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Started by: flockhound (160)

aitch askd about buisness names, I;m asking about nicknames and how people got em, I'll start off. We have a bloke who works with us who's nickname is "the Lantern"" cause he is not very bright and has to be carried!

Started: 16th Sep 2006 at 08:45

Posted by: aussie roy (2574) 

Used to work with a bloke they called Suitcase because nearly every time he went out for a few beers someone would have carry him home.Another fellow we called Possum,he eats,roots and leaves,referring to his nocturnal "romantic" associations.For those who may be confused refer to a source of Aussie slang.I do have others but will give someone else a chance.

Replied: 16th Sep 2006 at 08:58

Posted by: getwom (inactive)

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Replied: 16th Sep 2006 at 09:38
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Posted by: billy (26053) 

i quit going to sea after i got married. i then worked as a docker ston. nicknames abounded on the dock.
"indigo"this guy would always stick his hands in his pockets at every opportunity
"silver sleeves"got pretty cold in winter especialy if the wind was from the westerly"s, this guy would always wipe his runny nose on his sleeves. the result was, both his sleeves were set solid with mucus.
lobby door"he was an x bin man.
"hens meat"no ships meant big reduction in pay. he would complain about making ENDS MEET.loads more, but will take a break here.

Replied: 16th Sep 2006 at 09:43

Posted by: empress (9667) 

Am an ex forces wife, so nicknames are the norm.Everyone with the name smith was known as smudge.Jones was taffy,Wood is chippy.
My mam calls my brother boomerang, cos everytime she threw him out he came back hehehehe.

Replied: 16th Sep 2006 at 12:45

Posted by: billy (26053) 

my daughter calls her hubby "good heart"he"s as tight as a d***s a***. he even tries(tries)to get her to pick up the tab when they dine out!!!at best he wants to go 50/50 with the bill.apart from that he"s a good lad.she tells me he will wash up without any prompting, vacuum the floor and other house chores, so he aint all bad.

Replied: 16th Sep 2006 at 13:33

Posted by: zoe24 (2272) 

i call my boyfriend scruff, hes not realy scruffy its just something i called him 1 day and it stuck.

Replied: 16th Sep 2006 at 14:25

Posted by: aitch (5487) 

When I was picking scrap up on liverpool docks years ago there was a man there that they all called diesal, he used to say diesal do for our ????? or diesal do for our ???.

Replied: 16th Sep 2006 at 14:50

Posted by: empress (9667) 

My ex husband used to call me Sprocket, that name he used for 16 years, even our old parrot used to say it me.
Then one day I was doing an online quiz.......

Question~ whats the name of the dog in Fraggle Rock?
Answer~ Sprocket?!

I've used a few choice names for him since then .

Replied: 16th Sep 2006 at 15:00

Posted by: billyj1 (51)

When I was a teenager in school I walked into a class and my mate shouted (for no apparent reason) "Hi Tiddles". It stuck, my real name was never used again, and when I met old friends in my late twenties they would greet me with "Hi Tiddles". I cursed that lad!!

Replied: 17th Sep 2006 at 09:35

Posted by: aussie roy (2574) 

Way back in '64,before I emigrated,I lived next door to a real skivver.He was always cadging smokes,in fact some days he'd ask me to lend him two and tenpence to buy a packet of "Embassy",so I finished up calling him "2&10pence" when discussing with the wife. A bloke I worked with at de Havs about the same time had the name C.C.Rains,so I nicknamed him Claude,he didn't like it but it stuck;his real names were Clifford Charles,even the foreman and chargehands referred to him as Claude.
Can't help you with "Stacy's",getwom,unless it was a one off by a cross dresser,now if you had said Daks I can help you there,that refers to a particular brand of trousers,much the same as strides.

Replied: 17th Sep 2006 at 12:21

Posted by: copperhead (1415) 

When I worked in Liverpool we had nicknames for most folk. One supervisor was call balloon as he had a habit of saying "This is a big job don't let me down". Another was called Rembrandt when giving instructions he would always say "Right I'll just put you in the picture"

Replied: 17th Sep 2006 at 15:40

Posted by: tommy (254) 

some nicknames from lads when i worked at hj heinz some yrs ago....PILOT LIGHT...cos he never went out,......POCKETS..cos he never took his hands out of them,...THE INVISIBLE MAN...cos he was never there,...SICK NOTE...for obvious reasons,...TEABAG...never out of tea bar,...just a few to go on with

Replied: 17th Sep 2006 at 16:09

Posted by: plum47 (898) 

I had a neighbour once and all along the row we christened him "haveugot" cause he never had any tools ect when doing a job, so he would come to one of the houses and his first words were have you got ---- what ever it was he wanted to borrow.

Replied: 17th Sep 2006 at 16:10

Posted by: mollie m (7076) 

We used to call one of our electricians airbrake because if you asked him to do summat he's start sighing and hissing!

Replied: 17th Sep 2006 at 17:06

Posted by: christi (206)

I call my husband Puffing Billy, not just cos he smokes but that he's allways puffing and sighing!! My youngest son calls his wife Mama, this started when his little girl was beginning to talk and would only say her Mums first name. My son hoped his daughter would copy him. It worked but the nickname stuck with others.

Replied: 18th Sep 2006 at 13:38

 

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