# Nickname yourself

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-yourself/201688>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 15, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-yourself/201688 "2003-09-15T05:11:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-yourself/201688/41 "2003-09-17T17:56:34Z")

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hmm… had a couple over the years

Orb (in HS, I still don’t understand that one)

Paws (in college, big hands)

Napalm (more recently. We were camping, consuming adult beverages and bean stew. The results of which… well, you can surmise)

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**Author:** ![Empress\_Jolrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Empress\_Jolrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Empress_Jolrael)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickname-yourself/201688/42 "2003-09-17T21:32:12Z")

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Call me Lex.

Short for Lexicon, my high school nickname.

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