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Do you have a nickname for someone else that they don't know about?

For instance, my boss' name is Don Leiper. However, it is common practice in our office (entirely without his knowledge) that when he is referred to in his absence, we call him "Don Leiper: The Grim Reaper".

So do you have any nicknames that you use to describe someone that they don't know about?



VotesAnswer
27Yes (And they definitely don't know about it)
11Yes (Although, they might know about it)
9No (Everyone I have a nickname for knows about it)
5No (I don't use nicknames for people)
4Other

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Frostbrand Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 19-Apr-2000 11:55pm  
My first grade teacher Ms. Compos. I would tell you what we called her, but I think it's pretty obvious. * smile *
anonymous
posted 20-Apr-2000 12:00am  
We call our tech department the dreck department because they can't get anything right.
kirst
posted 20-Apr-2000 4:47am  
We have a lot of nicknames for people. One of my favorites was the nickname our hockey team had for our coach at university. Steve was known as the LPM (little penis man).
Jody
posted 20-Apr-2000 8:59am  
My husband and I have nicknames for his friends which he uses in my presence. I don't think he uses them in the presence of his friends because they are silly names, though he might have slipped once or twice.
mary
posted 20-Apr-2000 12:04pm  
Yes, my mother in law is known as the chicken by me........ I don't really talk to anyone about that, but I mur mur it to myself.
jonathan
posted 20-Apr-2000 12:30pm  
I've occasionally done it before, but I can't think of any I use now.
Kristal_Rose Survey Central Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 20-Apr-2000 1:38pm  
Barely. I've broken down their name many ways as any good mystic would, but I don't use it.
ILJ
posted 20-Apr-2000 2:20pm  
We have a guy here at work named Norm. Just about everything he touches turns into a disaster, so I started calling him Viet Norm. I don't think he's heard it yet.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 20-Apr-2000 5:20pm  
ILJ: LOL LOL
phi
posted 20-Apr-2000 6:23pm  
I can't think of any.
mandy
posted 20-Apr-2000 7:54pm  
Yes! Ex hubby.
Boss.
Co-worker.
Assorted Customers.
sybersnoops
posted 24-Apr-2000 3:56am  
I call my ex-husband "the tick"....notice no capitols on that, he really isn't worth that effort. Actually this was more then he deserved, but I couldn't resist.
Hestia
posted 24-Apr-2000 7:50am  
We used to call our other roomates Sqawky, Gawky and Squeaky.
joachim
posted 24-Apr-2000 4:42pm  
Yes, or at least I used to. I used to come up with amusing names for women I found cute at my college. It was easy to say "gremlin girl" than to say "that short girl with the dirty blonde hair...". I guess it would have been easier still to learn their names but I'm terrible with names.
Kristal_Rose Survey Central Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 25-Apr-2000 12:51am  
In my highschool wargamers club, us officers had secret names: sludge, slime, & maggot.
LouLou
posted 26-Apr-2000 2:19pm  
My one sister and brother-in-law we call stupid & stupider, My brother and his "Woman" are called dumb & dumber. They all fit their names.
arkutha
posted 28-Apr-2000 4:24pm  
It is actually a common practice for me to give people secret nicknames.
bill Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 30-Apr-2000 8:49am  
I think "pen girl" was my favorite Joachim "girl".
joachim
posted 1-May-2000 3:06pm  
I do not remember pen girl. I just remembered box girl a few weeks ago as in, I was riding my donkey to Damascus and I fell off and when I stood up I said: "box girl"! A very strange moment for me.
bill Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 2-May-2000 9:57am  
She was a girl at a store (Charrette perhaps) who asked if you needed help finding a pen. You said "yes", and she proceeded to describe endless details about pens to you. ...and you fell head over heels in love with her (who wouldn't!).
joachim
posted 5-May-2000 11:42am  
Of course! Oh, Pen Girl, what has become of you? I must find where you have gone because a man cannot live without a heart and you have surely taken mine away with you!
pisces112244
posted 5-May-2000 7:40pm  
i mean i call my boss thing that i don't dare to say because a little kid might read this and i don't want to give children any ideas to call people they hate.
magbast
posted 6-May-2000 12:13am  
i mean like yeah, you wouldn't won't to do that, because they're thoughts could get all influinced and stuff
mandy
posted 6-May-2000 12:18am  
*nods*
*winx*
*chortles*
liquidliqhtninq
posted 6-May-2000 11:33pm  
Everyone knows their nicknames except my friend russell, i call him "super r" and "5!" (which is 5 factorial...think back to math) when hes not around
Matt
posted 7-May-2000 9:06am  
There's just bank girl I can think of.
mandy
posted 7-May-2000 7:01pm  
* laughing out loud *
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 23-Jul-2008 1:59pm  
Both yesses. Some people might know about theirs, other people definitely don't. For example, NDN doesn't know I call him NDN.
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