# Good Nicknames, Bad Nicknames **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315 "2009-05-22T18:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/1 "2009-05-22T18:19:25Z")
The only nickname I’ve ever really had that stuck was my Army nickname, “Yonez,” which was a play on my name. (On my first day, the not-very-bright guy calling the roll couldn’t pronounce “Jones.” No, I’m serious.) That’s a pretty mundane nickname. It occurred to me that there are many nicknames I would not mind having, and many I would not. **GOOD:** Night Train The Hammer of God The Womansexer Rocket Mister Awesome **BAD:** Ol’ Shitty-Pants Stonebrains The Sheepsexer Cocknose Mister Awful Your ideas? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/2 "2009-05-22T18:29:38Z")
In college I was The Unit. I was in the cafeteria and had just loaded up my tray and was looking for my friends. Apparently the way I was moving around made me look a little robotic. Acceptable: T-Bone T-Dog The Dude Unacceptable: Koko the Dancing Chimp Princess Sophia ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/3 "2009-05-22T18:47:49Z")
I’m **Atomic Mama**. :eek: Called “Atomic” for short. It’s my volunteer blues DJ name. Self-chosen, due to an interesting and peculiar set of circumstances. Also nicknamed “Amy” - short for Amelia. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![onedayfishsale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onedayfishsale/32/4398_2.png) [@onedayfishsale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onedayfishsale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/4 "2009-05-22T19:45:17Z")
The only non-given-name-derived nickname I’ve had is **One Day Fish Sale**. Doesn’t really get used much in real life, only on message boards and the like. It was given to me by a friend with inspiration from a newspaper ad after I expressed disappointment with not having a cool nickname. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/5 "2009-05-22T19:50:29Z")
Good for a guy: Spike Mack Daddy Bones Godzilla Honcho Bad for a guy: Princess Milady Mr. Delicate Wussy Zero ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/6 "2009-05-22T19:51:36Z")
I wish I had a cool nickname. Guys seem so prone to giving and getting nicknames, at least in the circles I run with- Bail-out Bob, Digger, Dutch, etc. I’ve been called Poop Turkey by one friend for years (that’s a long story I won’t be getting into) but thankfully it didn’t spread. And I had a fling that called me Crazy Legs when I expressed my disappointment in the nickname department. I don’t know what I’d want to be called, though. Giving yourself a nickname (outside of message boards and the like) isn’t cool. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/7 "2009-05-22T19:54:47Z")
My name is Jett, and I’ve been “Jettboy” since I was a kid; I don’t love it, I don’t hate it. My middle name is Vincent, and for a while I had a few friendly assholes try to get “Vinnie” to stick as a nickname. Now, _that_ shit I hated. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/8 "2009-05-22T20:08:46Z")
I was called “Sugar Bear” for some reason while I was in Boy Scouts. It was cute until, you know, puberty. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/9 "2009-05-22T20:21:43Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The only nickname I’ve ever really had that stuck was my Army nickname, “Yonez,” which was a play on my name. (On my first day, the not-very-bright guy calling the roll couldn’t pronounce “Jones.” No, I’m serious.) Ricardo Yonez? :dubious: 😉 A friend sometimes calls me Fetus because he once heard my father call me that. Now that I think about it, it could have made a good message board name, but it was already taken when I started posting here anyway. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/10 "2009-05-22T20:29:04Z")
**Good** Hammer Chainsaw Slick Professor **Bad** Hamburglar Jigsaw Oil Slick Chalk-for-brains ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/11 "2009-05-22T20:37:43Z")
**Good** Killer Dutch Marco **Bad** O.J. Swede Marky-Mark ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/12 "2009-05-22T20:48:51Z")
**Bad** Moose Fred Frimple Miss OCD Booger Picker (No, I do NOT pick my nose. That’s why that one annoys me more than all of them.) **Good** The Burl (I once threw a guy over a fence. Actually he ran at me and I pushed him and it was by pure luck that he lost his balance and went over the fence.) Rattlesnake (The only person who ever called me that is an old boyfriend. To this day he calls me that. I like it, it’s a cool nickname, but nobody else will call me that, even when I beg.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/13 "2009-05-22T21:15:58Z")
> [@Creaky](#): > > **Bad** > Moose > > Fred Frimple > > Miss OCD > > Booger Picker (No, I do NOT pick my nose. That’s why that one annoys me more than all of them.) > > **Good** > The Burl (I once threw a guy over a fence. Actually he ran at me and I pushed him and it was by pure luck that he lost his balance and went over the fence.) > > Rattlesnake (The only person who ever called me that is an old boyfriend. To this day he calls me that. I like it, it’s a cool nickname, but nobody else will call me that, even when I beg.) Hey rattlesnake, how is it going? 😃 **Good** Rick **Bad** Dick ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/14 "2009-05-22T21:18:22Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Hey rattlesnake, how is it going? > 😃 Finally! Thank you! 😃 Validation is sweet indeed. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/15 "2009-05-22T22:28:16Z")
I get called GrammarNazi. I’m not sure if that’s bad or good. Bad “Jugs” I was fourteen. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/16 "2009-05-22T22:34:21Z")
Good: Hojo Brawny Lad Stuckey Bad: Dilly bar Friendly Fribble Pecan log ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/17 "2009-05-22T22:40:22Z")
One of the weirder ones I ever encountered was a friend of mine in college. There were two Jo(h)ns among our group; so they started out as “H” and “No h”. Then there came a girl H liked. He asked her out, and she responded with something to the effect of, “You’re a really nice guy, but you have the sex appeal of a bagel.” From that day onward, he was Bagel. He even introduced _himself_ that way. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/18 "2009-05-22T22:41:30Z")
> [@Creaky](#): > > **Bad** > Moose My brother went by Moose at his camp. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/19 "2009-05-22T22:59:30Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > My brother went by Moose at his camp. I hope that for him it was a good nickname! I got called Moose because I was always bigger and taller than the other girls at my school. Man, I hated that nickname. Even my dad called me that. He still does but I don’t hold it against him. Actually at my camp my nickname was Huck because I was really into the book Huckleberry Finn. I liked that! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315/20 "2009-05-23T03:51:37Z")
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my friend Penis. (He was the one who called me Poop Turkey) Everyone called him that because he was a dick. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-nicknames-bad-nicknames/497315.md?page=2)