. I’ve always thought it was “Chlorine Bleachman” ('cuz there ARE other brands of laundry whitening products, and “Chlorine” sounds more girly anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365/18 "2021-03-16T14:18:36Z")
The new posts are straying from the intended purpose, in that the nickname is pronounced identically or very nearly so to the real name with the difference only showing up in written form.