Worst Nicknames EverEveryone wants a cool nickname like "Ace", "Boss", or "Iron". Kids being kids, that's not what we get - the kid with polio gets called Johnny Spazm, your Ginger Fuhrer was called Rob Man-you-smell and your question master was "Tommy" Trinder despite him being dead for years.
Tell us the worst you've heard and the stories behind them.
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chthonic, Thu 18 May 2006, 15:45)
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Racial slursWhen I was in grade eight my best friend was a really really dumb guy named Chris. His only real talent was coming up with nicknames for people.
We had a Chinese friend named Kenny. After we saw the Weird Al movie UHF, Chris nicknamed Kenny "Koony," after the Japanese character in UHF. He hated it at first but grew to accept it. It stuck around for a long time.
About five years later I discovered that it's an obscure racial slur for Asians. By then it was his name and it was too late.
I remember the last time I used it, we were in a supermarket. I called "Hey Koony!" and an elderly Chinese woman looked at me, startled. I never used it again.
(, Fri 19 May 2006, 7:43, Reply)
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