Just a brilliant thread of men’s ridiculous nicknames (and how they got them) after Derry Girls’ Nicola Coughlan said this
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I’ve called a mate of mine Turtle for 22 years because Dangerous Dave thought he had a green tinge to his complexion on a dinner break one day. We were 9.
— Bender Giovanni (@BenderGiovanni) 16 August 2019
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My husband does not have these friends. I do though….
One of them is called Oscar, because in 2004 she changed into a different dress halfway through a formal event.
— Flossie McGhee (@flossiebella) 17 August 2019
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Donkeys years ago there was a new guy started at our work and someone asked his name. It’s Thomas says he but you can call me Tommy for short. Always known as forshort after it. 😂
— driver COYS!! (@59gringo) 17 August 2019
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I used to play footy with a lad called 7 iron. Because he was skinny with a big nose
— Dr Bort van houten QC (@skembeastman) 16 August 2019
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My mate is called ‘the locksmith’ cause when it’s his round at the bar he always makes a bolt for the door 😂
— Scott Dimelow (@ScottDimelow) 16 August 2019
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When I was at school there was a guy called Legweak.
His name was Armstrong— Colin Dalglish (@dalg) 17 August 2019
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I was in school with Jocko and the Badger but they bought it at the first Ypres. Bumfluff’s housemaster wrote and told me that Sticky’d been out for a duck, and that Gubber had snitched a parcel sausage-side and gone goose over stumps frog-side. So did Drippy and Strangely Brown
— Jamie O’Keefe (@JamieOKeefe4) 16 August 2019
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The footballer Fitz Hall, who was known by his teammates as One Size
— Ryan John Kelly (@RyanJohnKelly1) 17 August 2019
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In the town where my ex fella lives there’s a bloke they all called Coco Pops, because one day he wore a rucksack to school with the Coco Pops monkey on. A man, in his late 30s, named Coco Pops.
— Catherine (@catherinefahy) 17 August 2019
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A mate of mine at school was called “Dinghy” for a year because his brother was nicknamed “Ship” (because he once said the word “shit” wrong) and a dinghy is a little ship
— Ste JM 🚊🛰🐦 (@stejormur) 17 August 2019
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Haha. I remember my first student house. Met a guy who said his name was Oliver, but I decided he didn’t look like an Oliver. This, Steve was born. He’s still Steve.
— Lewis IV (@luigibeatsmario) 16 August 2019
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We had a friend who everyone knew as Hoola, who was from Northern Ireland. For years I assumed it was some Gaelic name Heulagh, or something like that. Only later did I find out, he was given it it school, because his mum put Hula Hoops in his packed lunch every day.
— David Banks (@DBanksy) 17 August 2019
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in Canada straight men call each other by their last name because all of their names are Justin or Matt
— Mad 💖💜💙 🏳️🌈 (@Madsp4) 16 August 2019
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Worst one I’ve heard is a guy called ‘Tesco’ because his last name is Sainsbury @jacksains8
— Daniel Clare (@danny_clare) 17 August 2019
Source: @NicolaCoughlin Image: C4
