We have our KNEX winner!! I asked my friend Amy, from over at Humble Musings,
if she'd be so kind to pick a Nick-Name winner for me. So, for
you other 96 people who didn't win…. all hate mail can go straight to
her. heh heh.
Here is what Amy sent:
Jen,
The Solar Power Knex
kit is a great thing. We just bought one, and the kids enjoy it. My kids hold
the solar panel up to a light bulb to get instant power. I’m sure the winner of
the contest will want to know this. I picked MrsNehemiah because her grandmother
called her “stinkpot.” My German granny called me “stinkpot” all my growing up;
it wasn’t just when I was naughty. Or perhaps it was all the time because I was
always naughty.
Blessings to all your
sweet readers,
Amy Scott
So there you have it! Congrats, Mrs. N. Email your address to me at JenIG@TOSMag.com
Thanks, Amy, for picking the winner and thanks again, Maureen, for sponsoring such a fun contest!
****************** Original Post: ***********************
As promised, we have another awesomely cool KNEX contest.
I met up with Maureen at the FPEA convention and begged/pleaded/whined
until she agreed to sponsor another give away. She is so great,
it actually didn't take too much cajoling. She said she would be
happy to sponsor another contest. This time she is giving away
their new Solar Energy kit. It even has motorized parts. Splendid Indeed.
To
enter, i want to know what your nickname was when you were a little
kid. I had several : Ben / Warty the Meatball / Butterball / Jen
Jen / etc
GOOD LUCK! |
on June 9th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
Nickname
I had a couple of nicknames: Krispy Kreme and Pumkin. Lovely, huh? Not sure why I was named after things that were large and plump……..maybe someone was trying to tell me something!
Christy
on June 9th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
nicknames…
shorty, half-pint, four-eyes, incredible (only the last one is even remotely endearing). another reason not to put your kids in school…
on June 9th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
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Okay, Jen, here goes: Shell Bird, Shelly, Mitchell, Early Bird, The Late Miss Early, Early’s late, and my all-time favorite, Early-Bird-Gets-the-Worm. Can you see why I was so eager to take my husband’s name?
on June 9th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Oops!
The previous comment was mine (Early Bird, etc.) Don’t know why I wasn’t logged in.
on June 9th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Hmmmm
The only nickname I was ever given was from a boy at my church. My maiden name was Kelli Kile and instead he called me smelly pile. Lovely, huh?
on June 9th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
this is fun
Ok.. of course the first one
Mikki – named by my dad for Mickey Mantel, but spelled differently – real name Michelle
Dink – something my mom came up with ( better than my sisters – stink
Weezer – high school – to long a story to tell
M – called by my DH who is B
does Mom count?
Tell Maureen we said THANK YOU for the prize!!
on June 9th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
This had better win…..
Annemaretard
That would be a contraction of Annemarie and retard.
I was also called Mutant Foot by my brother. This was due to my club foot which is 3 1/2 sizes smaller than my normal foot.
Oh……please tell me that all of this mental anguish I have suffered over the years has been transfomed into a K’Nex kit. PLEASE!
~Annemaretard
on June 9th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
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Okay….Emily was short for.
Emy—–from dad and mom
Molly—–sister
Skoey—–another sister
Em-O (emphasis on the ‘o’)—–grandpa
Mi-Mi—–littlest sister.
on June 9th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
okay, i'll play
My dad wanted boys…he had a passel of girls instead so we all had “boy” names…
John Henry is my boy name.
Some of my girlfriends in college shortened my given name to the ever so feminine, one syllable, Phyl. Doesn’t have the same one syllable effect as, say, “Cher.”
Some mean boys in elementary school called me Dumbo…a reference to my ears. A physical trait that at least one of my boys have inherited. Thankfully, since they are not in school, he has been spared much of the teasing that I endured. But church kids aren’t much better…=(
My favorite is my 7 year olds term of endearment for me~and mine for him, Lovey (but don’t tell him I told…it’s supposed to be our secret).
on June 9th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
names
BeccaLoo, punkin’ love, spaghetti, and Boogaloo! Those wern’t very creative but I have to try.
on June 9th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
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Ok, firstly, you have to promise that A. No one on the blogosphere here is going to laugh and B. You won’t blab it to anyone and C. You will not call me these names.
Gutchgo…I have no idea why my mother called me this. I’ll have to ask her when I see her in 3 weeks.
Shredded Wheat Hair….that was a real self-esteem lifter from my brother, whom I idolized. Hey, maybe I can blame him for my next phobia or something….
Shella – my Dad’s name for me, he still calls me this
ShingaShell – my sister and I had this goofy club…we had to wear a scarf from my mom’s scarf drawer and we were called the Shingas…We did this corny song and clapped to the letters S-H-I-N-G-A. I’ll see my siser in 3 weeks, when Isee my mom.
That trip could be some emotional purge session thanks to this little ole K’nex contest
on June 9th, 2006 at 5:54 pm
nicknames
Barbie Doll (my mom said, “Oh, they think you look as pretty as Barbie, that’s why they call you that!” Yeah, right.)
Barbed wire
Barbie-Farbie (that was my brother’s name for me)
I never met another Barbara my own age until I was 16. Everyone said, “Oh, I have an Aunt Barbara!” I always wanted to be either Jennifer or Debbie. I was convinced that if I had either of those names, I wouldn’t be called by any nicknames.
on June 9th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
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Beck the Speck and Bexie Chixie Biscuit
Good Grief- the things we will disclose to the blogging world just for the chance of winning something!
Rebeca
on June 9th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
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I am trying to remember, it was awhile ago. LOL My older sister used to call me monkey. My other sister called me Lee. So maybe I would of been Monkey Lee, LOL!! :0) I do remember a couple of not so nice names that some not so nice kids at school called me, but I will spare you the details. ;0)
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
OH my….
The mental anguish this bring back…. I can’t believe we are posting these….oh my… but KNEX…. oh I’ll devulge almost anything…
Well in early elementary it was Pumpkin Head..
When my family moved to PA my dh (yes…the man I married) and his cousin called my “CHIPPY”.
( I do have chubbie cheeks) That was just what any pre-teen and teen would LOVE to be called for all the youth group and school to hear…. WHY AM I NOT SENDING MY BOYS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL?? Dh has since apologized….I think he has used it 1x in the last 8 years…(smart man) However…they say when a boy picks on a girl that means he likes her… guess that is true!! 
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
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I knew this would come up eventually. Sigh. OK here it is and I SWEAR it’s no reflection on my dental hygiene. My mom used to call me Lizard Breath. Gads that’s embarassing, but it’s because my middle name is Elizabeth and it just mutated into Lizard Breath. She also called me Elzabuff (another mutation). What was wrong with my first name? OK maybe not. That mutated from Courtney into Carty Darty.
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
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1. Jeannie Weanie (by everyone in school)
2. Jeannie (by our parents which is what ruined my name to begin with)
3. Stupid Freak or Legwarmer Loser (by you)
I think I should win. I’ve been traumatized enough. Besides, you owe me after my awful childhood with you.
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
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I ALWAYS wanted an endearing nickname by my father, like Princess. No didn’t have one. In high school everyone called me “McGoo” (remember Mr. McGoo?) because my last name was McGee.
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Nicknames
I had a lot of nicknames… Chris, Christi, Tee-Tee (b/c my sister could not say Christi), Red(Which I HATED as much as Anne hated “Carrots”), Anne (for Anne of Green Gables… She is a true kindred spirit, indeed!), Dorothy (b/c I would not answer to anything else after I saw the Wizard of Oz), The all-American girl b/c with Red hair and blue eyes I am always wearing patriotic colors!!!
As a teen I was called ‘Stina (my dh started that one when we were in highschool b/c he can never call people the expected nickname… he has to be different)… he STILL calls me ‘Stina as one of his million/zillion nicknames for me!
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Ugh!
I must’ve repressed these memories because my first inclination was to write asking what about us poor kids who didn’t have any knick names… and then it came flooding back…
I was the only Alison in my school and for some reason it was so much easier for all the kids to say Alli-gator, or Ali-Babba, or even Alley Cat (not my favorite)… it wasn’t until high school when two other Alison’s moved to town, both of home went by Ali to their closest friends and loved ones… I’ve been Ali ever since and to this day I cringe and feel like I’m about to be scolded if I here someone use my whole name… ALISON!…
Have a good one,
ali
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Nicknames
oh yeah… and pippi longstocking… ooooh how I hated that one!
CAn’t anyone just say Christina… and to top it off my maiden name was Zuckschwerdt so no one could manage my LAST name either.
At least my middle name is easy… plain and BORING…. JANE!
on June 9th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
Nickname
My nickname growing up was Mona. Why? Because as a baby, I moaned all the way home from the hospital! At least I didn’t cry!! My kids would love this prize–keeping my fingers crossed!
on June 9th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
I'm not sure I want to tell you.
But here it is: Poot
Why: Because I was a “little f**t” (use your imagination.)
Other nickname: Fred
Why: Supposedly, ’cause my uncle thought Wyndee was a form of Winifred (not!!), but it was mostly just to get a rise out of me.
Now, if I could win this prize, it would be worth the years of torture my family put me through.
Wyndee
on June 9th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
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My nickname was… (drumroll) DELL!
Ok, so I never was given a nickname (well, briefly teased with one-time teases like 4-eyes or geek, but nothing that stuck fortunately.)
But I still want to enter. *Grin*
on June 9th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
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My brother lovingly called me “Queen of Crabby Land”. His daughter has since taken the title… hehehe…..
on June 9th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Entering…
I don’t know why, I’m not gonna win, but I already told you my weight, so why not
drooler/ fish lips/ Athena (don’t ask, nothing bad, just embarressing)/my most popular nickname, in high school that I actually responded to was Leroy, guess that’s what I get for working in a garage-LOL!
0:) Amber
on June 9th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
Nicknames
My older brother couldn’t say “Diane” when I was born, so he called me “Dan Dan” … and my grandpa always called me “Diner”.
Blessings ~ Diane
on June 9th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Nicknames
I'm sure you'll love this: My cousins and my brothers called me Bonehead Becky
Sometimes just bonehead 
Another favorite was Baaaaackey … did you watch Perfect Strangers?? The guy's name was Balcky (or something strange like that) and they were always yelling it .. Baaaalllcky!! My dad just changed it & forever I was Baaaackey!!
And I must not forget my nickname during volleyball … Sheba. There is another passed on to my from my brother's legacy. He was Conan (maiden name was Conant) and so I was lovingly called Ms. Baby Conan by Coach Griffith.
Bekaloo, Becca Lynn & Bek were the more normal nicknames.
Edited by Bek on Jun. 9, 2006 at 5:42 PM
on June 9th, 2006 at 7:42 pm
my uncle gave me mine…
… it was Mutsy. It wasn't as bad as it sounds.
Jen
ps Mustsy was wayy better than the way the kids at school morphed my last name…it was Alabaster…. so y'all can use your imagination…lol!!! Oh, and my aunt used to call me Jenny Wren.
Edited by JeninNB on Jun. 9, 2006 at 5:51 PM
on June 9th, 2006 at 7:50 pm
why did it undo my name
i was signed in and now it says nobody
hmmm, anyway … that’s me up there ^^^
Bonehead Becky
on June 9th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
OK!
My nickname was chicken and dumplings as a child. All the best to the winner. I always say should I do these contests. Why? Because I never w…
on June 9th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
My entry
Oh, you don’t know how much my dh drooled over those kits at FPEA!! He would be more excited than the girls if I won.
Anyway, my nicknames were (and still are) June(y)bug or Juney. My mom did call me Crab as a teen but looking back, that was deserved. I also got called Grandma in second grade because I was the only girl in the class who had glasses. The only boy with glasses was Grandpa. I guess I haven’t been scarred too bad.
Hoping I win but I won’t know until we return from Colorado
Thanks for the contest!
June
on June 9th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
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Helmet Head, shnozola, bees knees, little yellow chicken, Ida Mae, Horrible Hepzibah, spindly-legged-little-chicken-girl (she called me this on her radio talk show for the listening pleasure of millions of people ~ no joke!)… and that was just my Mom’s nick-names for me. Can’t you tell I was a “beautiful” child? yeah, I’m still suffering from all kinds of insecurities ~ LOL!
ArtsyMama
on June 9th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
nickname
mine was cricket. since i’m over six feet tall i have very long legs. i remember daddy long legs being a nickname too. my brother call me “dee ah” since he couldn’t say julie when he was little. i guess that’s about it.
ooohhhh i do love that solar thingie!!
julie
on June 9th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
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Nerd.
Marshmellow.
on June 9th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Cool!
My mom calls me punkin
My grandma calls me snicklefritz
My hubby calls me kiddo
Friends growing up called me Scooby, Cool Jerk or Cocoa face. (powered cocoa blew up in my face when I opened it up when friends and I were making cookies.)
The Cool Jerk thing… they would also call the radio station and dedicate that song to me. They liked how I danced to that song.
Dianna
on June 9th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
Nicknames
Ok…I’m really desperate to win something! Hehe!
My nickname was Flipper. At 4H camp one year someone dropped a live anchovie down the bottom of my bikini. I was forever and amen called Flipper!
Gina
At The Moment…
on June 9th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
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My nickname when I was a little kid was Chipmunk. My stepdad gave it to me. I’m not sure why he picked that one. I wasn’t bery little, more tall and lanky and I didn’t have puffy cheeks. But that is what it was.
Susan
on June 10th, 2006 at 12:28 am
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molasses
my uncle came up with it when i was about 5. he and his brothers always called me that.
there’s really no point in entering though. i’m sure annamaretard will win. what a horrible nickname. i’m laughing but it’s really a terrible, terrible thing. it just sounds so nice to say it though.
on June 10th, 2006 at 12:33 am
Don't think I can remember back that far….
….but here goes nothin’.
Let’s see….I remember my mom callin’ me “Pun’kin” and other sweet lil names like that. But probably the nickname I remember most is when I was seven, we moved to Idaho and the first time I met my Uncle Jim, he said, “Hi, Mel”! Well…I instantly HATED it! After a few months, though, I calmed down but made it a rule that ONLY my uncle could call me “Mel”. After a year or more, almost everyone called me “Mel” except my Grandmother.
Now that I’m grown, nobody calls me that anymore…well…almost no one….except my uncle…..in fact….don’t think he’s called me anything else.
Came to find out later in my life that it’s a darn good thing my parents named me Melissa. Seems my uncle has this annoying habit of shortening girls’ names. My parents about named me “April” until my uncle had a girlfriend named April and called her “Ape”! She didn’t stay around very long! LOL
Ok…..I’m done….sure hope this riveting little stroll down Memory Lane wins me that prize!!!
Thanks, Jen!!
In Him,
Melissa “Mel”
(tulip)
on June 10th, 2006 at 12:58 am
Beat this, all y'all!
Hey, I loved Jaybird's tips! Unfortunately I won't be using them, because I've got you all beat on this one!
My real name is Dannette, and Dani was the official nickname in the baby book, but after that it got nasty.
Dead-ant stuck around for a while; in junior high, I even signed my notes with an ant on its back and legs in the air. D, Dweeb, Dork, Dingbat, Drip, Dingle-fritz, etc were used interchangeably every day. And mostly by my mother.
Then there was the time I bleached my hair real blonde (kinda like it is right now, actually) and the family wrote a song for me. How sweet, right? Wrong. To the tune of the Flintstones — "Lightbulb, meet the Lightbulb, she's the brightest hair in history…" Yeah. That one made a comeback recently.
Gotta add in Shimmy (I guess more girls were paying attention to that dance in the locker room than I thought), Legs (Mom used to say my legs were 80% of my height), Fred (I was the only woman in the male-dominated gun club in college), Dude (my daughter and hubby call me this because Dudette sounds and looks wrong), and Late-by-a-ton (derived from Leighton, my maiden name, and actually had more to do with my parents than me).
But the best (as far as Mom was — and is — concerned) was Diaperhead. She heard it on an old after-school special with Alyssa Milano about a Driver's Ed class. Meant as a derogatory term, my dear mother of course picked it up and has now been using it for around 20-some years …. which also means my hubby, sisters and friends are all familiar with it too. Hard to live that one down in high school … and written all over the envelopes at camp mail call …. and left on notes at my studio desk in college …. and all over every birthday card …. and ….. and …..
Edited by danib on Jun. 9, 2006 at 11:11 PM
on June 10th, 2006 at 3:01 am
my names were…
Hot Dog (which my parents one time used in front of friends while I was in highschool!! talk about embarrassing!!) —still don’t know why they called me that though?!! the other was Bird Legs—I was very thing as a child (I don’t have bird legs now!!) Actually now my ds2 is called Bird Legs:-)
Deana
on June 10th, 2006 at 5:19 am
Hi, Jen! My boys sure would like for me to win this contest…….
My nicknames growing up were:
Tam
Tam-Bo
and Kramp (which is a shortened version of my maiden name)
Love, Tami
on June 10th, 2006 at 6:33 am
I had a few nicknames…
Fay Fay, Fay Ray, Fat Fay (can you believe my grandpa called me this!) Flipper, Half-Pint and my husband calls me Dorkahontus
on June 10th, 2006 at 7:05 am
My nicknames: the good, the bad and the ugly
Well, my mom called me pumpkin. I was born in October, afterall.
I can’t remember what my dad called me…
But my husband, long before he was my husband back in grade school used to call me “Miss Piggy Toes”…I was furious. So furious that I didn’t speak to him for several years. I had these shoes that I had to kind of squeeze my feet into and they bulged a little, and then the crack between my big toe and second toe looked like a little bottom. Needless to say I NEVER wore those shoes again, but he kept calling me that. I can’t believe I ended up marrying him! Of course, now he denies the whole thing and says that was some other girl… but how could I forget someone calling me “Miss Piggy Toes?” That, I’d like to know.
Amy
Cajamarca, Peru
on June 10th, 2006 at 7:06 am
Please Let ME win!
Let’s see…nicknames….Colt (because I was just a TAD bit lanky with knobby knees…I guess I never really got over it…), stinkpot, Beckahboo, and Baby Bear
I have since ‘upgraded’ to Sugarbear (by my husband.)
on June 10th, 2006 at 7:28 am
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My dad always called my Lisee-Mary. My mom called me Lis. Both are short forms of my name- Alisa Meredith. I always responded with “If you didn’t want to use my names, why did you bother giving me such unusual names that nobody can pronounce or spell?!”
Mom still uses Lis just to bug me but I love her anyway. I got even with my dad by having my kids call him “popsie” which he hates. LOL.
Hubby tried to call me “Leesie” to play off of “Wheezie” from the Jeffersons but that didn’t sit too well so thankfully he quit!
on June 10th, 2006 at 8:44 am
My nicknames were…
Peanut, supposed to be an affectionate one by my dad and asparagus, not really an affectionate one by my classmates. We had to name our favorite veggie on the opening day of school and noone else named asparagus so I figure everyone thought that should be what I would be remembered for throughout the rest of the school year. Go figure. I hope the torment of that childhood memory wins this contest.
Have a great day!
on June 10th, 2006 at 8:54 am
Nicknames?
Hmmm. When I was little, I was called Missy. Let your mind imagine all the yukky things that rhyme with Missy. I had a teacher who fondly called me Miscellaneous. My dad’s name for me was Mesilla. Mom called me Miss Meliss…that’s about as deep into this as I care to go. Fun contest!!
on June 10th, 2006 at 9:41 am
My maiden name was Chin
I am black with some Chinese. People thought it was odd that a black girl had a Chinese last name. Well, for people who don’t know my father was half Chinese not me. My paternal grandpa is from Hong Kong, China. Children would ask crazy questions like “which side of your family is Chinese?” These were people in college. So, the kids at school use to call me, “not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin!”
So, I had a family nickname and a kids at school nickname.
on June 10th, 2006 at 9:53 am
My nickname as a child was…..
was Punkin~my Dad, who is a preacher, even got my first Bible engraved with “Punkin”. I still have that Bible to this day, and a I still have a few relatives who call me Punkin.
Vicki
on June 10th, 2006 at 10:11 am
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Alyssa-Melissa-Melinda-Meloo (grandma)
Lilly (little sister)
Alse-or (brother)
Lys. Lyssa, Alyss, ally, minty (friends)
Baby (my husband)
and now I'm mommy-loo, or mommy-boo, or Blindstien (when my hair sticks out in the morning (my kids)
When we thought my brother and his wife sounded too mushy with their nicknames for eachother, Lovey and Lovey-pie, my husband and I started calling eachother Sweetie and Nutra-Sweetie!
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on June 10th, 2006 at 10:12 am
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My nicknames were Minnie, Monk (short for monkey), and Tweet….and my cousin still calls me Tweet, sometimes in the comment section of my blog. (Sigh) I have absolutely no idea where any of these came from, but they were all started by my aunt and cousin, so it’s all their fault. My aunt has been known to call me “Minnie” or “Little Min” in the middle of a crowd…..in the very recent past, no less. My life is hard.
on June 10th, 2006 at 10:55 am
I had several….
However the one I despised the most was given me by an older cousin. It was Connie Cococomo. I was also called ex-con, conjob, jo all coming from part of my name or initials when put together.
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on June 10th, 2006 at 11:15 am
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NaaNa
It was given to me by both my younger sisters…. My actual name is Dana and because it never came out right, Naana stuck *smile*
on June 10th, 2006 at 11:15 am
Nicknames!
Yikes!, this is a cruel way to humble us. but if we want to win the KNEX’…..
OK Lots of Nicknames, my Dad would start calling me “little Audrey” when I was talking too much, Audrey is his mother’s name and she could go a mile a minute.
I got a lot of “Heidi Ho” but I only put up with it from my Grandpa
Dad and Mom called me Pumpkin, so now my kids are Pumpkin-Head, Pumpkin-pie or Pumpkin-poo
My grandma called all her grandchildren “stinkpot” whenever we were deliberately naughtey
for a while my kids were into reading stories whos main characters are mice, so they became Mousie, Tall-mouse and Mouse-you (that would be Maggie Tomas and Matthew)
Kids in School used to call me “Chez” after my lastname, but it wasn’t good enough for my camp counselor, she named me “jellybean”
and Now my Dh has a Nickname given to him by his church buddies, Nehemiah
So that makes me
Mrs. Nehemiah
on June 10th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
What Nickname DIDN'T I Have?
Okay, I'm sure there were some. I was sure, when I was a kid, however, that my parents just named me to punish me. (Later I found out that if I had been a boy, I would have been King, Kosmo, or Slick, so I am very grateful to God for intervening on my behalf!)
I had glasses, so there was four-eyes, of course. My maiden last name lead to the nickname of "Kiss Her" (sounds similar). But most of the names were for my first name.
Chel-lo Jel-lo, Violin, Consuelo Burrito (from a loving sister– I'm sure you can relate!), and J-Lo have all been tossed at me over the years. The last one is the only one that sounds like my name is SUPPOSED to be said, but that didn't stop the names.
My sisters and I all have the exact same initials (CYK), so my parents made up different "initials" and I went by CJ for a few months. My dad called me Red Fox for a few years (CB radio handle). I've been on the internet long enough that I have been called my my chat "handle" (Trill) and my Yahoo name (ChathamMommy) on occasion.
I still use the J-Lo one when people just can't pronounce my name right and I'll sign off things to my sister with Consuelo Burrito, so I guess not all nicknames are bad, hmm?
Chelo– who usually answers to "Mommy" or "Hey, You!" now
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on June 10th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
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Penniless (my brothers kindly chanted that over and over to me when I went bankrupt when playing them in Monopoly when we were kids–they still bring it up over 20 years later!), Reebok, Twiggy, William, Beecky, Beeckster, and I am sure there are more I can’t remember!
on June 10th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
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Peanut, Karen the Red Baron and Kayro
on June 10th, 2006 at 1:10 pm
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot – kids in college used to call me Meryl because I looked so much (I was told) like Meryl Streep.
on June 10th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Nickname -
I was called “Cotton Top” I had blond hair that was bleached white by the sun.
I was also called “Ears” because my ears stood out from my head. Some said I looked like a Yellow Cab going down the street with both doors open!
These ought to be a winner. – The prize will be sent to KarenW my daughter in Romania
on June 10th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Nickname
I was occasionally called Pixie and PeeWee.
on June 10th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
My nicknames…
“Ree Ree” was the main one; I’m still called that now, but it’s been shortened to “Ree”….my dad used to call me “Freckle Face Hound”….so they’re ya go.
on June 10th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Hi Mrs. Igarahsi
my nicknames are "Katie Bo", "Katie Bo Batie", "K-K", "Monkey". Recently I fell and got a knot on my head and was limping around. So my friends started to call me knot head and a kid at school and another friend called me limpy!! Luckily those didn't stick!!
Bye..
Edited by countrygirlKate on Jun. 11, 2006 at 11:09 AM
on June 10th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Nicknames
Pumpkin
twinkletoes
cindy-girl (lovingly from grandmother)
on June 10th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Great contest!
My nickname as a child was Barby. Not a cool nickname, but I just had to enter such a great contest.
My husband and children keep singing the “Barbara Manatee” song from Veggie Tales to me….. it both charms and pains me at the same time!!!!
Barbara (mother of the blogger)
on June 10th, 2006 at 8:13 pm
NIcknames
Mine was Rippy. It was a friend’s idea of a funny take on my name (Terri). I was also at various times Sunshine or Sunny or TL.
on June 10th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
Nick Names
Unfortunatly I grew up in a lot of foster homes so I was allways the new girl in school so I got all of the terrible names. Corky, 4 eyes, pig nose, Miss. Beasley, retard, frizzy, fat lips ect. Kids used to write horrible names for me in my school books. This may sound depressing but I do not remember having a nick name from a foster parent or somene who liked me. People would call me Beck which I absoulutly detest! My name is Rebecca.
My husband though calls me sparrow, honey, and sweetie.
Rebecca
on June 10th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
You ask a simple question, but…
My dad always comes up with whacky nicknames for people. He called me “Missle” or “Misery” growing up. But really, the worst nickname I had was “Missy”. My parents named me Melissa so that they could call me “Missy.” I’ve never liked the name, because some people use it for any girl in general when sounding stern: “Now look here, Missy!”
When I was in first grade, I told my family that I wanted to be called Melissa. They ignored me and I was “Missy” until I was in college. My sisters even let it degenerate further into “Miss”.
When my husband was in first grade, he told his family that he was “James” not “Jimmy.” He was James from then on!
Last summer, I went with my dad and my sister to an exercise session with a t-tapp trainer (see my blog sidebar if you’re curious what that is). I had been communicating with the trainer via email and phone and she knew me as Melissa. When we all met together, I made the mistake of taking a bathroom break. When I got back, sure enough, she called me “Missy” for the rest of the time! Thanks family!
on June 10th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Urgh
My nickname was Barewski. DOnt have a clue now to spell it but my parents insisted it was not Brewski (meaning beer). THe worst was one day I was in 6th grade. all proud that I was filling in for the secretary on lunch answering phones. Mom was my schools only lunch lady. She walked in and did not know I was going to be there filling in that lunch and she said Barewski! Real loud and a teacher I had a crush on was in there photo copying papers. I about died of embarrasment.
on June 10th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Bug
They called me Bug. (sadly, many family members still do and I am almost 42!) A Knex kit would make me feel better though!
on June 10th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
My nicky nicker names…
Mom always called me JENNY-BENNY. Still does. Thanks Mommy Wigwammy.
Some middle school friend called me PEL for several months because one day during a serious library research moment in school she whispered to me “Pizza Eye Lids”. Or so I thought. She really said something else (“Jen, Putsome Eyeliner On” – nice peer pressure huh) but the confusion was enough to get us both in a heap of trouble and gained me the nickname “PEL” for a few months.
on June 10th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
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Childhood nicknames eh…. Neecy, Neecer. My mon and Dad called me “Sis”. When I was working my first job at a nursing home the older people (who couldn’t hear me pronounce Denise I guess) called me Bernice lol.
Denise T
(btw another fun contest on my blog! win an aromatherapy lavander neck/body wrap! mmmm)
on June 10th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
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I only had one nickname. My maiden name is Sasso, so I was always called Sassy Sasso. Sadly, it fit me.
Cindy
on June 10th, 2006 at 11:56 pm
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Hi Mrs. Jen. My mom told me to come post for your contest! My dad calls me princess, and my mom calls me tinkerbell. my brother calls me brat.
Your friend,
Alyssa
on June 11th, 2006 at 12:04 am
ok, here goes:
Let’s see, there was yak, and chatterbox, talkalot and motormouth. Tumbleweed was a later nickname my Dad gave me , when I got an afro in highschool. (Which he hated with a passion) These are the NICE nicknames, mind you. My Dad also called me Nankey Doodle and Sugar Puss.
Did I win??
Love, Nancy-who-by-the-way-is-blogger-of-the-week-in-case-you-hadn’t-noticed~
on June 11th, 2006 at 10:04 am
IMPORTANT MESSAGE!!!!
Leigh2 did NOT take a potty break as orginally posted on my blog. roflol!
on June 11th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Homeschooling
thanks fro the advice! Your blog rocks!
on June 11th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Nickname?
When I was born SuperAngel couldn’t say my name, so she started calling me Jocanina (Jos-a-nee-na) for Jocelyn Nicole. Through the years when I have friends around that are older one of my sisters have to point out my nickname, which I hate!!! Boys get the most kick out of it!
Poeple don’t usually call me that, but for a while it was my nickname. Now, I am just called Joc, I don’t like that either.
on June 11th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
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My nicknames are Holly Jolly, Princess and Sweet Pea. Sometimes my big brother calls me twerp.
on June 11th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
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The only one I can remember is San Po which is our Teochew dialect for skinny. Right now, some of my dh’s relatives call me Bones. Looks like I’m never destined to grow fat. Cheerio.
Ai Boon
on June 11th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
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I was called “Mustache” in 7th grade because of stitches on my lip from a dog bite. Of course being who I am, I was all too happy to go~swollen lip and all~as attention far outweighed having to look good~LOL!
I was called “Smilie” in high school, and later “Bif” because I always said, “I biffed it”.
A friend of my darling’s dubbed me “Cassandra”, as I keep getting fashion magazines “For Today’s Black Woman”.
(((((HUGS))))) sandi
P.S. I think I should win, just because I’ve been studying up on solar energy for do-it-yourself heating~and was just gettin’ ready to blog about it! LOL!
on June 11th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
my nicknames
My family always called me Tootsie ( they still do). My best friends little sister couldn’t say Andrea so she called me Abbiah so alot of my friends called me that or Abba. And my favorite is Andy, my grandpa always called me that.
That’s it!
Andrea
on June 11th, 2006 at 8:40 pm
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Tisha, Tish, Tishie, Pint (my sister was 1/2 pint)
Then, of course, there were the mean public school ones–bean pole, 4 eyes, railroad tracks….
THEN there were the “cute” ones (mostly from male friends) in high school–froggie, Tush, Mortisha, Sexy Feet (yes, someone really did call me that, and NO you can’t look at my feet. Besides, whatever sex appeal they must have had, is obviously long gone!).
Those are the only ones that immediately come to mind. Funny, no one was ever clever enough, I don’t guess, to come up with Tia!
Hope to see you tomorrow.
Letitia
on June 11th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
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Mine were boring nicknames, but worth a try in case you just pick a number or you might decided to pick the most boring nickname and mine could really win that! My name is Melissa and the only nicknames I ever had were Missy or Lissa. See? I told you they were boring! But, I really like winning stuff!
on June 11th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
I have a few, too!
So, here they are:
!!!! How’s that for a nickname for a little ol girl from Ohio?!!
Docko (little brother couldn’t say Jennifer)
Jenner (little sister couldn’t say Jennifer
Tigger (I’m bouncy, trouncy, pouncy, flouncy, funfunfunfunfun LOL)
And the best one..
My best friend Martha was Taiwanese, and she and all her sisters had Taiwanese names in addition to their American ones… so, because I was a part of their family practically, they decided I needed one too. Martha’s last name was Wang, (pronounce it Wong), and so her Taiwanese name was Wang-que-Fang (Said Wong-Kway-Fong). So because my last name was Fink, I became….
Fink-que-Pink
on June 12th, 2006 at 12:23 am
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I just finished entering Gena’s contest, so to be fair, I’ll enter yours too.
You know how that moms get confused and temporarily have a mental block in remembering their children’s names when a child does something wrong and needs a scolding or they need to get the child’s attention quickly? They start at the oldest child’s name until they finally get the right one. My older sister’s name is Deanna, so by the time my mom got to me, it came out as D-CON. Other than that, my brother liked to call me KUDO for some reason. At least it’s a little more of an honorable nickname. 
~Connie
on June 12th, 2006 at 12:33 am
Ok here it goes…
Sarah Burnheart…I reference for the young referring to being somewhat overly dramatic. My hubby would I am sure say this hasn’t changed as he calls me a drama queen. Well, he got it half right, the “queen” part at least.
on June 12th, 2006 at 12:36 am
Nicknames…oh so many
There are so many, let me see.
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HR Puffin Stuff – by my Dad, after the kid's TV show. My initials were HRS and it just seemed cute at the time. <P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Frog – by my Mom, because I sat with both legs out to the sides & my arms in front like a frog when I watched TV.<P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Darling – my Grandmother<P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Hours – HRS… need I explain how bad that one can be.<P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Heafer – First name Heather and I was a bean pole, not sure how that lasted so long, about 4 yrs.<P style="return: 0px;"></P>
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Renald – an annoy reference to my middle name (Renee) created by my older brother during my Jr. High years.<P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Wierdo – by my classmates in Jr. High. I was one of those who went against the flow and usually found being called wierd a compliment.<P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Ostrich legs – by a friend in High School because, well that's probably what they looked like. 5'8" and not breaking 100 lbs. <P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Mean lifeguard – by kids from church camp. Many of them still don't remember my name but recognize me today as the "mean lifeguard".
Pajara – created by myself after I got married. Spanish for Bird. I'm a Spanish major who married in to the Bird family.<P style="return: 0px;"></P>
GI Jane – because I like to play with the boys. I like paintball, football, etc. and refuse to be left out.<P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Martha Villa – by my current neighbors. I act like either Martha Stewart or Bob Villa. <P style="return: 0px;"></P>
Edited by pajara on Jun. 11, 2006 at 10:37 PM
on June 12th, 2006 at 12:42 am
Nicknames…oh so many
There are so many, let me see.
HR Puffin Stuff – by my Dad, after the kid's TV show. My initials were HRS and it just seemed cute at the time.
Frog – by my Mom, because I sat with both legs out to the sides & my arms in front like a frog when I watched TV.
Darling – my Grandmother
Hours – HRS… need I explain how bad that one can be.
Heafer – First name Heather and I was a bean pole, not show how that lasted so long, about 4 yrs.
Hi-Fi- my little brother couldn't say Heather and called me that for about 6 mos.
Renald – an annoy reference to my middle name (Renee) created by my older brother during my Jr. High years.
Wierdo – by my classmates in Jr. High. I was one of those who went against the flow and usually found being called wierd a compliment.
Ostrich legs – by a friend in High School because, well that's probably what they looked like. 5'8" and not breaking 100 lbs.
Mean lifeguard – by kids from church camp. Many of them still don't remember my name but recognize me today as the "mean lifeguard".
Pajara – created by myself after I got married. Spanish for Bird. I'm a Spanish major who married in to the Bird family.
GI Jane – because I like to play with the boys. I like paintball, football, etc. and refuse to be left out.
Martha Villa – by my current neighbors. I act like either Martha Stewart or Bob Villa.
OH! And sorry the previous entry was me. I wasn't logged on DH pager went off. Everything went crazy here for a moment and now I can't seem to delete the bad entry. *sigh* I need a blogger for dummies book!
Edited by pajara on Jun. 11, 2006 at 10:44 PM
on June 12th, 2006 at 5:08 am
My nickname was…
Bright Eyes, thanks to my 4th grade teacher and my big baby blues, and later, “Boop” after Betty Boop, when a bunch of my friends all agreed that I looked like her.
on June 12th, 2006 at 6:54 am
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I had two nicknames… my family called me Toni Baloney Ham and Cheese and Macaroni….
and at school I was called Beaver-bacher, my last name was Herrbach and my front teeth (before braces) resembled those of a beaver. Ahhh, the fun of public school.
Toni
on June 12th, 2006 at 10:30 am
DOOLERS!
My nickname was "Doolers".
This is how it came to be: When I was a baby, one of my aunts was baby-talking to me when I was drooling and she called me "doolers". Don't know why the "r" was dropped…I guess that makes it more appropriately "baby talk".
Here is the sad part…get out the kleenex!
My oldest brother continued to call me that as I grew into understanding language , and this is when the Kingston Trio (I think that is who it was) had a record out with the song: "Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley". In the words of the song it goes:
"Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry. Hang down your head Tom Dooley, for boy your bound to die" (or something very close to that).
Buddy, my eldest brother would sing that to me often, only changing the name from "Dooley" to "Julie" or "Doolers" alternating within the repetition of that phrase in the chorus . And when he got to the part about "for boy you're bound to die"…. he would change it to: "for GIRL, you're bound to die". Thus making me cry, because I thought that by singing that, it would some how make me die soon.
Years later while shopping in a store, there was musak going in the background and my eyes watered. The person I was with asked me what was wrong and I told him I wasn't sure. Then I tuned in and realized that darn song was playing in the background.
My oldest brother still calls me Doolers and that is how he addresses his email to me, however now in my mid-forties I no longer cry, but look at it as nostalgic. I have no problem signing that name on my messages to him. However I do enjoy writing a little more before the name:
"Love your MUCH YOUNGER SISTER, Doolers"
By the way, our children in age order are: Pookie Bear, Doodle, Princess or Boo, Ju-ju-ya-ya and Spunkin.
We just named one of our baby rabbits: Biddlespocker…. a knick name that my dad gave to just about every child.
Edited by Jul on Jun. 12, 2006 at 8:39 AM
on June 12th, 2006 at 1:01 pm
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Hannah Banana
Hannah Belle
Hannah Banana Apple (by my little sister)
Hannah Ananas (it rhymes in Romanian and means Hannah Pineapple)
on June 12th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
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You’re really draggin’ this one out, aren’t ya? Waiting for the entire community to respond?
; )
on June 12th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Just a reminder…
ANNEMARETARD
on June 12th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
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I thought of a few more:
Missy – by my mom (made lots of people think my name was Melissa)
Baby doll – by my dad
Karen Hank Aaron – by my cousin. Not much rhymes with Karen and I guess he never heard of the Red Baron.
on June 13th, 2006 at 8:57 am
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My real name’s Christa Kay. So I was “Sister Sue” “Critter Kay” “Critta”…at one point in gradeschool I was so skinny they called me “Bones.”
on June 13th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
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So-since I am stinkpot too, any chance of you finding ANOTHER one to give away?!?!
I know-I am a SORE loser.
Rebecca