# Examples, nick-names that are funny or clever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-nick-names-that-are-funny-or-clever/350073 "2006-03-27T14:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-nick-names-that-are-funny-or-clever/350073/21 "2006-03-29T12:22:02Z")
There is a dad at our school who’s last name is begging for a nick name, if he doesn’t have one by now or didn’t get teased to death. The Nick name: Eyeball. The name: Cornea ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-nick-names-that-are-funny-or-clever/350073/22 "2006-03-29T12:29:56Z")
Eh, I don’t know how clever you’d rate it but my cousin has come up with a hilarious name for one of her father’s friends. The woman is really skinny and just got a boob job. The nickname: Tits on a Stick ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-nick-names-that-are-funny-or-clever/350073/23 "2006-03-29T14:09:33Z")
[QUOTE=dbuzman] Did he ever kill a bird while at bat? As in he hit the ball and the ball hit a bird? [/QUOTE] I don’t know. The one explanation I’ve heard was that he was good at catching popups. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-nick-names-that-are-funny-or-clever/350073.md?page=1)