Nicknames... we've all had them in the past(at least I think we all have), and while some of them are good and some of them are simply awful, I think they all have a tendency to stick with us, like barnacles on the bow of our ship of memories. I thought it would be sort of interesting to talk about them. And I don't mean a name you picked for yourself for a login or other use. I mean, names you were given by other people. I would like this to be a positive experience, so if you don't want to talk about the negative ones, well, I wouldn't ask you to.
I had quite a few In high school, though most popular one was Shaggy... and I attained this moniker in as a sophomore, because I used to wear this ugly green tee-shirt and I had a crappy goatee and I was growing long hair at the time. At first it started as a mutual joke amongst our group of friends, and it just spread... and spread and spread, and it just stuck with me in a semi-permanent way... I mean, there were people who never knew me by any other name. Of course, I had another set of names too... like the Golden/Britannica Bear, but generally speaking that is not as interesting a story.
Of course, neither set of nicknames really made the transition to college too well, but they will always remain with me as part of who I am.
So, what are your stories?