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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RachelswipeNobby Clarke:
I'm told it's a hangover from the Empire - one of the words from the Indian subcontinent that the army brought back to the UK. In one of the languages spoken in India (don't know which one) there is a word sounding like 'Nobby' that means Clerk, as in admin type person.
(, Fri 19 May 2006, 14:35, Reply)
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