# Giving Nicknames to People, Places and Things **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-nicknames-to-people-places-and-things/60509 "2001-04-02T16:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3ec8ea/32.png) [@vertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertigo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-nicknames-to-people-places-and-things/60509/21 "2001-04-04T22:23:02Z")
I was in a meeting at work when I (and to this day regret it) looked over and saw my new boss digging for gold. He already had these really freaky long finger nails and I guess now I new why. Although the image had been burned in my head, …like passing a horrible accident on the freeway…, I looked back. Now he was casually noshing on said “nose gold”. Ugh. I now felt very ill. As you can imagine, I kept my eyes glued in front of me for the balance of the meeting. As we left I asked if anyone else had seen what “ **Herr Goober** ” had done during the meeting. It quickly was adopted as the only way he was referred to out of earshot. Now it has been shortened to just “ **Goob** ”. Other nicknames: **Slappy** All women named Patricia become **Chicken Patty Shasta** Anyone named Amanda is immediately called **Amandahugginkiss Dan the Man Mr. Clean** (he’s bald, not neat) And the jerk who only likes to be called “Richard” is of course **Dick** ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-nicknames-to-people-places-and-things/60509/22 "2001-04-04T22:52:59Z")
Reminds me of my dorm of U of M. We just kept ending up with everybody having a nickname. Strangely enough, these were all openly and affectionately used in front of the people, We forgot most of the people’s real name, everybody was proud of their name I guess. Steroid bob Pothead bob Big Jim Slade Thor Black Guy Big tits No bra Condom girl other girl Rabbi Silk Stretch Father Hef Waste Larkin Chief House Elvira Leather Blondie Captian Smooth Trash Lush Hick Equilibrium man(me) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-nicknames-to-people-places-and-things/60509.md?page=1)