"Different" Nicknames

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Who do you know that has a nickname they are commonly known by that is in no way related to their name?

My friend Mark goes by "Juggs" or "Jugsy" which relates to an embarrassing story from when he was younger, and my best friend Raechel goes by "Reeko" which is a 'punk name' her younger brother and sister made up for her.

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[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

My best friend calls me Ceeg (said "siege"), short for CG, the initials of one of my internet handles, and I call her Indi (also a shortening of an internet nickname) and we call each other "boo." She also calls me "meimei" and I call her "captain" or "boss," the first two because we're Firefly nerds, the latter because we're hopelessly enamoured of the little kobold in Baldur's Gate 2, Deekin.

Another friend of mine and I call each other "Squishy." Because I love her and she is my squishy. I forget how that started, actually. I assume it was a Finding Nemo reference gone mad.

Yet another friend occasionally calls me "button" or "petal," which are apparently fairly common generic nicknames from his corner of the world, and "moonbeam," which...again, I have no recollection of where that comes from. I call him "kitten," because he's about as scary as a fuzzy wittle kitten, despite looking fairly intimidating.

A couple of my friends call me "TJ," which is shorthand for "Tara Junior," 'cause they think I look like Amber Benson.


And...I gotta know, how did "Juggs/y" originate? :D

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Haha. I knew someone would ask about the Jugg/s.

Story goes, said friend was about 14. Nobody else was home, and friend of his older brother (3 years older) comes over to see his brother. Nobody else is home, but he decides to ask her if she wants a beer. She says yes. He gets beers out of the fridge (he's never drank beer before, being a good Christian boy) and gives her one. Then he opens his, takes a sip, spits it everywhere and screams "don't drink it, it's off!"

Anyways, later on his Dad goes to the fridge and finds his last 2 beers gone, and finds out by elimination it was Mark who had taken them.

So, upon asking him "Why did you do it?" Mark's answer was... "Cos she's got big juggs!" ...and so the nickname Juggs became!