My favorite was when my father called me "three-toe" This is not because I have three toes (I have five on each foot) but because my habit of sitting in the oversized chair watching tv forced my father to compare me to a sloth. Fortunately, it hasn't caught on with my friends. I don't really have a nickname with my friends... Just never got one.

My dad always called me Branflakes (Brandie) or sweetpea (though that's more of a term of endearment). For a while in high school I was MaryJane (Spiderman), but only to one friend. I guess mine are kinda boring. Now I'm Sweetcheeks, Snugglebunny, or . . . Brandine.

I grew up in a very small town, and we had nicknames for pretty much all of our classmates. Here's the highlights from that:

We called our desparate for affection classmate Amber "'ol hoey" . . . nice, huh?
Our overweight, less than intelligent classmate Zeb "fatboy"
The only Hispanic kid in our class, Justin "Burrito" . . . sounds awful, but he was really cool with it.
Our redneck manwhore classmate, Craig "Squeely" . . . his last name was Seely, and he kinda looked like a pig.
Our tan, overweight redneck classmate, Archie "The Golden Arches" . . . he had manboobs.

It's sad that we were that mean, but even sadder that I actually remember that stuff

I had another set of names too... like the Golden/Britannica Bear, but generally speaking that is not as interesting a story.

Sounds interesting to me . . . c'mon . . .*pokes history in the ribs*

Sounds interesting to me . . . c'mon . . .*pokes history in the ribs*

The Golden Bear is Jack Nicklaus, who I was favorably compared to by one of the running backs of our high school football team(in retrospect, he was very much like Joey Tribbiani in personality), not because I could golf, but because I was hard to stump at of all things, crossword puzzles in a Marketing class we both had together.... and then it became Britannica(sp?) bear because with things like geography and just factual data, I was very good to have around.

and then it became Britannica(sp?) bear because with things like geography and just factual data

Awww . . . that's cute. I don't really know who Jack Nicklaus is () . . . you say he's a pro golf player?

Those are great nicknames!

While learning Korean at the Defense Language Institute the teachers gave us all Korean names. Mine, embarassingly enough, was Ho. This was back in '92, and there are still people who refer to me by that moniker! I can always tell if I have known someone for a very long time because they will call me Ho without even thinking of the negative connotations that people who don't know the name might have! I tried my best to live up to the name while at DLI, not that it was difficult there!!

Great Idea History. As I am now an adult, I am not embarrassed by my nickname. I picked it up in Jr High.

I was kind of scrawny, and wore glasses, so I got the nickname Gopher. No, I did not 'go fer' stuff, I was named after the rodent!

I had forgotten about that until I read your blog. Now, I am not so scrawny (Middle aged spread) and as many of you know, I no longer wear glasses!

My first nickname ever was Sucharek (Sooharek) which in Polish means pretty much...Biscuit. It came about from my surname. That one stuck ever since preschool till the end of high school. Mack came along later on, in Australia, when no one could come up with a direct translation of Maciek, my middle name. So first it was Mack and then everyone started calling me Macky, or Mr Macky and eventually Mackintosh, dunno where that one came from, it just sort of appeared out of nowhere. I'm not particularly fond of Apples or apples in general (well, ok, I love Granny Smith apples...but I'm too young to be a granny, wrong gender too). I got so used to those nicknames, that every now and then, if someone calls me "Paul" I have this bewildered look on my face of utter confusion. Oi, you mean me?

Cheerio,
Mack

While learning Korean at the Defense Language Institute the teachers gave us all Korean names. Mine, embarassingly enough, was Ho.

I think I've seem people refer to you by that name here... I'm not positive, but I thought I did.

So first it was Mack and then everyone started calling me Macky, or Mr Macky and eventually Mackintosh, dunno where that one came from, it just sort of appeared out of nowhere.

This is how geeky I am.... when you said mackintosh, the first thing that came to mind was Mackintosh as a raincoat.

I never really had an interesting nickname growing up. Folks would call me Pete, Jonesy, or some such. When I was in Guatemala I picked up Canche and Hijo del Sol, so those sort of stuck.

In the lab I am working in now one of the fellows has dubbed me donnicker. Okay, whatever works for him, eh?

what does Canche and Hijo del Sol mean?

While learning Korean at the Defense Language Institute the teachers gave us all Korean names. Mine, embarassingly enough, was Ho. This was back in '92, and there are still people who refer to me by that moniker! I can always tell if I have known someone for a very long time because they will call me Ho without even thinking of the negative connotations that people who don't know the name might have! I tried my best to live up to the name while at DLI, not that it was difficult there!!

HAHAHA! Don't forget the other nickname you earned while at DLI... something to do with near and far...

Chip is actually a nickname for me. I got it as a child from eating. Apparently, I liked to fill my cheeks with baby food before eating it. It had the look of a chipmunk. It got shortened down and since then, that's been what I go by almost exclusively (well, my students have to call me SGT).

When I got to my first duty station, I was told that the unit already had a Chip and that we couldn't have two. So, since he'd been around a lot longer than me, he got to keep Chip and I got RJ. It's a play on my last name - Reynolds. After I left Hawaii, I went back to being called Chip, but there are still people in the Army that know me only by RJ.

This is how geeky I am.... when you said mackintosh, the first thing that came to mind was Mackintosh as a raincoat.

You know what? That's pretty dam weird. I didn't even know that mackintosh was a raincoat

I have always responded to "Hey you"

Well let's see

First it was "Shadow" in high school, mostly because of a large 4-wheel drive truck I drove that was All flat black. I also did a pretty good job of disapearing when needed.

Then there was "Teyamo" given to me when I started dating my wife, she had an awful time saying my name. She's from spain and claimes it means lover, but it could mean @sshole for all I know......

Then there is "TasT". In the beginning this was the company name my brother and I. Since I was the one answering the phone and everyone would call and ask for TasT of tast systems I just sarted saying ,"This is him". This is the one that has stuck and there are people that know me by no other name than Tast. To begin with it stood for Teryl, April and Seth Todd. The two T's got capitalized because that's how my brother drew up the first round of business cards.......

Here recently some of the guys are calling me "Catfish" whitch is ok, I call the one that started it "Sweet Tater", It's a rather strange and long story.........

You know what? That's pretty dam weird. I didn't even know that mackintosh was a raincoat

Its also known as a Mack too.

Here recently some of the guys are calling me "Catfish" whitch is ok, I call the one that started it "Sweet Tater", It's a rather strange and long story.........

and I won't ask you to recount it unless you want too.

I have always responded to "Hey you"

I love that song too

Hey you, out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me
Hey you, standing in the aisle
With itchy feet and fading smile
Can you feel me
Hey you, don't help them to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight

Sorry... I just had to go with that joke!