# Help me think up a nickname

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-up-a-nickname/601083>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-up-a-nickname/601083 "2011-10-28T16:03:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-up-a-nickname/601083/41 "2011-11-03T19:18:06Z")

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I call my niblings “Gooflingtons” (singular: gooflington) a lot. Maybe he’s a gooflington.

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**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-up-a-nickname/601083/42 "2011-11-03T19:33:31Z")

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Fig Newton

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**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-up-a-nickname/601083/43 "2011-11-03T23:58:44Z")

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If you’re Cupcake, he’s clearly either Twinkie or Ding-Dong.

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**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-up-a-nickname/601083/44 "2011-11-04T09:23:58Z")

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He’s hostess _ho ho_

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