# Question Re: Shortening of Nicknames by Me? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049 "2008-12-29T06:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/21 "2008-12-29T20:36:02Z")
IRL, my buddies call me **Rugger** , and my family and girlfriends call me **Santo** \*. It’s partially because I’ve played football and rugby for the last fifteen years or so, so my teammates call me by my last name. It’s also because, when I was the co-captain of my college rugby team, my other captain’s name was also **Santo** \*\*. You can call me either, both, or **SR** if you’d like, but I generally look for the double “gg” when scanning for places I’m referred to in a thread. _Actually, my real name equivalents. **Technically,** Pygmy_\*, as that was my old user name and the name of my college club. > [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > :dubious: ‘unduly aggressive’? > > I personally don’t care, although honestly I’d prefer S’tyger (or S’kat or S’kitty) to STG. But it doesn’t bother me enough to make an issue of it. :dubious: You really want to be called S’kat? :eek: May want to rethink that one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/22 "2008-12-29T23:21:06Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > IYou really want to be called S’kat? :eek: > > May want to rethink that one. 😉 Why do you hate Mel Tormé? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/23 "2008-12-29T23:25:11Z")
Some nicks wouldn’t sound right shortened, I know. Just making sure that those which can be wouldn’t ruffle any feathers! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/24 "2008-12-29T23:50:16Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > You really want to be called S’kat? :eek: > > May want to rethink that one. 😉 I know, I know. But it’s short for Silvercat (that being my default username). ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/25 "2008-12-30T00:04:21Z")
I’d just use **STG** , if that’s okay?🙂 Kemi, that won’t ever happen (being mad and calling you “fool”) : **Rugger** sounds good to me! I’d use Q.E.D. in it’s entirety and yeah, you’re right: I’m not as full of piss and vinegar as I once was, so whatever anyone prefers is gonna be fine with me. 🙂 Looks like y’all are pretty loose with it all, so if I trip up, just let me know. Thanks, y’all are some “quite cool” people ;). Q ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/26 "2008-12-30T04:41:41Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Thanks **Hazle**! (is that name from Watership Down?) > > Q Catcher in the Rye, actually. Hazle is the protagonist in old Phoebe’s stories. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/27 "2008-12-30T05:03:23Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > I know, I know. But it’s short for Silvercat (that being my default username). Done and done. 😃 > [@Q.E.D](#): > > Why do you hate Mel Tormé? 😛 Curse you for making me go look stuff up! I was considering starting a thread recently in IMHO asking how many people keep a window open with Wikipedia in one tab and a dictionary in the other to make hanging out on the Dope easier. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/28 "2008-12-30T05:28:09Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > Done and done. 😃 > Curse you for making me go look stuff up! I was considering starting a thread recently in IMHO asking how many people keep a window open with Wikipedia in one tab and a dictionary in the other to make hanging out on the Dope easier. Me! Well, not the whole time, but I usually have at least one reference open whenever I leave the Dope. I’d prefer **Pye** , but the default seems to be **Mags** , which is the RL nickname of a friend and confuses me. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/29 "2008-12-30T05:44:36Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Maybe aggressive is the wrong word. But given that message boards are mostly social encounters, being addressed by my “full” name in such a fasion always seems–I don’t know–as if the person doing it is spoiling for a fight. It’s reminiscent of being summoned by one’s full name by an angry parent: “Thomas T. Tildrum, get in here right now and explain yourself!” **Quasimodem** – may I call you **Qui’m**? – 😃 – I think most people aren’t bothered by a shortened name, if it doesn’t look like the shortening was done with unfriendly intent. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/30 "2008-12-30T05:56:42Z")
Better check with the MMP for nicknames for [del]those[/del] us guys! They call me Rebo. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/31 "2008-12-30T16:56:24Z")
I get the warm fuzzies when anyone calls me **Auntie**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/32 "2008-12-30T17:04:45Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I’d just use **STG** , if that’s okay?🙂 Look you, I said what I prefer! :mad: 😛 Nay, s’cool. It just always takes me a moment to connect those initials with myself. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/33 "2008-12-30T17:06:39Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > It’s reminiscent of being summoned by one’s full name by an angry parent: “Thomas T. Tildrum, get in here right now and explain yourself!” That’s exactly it. My mother used to bellow all four of my names in just that way. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/34 "2008-12-30T19:33:18Z")
Have at it. \*\*Anaamika \*\*is a lot to write, I understand. I’ll go to the other thread and list what I like it shortened to, but honestly, I am not picky. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/35 "2008-12-30T22:22:52Z")
I live in hope of the day that I’m a regular fixture enough to warrant a nickname. I guess I might be tum? 🙂 Of course my real name is the short and sweet T.R. so people can feel free to call me that, too. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/36 "2008-12-30T22:34:06Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > I live in hope of the day that I’m a regular fixture enough to warrant a nickname. I guess I might be tum? 🙂 Of course my real name is the short and sweet T.R. so people can feel free to call me that, too. Is it ok if we capitalize it at the beginning of a sentence, or do you prefer that **tum** stay lowercase? Just taking notes for future exchanges. (I think people go back and forth between IS and Stickler for me. I prefer IS, but it’s not a big deal.) ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/37 "2008-12-30T22:37:40Z")
Mine always get shortened to “Tro,” because if it doesn’t people end up spelling it trosisp, trosicp, trosicps, or some other weird juxtaposition of the C and S typically. And, Tro is easier. Not that I was mentioned in the OP or anything, haha. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/38 "2008-12-30T23:40:56Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Is it ok if we capitalize it at the beginning of a sentence, or do you prefer that **tum** stay lowercase? Just taking notes for future exchanges. > > (I think people go back and forth between IS and Stickler for me. I prefer IS, but it’s not a big deal.) I’m completely without any strong opinion on the matter of capitalization. But I do have a smile on my face that you asked! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/39 "2008-12-30T23:47:38Z")
> [@Trocisp](#): > > Mine always get shortened to “Tro,” Here I’m been reading it as TacoCrisp. 😛 Don’t call me Chi, I ain’t no tea. Call me M-ra (Em-rah), 'cuz that’s me! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049/40 "2009-01-03T20:14:25Z")
**Qui’m** sounds kinda SEXY! 🙂 So I looked it up: \quim\ So yeah, that’s fine, 'cause if we are what we eat, I guess that makes me a pussy! 🙂 Quasi (Qui’m) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-shortening-of-nicknames-by-me/479049.md?page=1)