Nicknames?

**MacEanruig** · 28th October 15, 05:37 PM

During the latter part of my military service I was simply called "Hendo."

**kiltedtom** · 29th October 15, 02:50 PM

As a kid, one of my uncles called me "Snake." I have never known how that came about. Of course, my brother called me "stupid," both as a noun and an adjective. My mother often called me "Casey." I am not sure if this counts here because Casey was our dog, and mom called him Tom. She just could not keep the names straight. In college, I came to be called "Squinty" by my buddies on the Judo team. And now, people call me "Doc." This is because I have a doctorate in History.

Not sure which name I like the best, but I sure do miss that dog. Have a great week.

Tom

**Big Mikey** · 29th October 15, 06:27 PM

Let's break it down then.....Big cause I'm 6'2" and 320 pounds and Mikey from that damn commercial. Been Mikey in one form or another ever since but also answer to Hey You.

**Pleater** · 29th October 15, 06:52 PM

Smiler - see photo.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**LANCER1562** · 29th October 15, 07:15 PM

As a child, my dad called me "Scooter" because I didn't actually crawl I kind of scooted on my hands and knees.
When I was in Army Basic Training, my nickname was "Sad Sack" and a few others not fit for this forum.

**Finistere** · 2nd November 15, 12:59 AM

Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC

We have had quite a few threads over the years asking about how members have chosen their usernames.

Mine started when I was in the Apache Instructor Pilot course. I seemed to have a way of explaining complex aerodynamic principals in a way that even a child could understand so I was dubbed Mr. Wizard after Don Herbert of the TV show "Mr. Wizard" fame. I carried the Mr. Wizard callsign for the rest of my career.

When I came up to Canada I started using The Wizard of BC. The BC part coming from British Columbia. A play on words. "Pay no attention to that guy behind the curtain."

I figured it sounded better than the name I was given as Head of Research, Design & Tooling at Current Designs Kayaks. I was the oldest guy in the plant so was given Neandertool,

Thank you for your kind reply, it hadn't occurred to me that the username could be a nickname, my username is the county I live in here in France. Kit

**lesko** · 2nd November 15, 07:34 AM

I rarely ever had nicknames given by others, I think Motormouth is an exception. Cadets and military personnel usually call me a short form of my surname. Others have shortened my given names. Oh, and slurs in regards to the fact that I have a knack for saying what shouldn't be said.

**dougez1** · 2nd November 15, 12:34 PM

Picked up the nickname "Hoot" many years back due to my last name, though I don't hear it much anymore.

**crash** · 2nd November 15, 03:12 PM

Used to road race motorcycles. Got to ride back to the finish line in the ambulance a couple times.

**Geoff Withnell** · 4th November 15, 07:13 PM

Back in the Corps, I was known as "Big Red" Red golden hair and moustache (no beard then, of course, but it used to be red as well). As to the big, I was 6' 1" tall and weighed 250 pounds the day I got out of boot camp without an ounce of fat on my body.