Best nicknames

[Cleve van Leef]

Lynn Davies, Gold Medal Long Jump 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Lynn the Leap (into immorality)

[dandywarhol]

Lethal Steve lynex

[bobh]

We had a bloke in our darts team who had his ear pierced about 6 or 7 times (not by darts - for earrings)
His ear looked like a curtain rail, so we called him "Swish"

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

I don't know whether it's just my kids' school, but they don't seem to bother with nicknames any more. Virtually everyone had a nickname in my day - Donk, Ghostie, Yosser, Fritz, Beano, Sheep, Pidge, Egon, Flash, Dopey, Bun'ead...
Young people today!

[MacAdder]

Lynn Davies, Gold Medal Long Jump 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Lynn the Leap (into immorality)

Bob Beamon

[PhyllisStant]

Rugby player Billy Twelvetrees was known as '36' due to the way one of his Irish accented team mates pronounced his surname.

Someone online worked with a bloke called Wayne Bruce so they called him Man Bat.

[Majorblue]

John Earles the Australian rugby player was called "no body".

As in nobody is perfect as he was so good.

[MacAdder]

Allan Lamb was known as Legga. Martin Offiah....Chariots.

Steve Waugh was "Tugga"

I suppose "all's fair in love and" was a bit longwinded.

[Steve the Tea]

We had a bloke in our darts team who had his ear pierced about 6 or 7 times (not by darts - for earrings)
His ear looked like a curtain rail, so we called him "Swish"

The thinking man's nickname, clearly. Nice one.

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[Mario Miethig]

I remember during the Keegan era at Newcastle, that Lee Clark was referred to as ‘Jigsaw’ by his teammates, as he went to pieces in the box.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

Steve Waugh was "Tugga"

I suppose "all's fair in love and" was a bit longwinded.

Steve Waugh's less famous brother Mark was known as the forgotten Waugh.

[Optimistic Nick]

Haha some of them are great. “The snipers nightmare” haha

You can't have that. That's Gary cheeseman's nickname

[Optimistic Nick]

You can't have that. That's Gary cheeseman's nickname

I commented on the wrong comment. Cheeseman is the snipers dream

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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[ManBearPig]

Live fast... Dai Young

[xsnaggle]

I knew a guy who we called Chicken George because of the way his head moved when he walked, you could spot him a mile away.
There was also a married couple called Gallway who worked together and to differentiate between them they were always referred to as balls Gallway and No Balls gallway

[Malckent]

Following on from another conversation elsewhere on the forum, what are the most innovative and funny nicknames you’ve heard over the years?

Ok so my first name is Malcolm and my nickname was Maccers, no problem, but all the way through school it was a case of hiya Maccers hows your Knackers. 😂

[not telling]

My father worked with someone who was very short but had a high opinion of himself. They called him Trophy, as in "The pint that thinks it's a quart" (one for the older viewers...)

I had a colleague who had lost any eye and couldn't keep his hands to himself. The women call him the Octopus - one eye, 8 arms.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

In days of yore when kids were especially unkind to their unfortunate peers, a chap with a skin condition at my brother's school was called 'Flake'. I am also aware of someone with the name of Maurice Cunningham who was known as Austin Slybacon and a chap I worked with had the unfortunate surname of 'Hiscock' - and was known as 'Tug'.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

Friend of a friend was called Seymour and when he got glasses they called him Ican.

[PontBlue]

In days of yore when kids were especially unkind to their unfortunate peers, a chap with a skin condition at my brother's school was called 'Flake'.

Similar in our school but he was called fish.