# President's nicknames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidents-nicknames/392174>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 14, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidents-nicknames/392174 "2007-02-14T10:29:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidents-nicknames/392174/21 "2011-04-13T19:30:55Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> We know that’s what people called them. The question was how is calling Dubya “Bush Jr” offensive. His answer is it’s not, it’s just inaccurate.

Okay, that makes sense. I knew he wasn’t technically a Jr but calling it offensive seemed excessive.

Seriously though people(This one is for you Barb), dropping one middle name does not a unique identifier make. Most people don’t care about your middle name, particularly when you have multiples.

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