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A nickname is a Name of a person or thing other than its Proper Name . It may either substitute or be added to the proper name. It may be a familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as ''Bob'', ''Bobby'', ''Rob'', ''Robbie'', ''Robin'', and ''Bert'' for ''Robert''.

The term Hypocoristic or "pet name" is used to refer to a nickname of affection between those in love or with a close emotional bond, compared with a Term Of Endearment . The term Diminutive name refers to nicknames that convey smallness of the names, e.g., referring to children. The distinction between the two is often blurred.

As a concept, it is distinct from both Pseudonym and Stage Name , and also from title (for example, City of Fountains), although there may be overlap in these concepts.

A nickname is sometimes considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can often be a form of ridicule.

''eaca'' "an increase," related to ''eacian'' "to increase".

In Viking societies, many people had nicknames ''heiti'', ''viðrnefni'' or ''uppnefi'' which were used in addition to, or instead of their family names. In some circumstances the giving of a nickname had a special status in Viking society in that it created a relationship between the name maker and the recipient of the nickname, to the extent that the creation of a nickname also often entailed a formal ceremony and an exchange of gifts.


COMPUTING

In the context of Information Technology , a nickname (or technically a ''nick'') is a common synonym for a ''screenname'' or ''handle''.

'''Nick'' is a term originally used to identify a person in a system for Synchronous Conferencing . In Computer Network s it has become a common practice for every person to also have one or more nicknames for the purposes of Anonymity , to avoid Ambiguity or simply because the natural name or technical Address would be too long to type or take too much space on the Screen .

A nickname may also be used in the sense of a Username on any system that requires a Login , such as a Website or a private Network . Nicknames are routinely employed to enable a certain level of Security .


THE ARTS

Many writers, performing artists and actors have nicknames, which may develop into a Stage Name or Pseudonym . A Bardic Name may also result from a nickname.


NICKNAMES FOR PEOPLE

They may reference a person's physical characteristics. Examples:
  • Frankie or Curly (ironic) for a Bald person

  • Tubs, Chubby, or Porker McChubbs for a fat person (generally offensive)

  • Four-Eyes for a person with glasses (mildly offensive)

  • Mushmouth (or Mush) for a person with a Southern U.S. drawl (offensive)

    • This is particularly common in Spanish-speaking cultures, with nicknames like ''Flaco'' (thin) or ''Palito'' (little stick), ''El Gordo'' (the fat guy), ''Chino'' for anyone who looks vaguely Asian, or ''Gato'' (cat) for someone with blue or green eyes.


Sometimes related to "alias", a personal nickname may be a sarcastic, or simply ironic, reference, e.g., Curly for someone with straight hair (or No Hair at all); this form was typical in Australian English in the mid 20th Century but less so in current language e.g:
  • 'Shorty' for a very tall person

  • 'Tiny' for an overweight person


A nickname can also originate from someone's real name. Examples:
  • CJ for someone whose initials are C.J. (or if their first name starts with a C and is a Jr.)


These are usually used to make names shorter and thus easier to say.

There are also nicknames based on a person's surname:
  • 'Thommo' for an Andrew Thompson - these are usually used to differentiate amongst people with common given names.


It may relate to a specific incident or action. Example: , White Tiger , Desert Tiger and Hawk Of Endymion .

It may compare the person with a famous or fictional character. Examples:

It may be related to their place of origin or place of residence. Example:
  • Gloucester, Paul from Gloucester or PFG for someone named Paul who comes from a town called Gloucester .


It may refer to a person's fucking process political affiliation. Examples:

It may allude to a person's intelligence, such as:


A famous person's nickname may be unique to them:
  • Tippecanoe for William Henry Harrison

  • Dubya for George W. Bush , an exaggeration of Texan pronunciation of 'w', Bush's middle initial.

  • Opa for the Dutch lifesaving KNRM - Hero Dorus Rijkers . Dorus became a ''' Grandpa ''', (Dutch:"Opa"), at the age of 23 (by the marriage to a widow with eight children), and soon everybody called him '''Opa'''.

  • Jack The Dripper for painter Jackson Pollock who created many of his works by dripping paint over horizontal canvas

  • Gazza for English footballer Paul Gascoigne (though used more widely in Australia for Gary) and similar "zza" forms ( Hezza , Prezza , ''etc'') for other prominent personalities whose activities are frequently reported in the British press

  • Champion Taylor for Mark Hanson (In reference to the band Hanson)



NICKNAMES OF GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES

Particularly with geographical places, it is important to distinguish between nickname and title. A nickname is almost always a brief term that is either friendly or derogatory and can be substituted for the real name at will. A title is usually a multi-word term, often created for promotional purposes, sometimes created as a putdown, that cannot be substituted for the real name at will.

Most of the "city nicknames" are not nicknames; they are titles. For example, Kansas City is titled (or dubbed) 'Heart of America' and 'City of Fountains'; it is nicknamed KC. People will use KC very frequently in everyday speech as a friendly substitute for Kansas City; it is the popular nickname for the city. By contrast, probably only the tourist industry ever uses the term 'City of Fountains'; this is a title, not a nickname.
See List Of Country Nicknames



Regions

  • The Wet Coast - British Columbia, Canada ; a play on "The West Coast" because that area of the country rains a lot

  • Red States - states that generally support Republican or more conservative candidates for national public office

  • Blue States - states that generally support Democrat or more liberal candidates for public office

  • The Cow Belt - also known as the "Hindi Belt," the area of northern India through which the Ganges flows, consisting principally of the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar , considered the heartland of Hinduism and the Hindi Language

  • The Deep South , Bible Belt - Southern U.S.

  • The Dirty South (usually the South Eastern States but not limited to the whole Old South, usually used among rappers)

  • The Left Coast - the states of Washington, Oregon, and California in the United States; due to their location on most maps and general support of "the left" ( Liberal political ideology).

  • Bridge of the World, Heart of the Universe (Spanish: Puente del Mundo, Corazón del Universo) - Republic of Panama; due to the convergence of the principal trade routes through its Panama Canal

  • The Third Coast- the cities and states that are on the Gulf Coast of the United States. (The term is also used in the film industry to refer to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex due to a large number of movies, commercials, etc. being filmed there – the "First Coast" is implied to be Hollywood and the "Second Coast" being New York.)

  • Bavaria on the North Sea - Flanders , due to its conservatism and catholicism



NICKNAMES FOR COMPANIES

  • "Auntie" - British Broadcasting Corporation , Australian Broadcasting Corporation

  • "Barfy's" - Arby's

  • "The Beeb" - British Broadcasting Corporation

  • "B-Dubs" - Buffalo Wild Wings

  • "Big Bird" - Giant Eagle , A U.S. supermarket chain

  • "Big Blue" - IBM , computer hardware/software manufacturer

  • "Bummer" - BMW cars

  • "The Big Eye" - CBS , broadcasting network

  • "The Peacock Network" (in reference to its logo) - NBC , broadcasting network

  • "Bloblaws" or "Blah-Blahs" - Loblaws , Canadian supermarket chain

  • "Bloodbath and Beyond" - Bed Bath And Beyond

  • "Bugger King" or "Bugger Fling" or "Burger Death" or "BK" or "Murder King" or "B.K. Lounge"- Burger King , global fast-food chain

  • "Chevy" - Chevrolet , an automobile company

  • "Crappy Tire" or "Canadian pif-paf" - Canadian Tire , a Canadian hardgoods retailer

  • "D. J's" - David Jones, Australian Up-Market Retailer

  • "Del Chate" (pronounced Chaw-Tee) - Del Taco

  • "Sleazy Jet" - EasyJet , a low cost European airline

  • "Four-bucks", "Bucks", "Starby's" - Starbucks

  • "Fuckruckers" or "Fudd's" or "Buttfuckers"- Fuddruckers

  • "Golden Slacks" - Goldman Sachs

  • "Great Yellow Father" - Eastman Kodak

  • "Hardly Normal" - Harvey Norman , an Australian electrical goods outlet

  • "H. J's" - Hungry Jacks (Australian version of Burger King)

  • "Ho-Jo" - Howard Johnson's

  • "Home Despot" - The Home Depot , a giant hardware store

  • "Jacques Penné" - JCPenney clothing stores

  • "Jack in the Crack" or "Jack Off (street name)" "Shat-in-the Crack" or "Shit in the Box"- Jack-in-the-Box

  • "Kentaco Hut" - KFC , Taco Bell , and Pizza Hut combo restaurants.

  • "Kentucky Fried Crap", "K-Fry", "K-Fried", "Kan't Fuckin' Cook" - KFC , American fried chicken restaurant chain

  • "K-World" - a nickname used in Michigan for the grocery store, Kroger .

  • "The Little Thief" - Little Chef , UK roadside restaurant

  • "LockMart" or "Lock-Mart" - Lockheed Martin Corporation , Aerospace contractor

  • "Long Juan Silvers" - Long John Silver's and Taco Bell combo restaurants

  • "Lose-It" - Loomis , Canadian courier company

  • "Ma Bell" - AT&T , American telephone company

  • "Marks & Sparks" - Marks & Spencer , British department store chain

  • "Mickey D's", "Maccy D", "Golden Arches", "The Golden Nightmare", "McDeath", "Rotten Ronnie's", "McDogchow", "McDick's", "McConvicts", "double-yuck", "American Embassy", "MacDo" mainly in France "Smack-Donald's" - McDonald's , global fast-food chain.

  • "Macca's" "Scottish restaurant"- (In Australia) McDonald's , global fast-food chain.

  • "Monkey Ward", "Mental Ward" - Montgomery Wards defunct Department Store chain

  • "M$," various versions of "Micro" plus an expression with or without various $-type signs; i.e. "Microsloth,"; or " The Borg " - Microsoft , software company

  • "Mothercorp" - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , Canadian national broadcaster

  • "Needless Markup" - Neiman Marcus , American upscale specialty retail department store

  • "Namcy" - Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Company

  • "Ninety" or "The Big N;" usually by fans or hardcore gamers - Nintendo , Japan -based Video Game company

  • "Northworst" - Northwest Airlines

  • "NO-VAcation" - the Nova Group, a Japanese Eikaiwa (English conversation school) chain, as it is known by many of its former employees

  • "Office Despot" - Office Depot, Chain of office supply stores

  • "OOPS", "UnderPaid Slaves", "United Package Smashers" - UPS , American courier service

  • "Pizza Slut", "Pizza Smut" - Pizza Hut , Global pizza chain

  • "Pondegrosa" - Ponderosa Steakhouse

  • "Scan dick", "Scandalic" - Scandic

  • "Shittybank" - Citibank

  • "Skandial" - Skandia

  • "Slev," "Sleven" or "Sevies" - 7-Eleven

  • "Snot Gothic", "Goth Stoppit", "Goth'n'Go", "Whiny Hole", "Hot Profit" - Hot Topic

  • "Sooner-or-Later" - Purolator , Canadian courier company

  • "Tar-jais" ("r" is rolled; "jais" in French is pronounced - "zhay"), "Red Spot Boutique" - Target retail store chain.

  • "Timmy's," "Tim's" or "Timmy Ho's" - Tim Hortons , Canadian coffee and doughnut chain

  • "Taco Hell", "Toxic Hell", "Toxic Smell", "Baco Tell", "Buggering bells", "Taco Smell", "Toxic Bell", "Taco Beelzebub", "T-Bizzy", "Taco Death", "E. Coli Bell" "The Dong"- Taco Bell fast-food restaurant chain

  • "Toyz B We" - Toys R Us toy chain

  • "VIA Snail" - VIA Rail , Canadian passenger rail company

  • "Evil-Mart", "The Evil Empire", "Hell Inc.", "Evil Inc.", "Mall-Wart", "Wal-Merde" ("merde" is the french word for shit), "Wally World", "Wal-Fart", "Small Fart", or "Wall-Junk" - Wal-Mart , global chain of retail stores.

  • "Weggies" - Wegmans Food Market inc.

  • "Whole Paycheck" - Whole Foods Market

  • "Wuddy-Fuddy" "Big red shed"-Wharehouse (New Zealand)

  • "Woolies" - Woolworths Supermarkets (Australia and United Kingdom)

  • "Little Sleazer's" - Little Caesar's Pizza Restaurants

  • "Sleazers Palace" - Caesars Palace, Casino & Hotel (Las Vegas)



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