What was your parents' nonsensical nickname for you?

[jpgray]

I was dubbed "Jage" for some vaguely phonetic reason.

[Fox Mulder]

1. Uncle Fester

because I kinda looked like him when I was a baby. x(

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. When I was a baby, 'Turtle'

Because I crawled with my head up. :shrug:

My sister somehow got dubbed "Chicken," and my dad called her that all his life.

[XemaSab]

3. Trout

:P

[khashka]

4. Bimbo

From a kid's song. My mother thought it was funny and my dad went along with it. It has, of course, totally traumatized me.

Khash.

[XemaSab]

5. Leading to the Khashka we know and love

:hug:

[khashka]

9. Yeah

the "Khash was traumatized as a child and can't be held responsible for himself" excuse just ain't working is it?

I need to rethink it and come up with better excuses....


But my parents did call me "bimbo" for years......


Khash.

[SeattleGirl]

6. My parents didn't have a weird nickname for me, but my

brother did, and still does: Goober. Don't ask why. I've never dared ask myself!

[In_The_Wind]

8. I'm sure he meant it in a loving way.

:loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

10. I think he did, but I'm still not sure what to make of it!

:rofl:

[WhollyHeretic]

7. My old nickname with my friends is "Uncle JJ", but I only have one J in my

name. No one is quite sure where the other J came from. :shrug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

11. jerp..

Kinda like Jerk.

My initials are jrp.

[Kire]

12. Air-boy

my brother's name is Brian and he was Bri-boy, so my dad called me what sounded like Air-boy, though technically it's spelled Er-boy, short for Erik

[billyskank]

13. My mum called me "Rickardoon"

Which I guess is a mangling of Richardo.

[WillParkinson]

14. I will *NEVER* tell you...

I sure as hell don't want to be called it as an adult.

[AirmensMom]

15. Rubberdeb ... or Deberrub.

That was Dad. :loveya: I miss him. :(

[lizziegrace]

16. Duggy

And I won't tell why. B-)

[Skittles]

17. Boo Boo

I was pudgy :D

[Left Is Write]

18. My parents were REALLY out there. They called me...

Cathy.

[txindy]

35. And your name was really Matthew.

Right?

[Left Is Write]

41. No, it's Hildegarde.

:D

[supernova]

19. Neecy

was my short name. I didn't care for it much when I was growing up. But I do miss my dad saying it sometimes. :-(

edit: spelling. It's "dad" not "day" :silly:

[converted_democrat]

20. Pickle....n/t

[RandomKoolzip]

21. "Dipshit."

[swag]

22. Jage? How was that pronounced?

I was Shawny-bawny-bill.

[arwalden]

23. Oh... They Were Probably Very Euro-Chic... I'm Guessing "Zsha-Zshee"?

[jpgray]

28. Jayj

And you are still Shawny-bawny-bill. :patriot:

[Bzzzz]

24. My dad called me Tink...

my uncle called me sugarbabe and my grandfather called me ginger for the color of my hair.

[LaraMN]

25. My Dad, "kid," My Mom, "little bitch."

The latter being well-earned, at a certain point.

[jpgray]

29. Caligula would make a good sensical nickname for you as a kid

Because it means "little boots," of course. :P

[Missy Vixen]

26. Punkin' n/t

[djeseru]

27. Bunny.

That was by my mom. My dad never gave me a nickname.

[GOPisEvil]

50. Oh how I wish I'd read this this morning.

Hi Bunny. :hi::hug:

[WCGreen]

30. Shit Head....

See my Sig Line....

[txindy]

36. Whoa.

To the nickname AND that sig line quote. Just... whoa.

[WCGreen]

43. It was all in good "Fun"....

My dad was funny... He went for laughs....

[devilgrrl]

31. Panda Face

...

[Ivan Sputnik]

32. Pumpkin

I don't know why, because I didn't resemble one.

[gollygee]

33. Pooky

I hated it. They still slip and say that sometimes.

[JitterbugPerfume]

34. Midge

and i still (65 yr later) answer to it


only people that called me my real name was daddy when he was angry with me (which was often) and school teachers

[Cats Against Frist]

37. My parents called me "Keydoll Cap"

Which was a bastardization of my name, as pronounced by my baby brother, at the time. Until he was born, I was called "Peek Eye."

I think silly nicknames are fascinating. I currently call my son "Keen," and it has a distinct etymology:

Muffin Man
Pumpkin Man
Pumpkin Boy
Pumpkin Bleen
Bleen
Bleenie
Bleen-eye
Bleen-eye-ta-keen-eye
T'keen-eye
T'keen
Keen

It's really stupid, but I'm willing to see how far it goes. I used to call my ex-boyfriend "Bunny Head," and it made him crazy. I made up songs.

[SOteric]

38. Bina Bina Bambolina

Which is not actually nonsense if you speak Italian, but managed to sound sufficiently whimsical to our American neighbours.

[Wapsie B]

39. Big Boy or Big One

I was never skinny.

[Hand]

40. Pogy...

This was because I was a rather hairy baby and allegedly reminded them of Pogo the Possum...

Not a great nickname to have if you move to Canada (as I eventually) did. Up here, "Being on the Pogey (sic)" means you're on welfare... Doh!

[Bullwinkle925]

42. goddammitsue

after my mother inadvertently called out all my siblings' names until she got to me!

[hippywife]

44. Mickey Jo.

And I haven't a clue as to why and it was just my mom.

[MaggieSwanson]

45. "Louise" mysteriously became my middle name

whenever I was in trouble.

"Maggie LOUISE - take that for sale sign off your brother!"

Ah, good times.

[ikojo]

46. We were not a nick-name type of family

One of my sisters was called Weener (her name is Jean) for a long time. I stopped doing it when she told me in a very matter of fact way that she did not like it.

Other than her, no one else in my family has a nick-name.

I think it's cool when families have cute names only they call one another. It denotes a closeness of sorts.

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. Miss Penelope Peabody...

...my mother used this term when she was upset with me...and I don't know why.

My son is "Bubba" or "boodlebutt" although he has asked me to stop calling him these names in public, and my daughter is, and always will be, "PumpkinButt" :hi:

[Ptah]

48. Mom was fighting against the current of five children.

Sometimes I was "#3, stop that"


Edited for perpetual spelling correction.

[Dervill Crow]

49. Punkie Pie. n/t

[Crazy Guggenheim]

51. The Nusance.

:popcorn:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

52. The Little Pain.

:popcorn:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

53. "Hey You!!"

Juz kiddin'...

Mine was Tub when I was just 2 or 3. Long story. OK not so long, just ... OH alright.

The family went up to Ontario to visit relatives, and every time I saw a pond or a lake or a river, I hollered out "tub" asking if it was a bathtub.

:blush:

45 years later and I still haven't lived it down.

[baldguy]

54. Flerk

b/c my sister thought I was a jerk.