It's All In A Nickname

It's All In A Nickname

By Tim Beggs ( Contact )   June 17, 2008

I've had plenty of nicknames in my lifetime. I thought I'd share some of them with you. Let's see there's Beggsy, Beggar, Biggins, Elvis, "E", Hoss, Kenny Jay, (The Sodbuster) Onz, Big Kid, Sugar and Man Child to name a few.

I know of some other folks nicknames like Hank, Good Hank, Cotton, Gizzard, Lipps, Chicken, Chicken Wing, Chicken Hawk, JMac, Eddie Van Halen, Mezzie, Bones, Billy "C", Betty, B-Rad, Muzzie, Two Dogs, O'Malley, Crowbar, Dr."X", Little Jimmy, Super "G", Mega "G", Mini "G", Vinny, Tiny and Chainsaw.

I've also known of Oakie, Oak, Big Head, Big Daddy, Big "O" Sniper, Pinky, Pork Chop, Pogy, Pogo, Becks, Rocky, Soup, Ace, Ice, Rocket, Ronnie James Dio, Porter, Portsie, Millie, Wino, Rodge, Rock-N-Roll, Stevie Bumperhead, Shorty, Bergie, Skip, Coach, Super Trucker, Duke, Dodger, Dick, Sully, Girl Sully, Slick, Slim, Sam, Fish, Billy, 10 Yard Gainer, Drop Kick and even a Itchy Scratchy?

Some of the other nicknames I know include Homer, Randall-EL, Fabio, Toast, Splash, Wash, Shinny, Jay Bones, Sarge, Willie, Little Willie, Waylon, Wild Bill, Wildman, Sandman, Joey Chitwood, John Elway, Rusty, Randy, Cha Chi, Ziggy, Nelly, Niner, Demo, Devo, Dog, Shen of the Sea, Bubonic Plague, Pebbles, Bam Bam, Cool Hand Luke,Scotty, JaMarcus Russell, Toddy, Tippy, Tubby, Tommy, Timmy, Grandpa Munster, Gramps, Granny, "G" Loadie, Zubbie and a guy called "T" Master of the Universe and the 20th Century and Beyond! (No Kidding)

There's Buckets, Handles, Oley, Ollie, Jonny Lee, Gladys, Vernon, Abraham, Tobias, Marty, Marty Fu, Coo Coo Kah Chew, Big Lou, Chrissy "D", Holiday, Jersey Jeff, Ma "P", Hanus, Whammer, Bobby Jenks, Billy Bob, Sleestack, Chuckles, Lefty, Lonnie, Larry, Earl, Killer, Kinky, Fruity, Fritz, Frankie, Junior, Woody, Weasel, Worm, Human Pony and a guy called Shakes the Clown?

reader COMMENTS (4)
svrwthr
Jul 1, 2008 at 2:41 p.m.
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You forgot quite a few Beggar. Although Big 'O' Sniper is there you still know just Big 'O' or Bobby O among his many nicks we all have called him. You also know quite a few old class mates that are still seen often and some I don't think would be appropriate to put up XD. I think you still covered it pretty well.

Signed, Hoffer, Little Hoffer, Hoffdog

jmac420
Jun 21, 2008 at 6:48 a.m.
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Hey Baggar! How could you forget "The General" Rock on Hillbilly

bigredwjvl
Jun 20, 2008 at 4:35 p.m.
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I've never really been into nicknames...BIG RED

JasonRyan
Jun 17, 2008 at 9:31 p.m.
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Kenny "Sodbuster" Jay? That's classic!

Beggs, you never cease to amaze me.

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