# What nicknames have you gone by? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448 "2001-01-23T20:10:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/21 "2001-01-24T00:34:15Z")
In high school my friends started calling me Juan because I spoke spanish all the time and they didn’t know how to say Jonathan in spanish. They also called me Ribeye. Now most people think Juan is my real name and a few friends from college call me Wanton, like the soup. ---
**Author:** ![BigFriendlyGiant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@BigFriendlyGiant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigFriendlyGiant)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/22 "2001-01-24T00:40:09Z")
One of my favorite nicknames is Clicks. I’ve also been called: Smiles Odomiter Speedometer Miles-O-Wiles Every measurement in the books and Big Friendly Giant whare my name came from. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/23 "2001-01-24T01:21:40Z")
My older siblings used to call me “Bra” (my first name is Barbara), but they stopped once I started wearing one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/24 "2001-01-24T01:28:35Z")
Well would you believe my nickname in university was Odie…which explains my user name. When I was a kid I used to despise being called Sasquatch… Keith ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/25 "2001-01-24T01:36:20Z")
People around the office call me Space Goat. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/26 "2001-01-24T01:41:51Z")
Now days I’m called **Bear,** a diminutive of my name, or **Papa Bear,** but in college I had a girlfriend who called me **Big Nasty.** ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/27 "2001-01-24T02:08:10Z")
the only one you need to know, to get me moving - BB King. my girlfriend and I have called each other that for 20 years and occasionally we use chick-a-BEE (strong southern accent like Jodie Foster in the movie Nell). ok, sorry, guess that was two names, not one. ---
**Author:** ![Rosethorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rosethorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosethorn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/28 "2001-01-24T02:18:25Z")
My nicknames weren’t, and still aren’t very orignal or cool: Clu Clu Clu Clo Clo Cakey Rose (doesnt sound bad, but when everyone calls you that and it is NOT your name, trust me, it is) Claaaraa (said in an annoying, low, british accent) ---
**Author:** ![Quadzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a4c791/32.png) [@Quadzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quadzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/29 "2001-01-24T03:17:58Z")
Quadzilla - I’m short, and I played quads in high school… it came from a sarcastic freshman. Linz for my first name, abbreviated. Cookie, which is the standard mode of address for my fellow res-life staffers. And what they called me in elementary school - unfortunately, one of the local companies had the following jingle: “Lookie, lookie, lookie/Here comes Cookie/Cook’s Pest Control.” ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/30 "2001-01-24T03:26:13Z")
I am currently known as “Oswald”. I got named that up here, and figure it’s pretty apre-po. So, because I get called that so often, I introduce myself to people as “Oswald”. Other’s I’ve gone by: Mosquito (Grade School) Biff (Grade School) Baran (Middle and High School) Robbo (High School, College) Oswald is by far the best. If someone introduced themself, would you remember “Rob” first, or “Oswald”? Tripler ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nicknames-have-you-gone-by/51448/31 "2001-01-24T03:26:38Z")
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