Nicknames

There is an article in this months New Yorker magazine about nicknames. I haven't read it all yet, but it got me thinking about old times with my buds from college and high school. Almost everyone had a nickname, some were straighforward like a derivation of an actual surname, some were crafted over time. Here is a sampling of some of my favorites.

My friend Justin in 8th grade we called him the running maniac for how much he ran during track...that eventually evolved into the running man, and then just the man. Even today when talking about or too him I don't know anyone that doesn't call him "man".

Of course there is Kevin who broke the rules at ACU to live with us off campus before he could. So he got nicknamed the Kid

My friend Jeff, who just changed the last f to an e in spanish class thereby becoming "the boss" - Jefe.

Our neighbor on 1333 Westheimer with the asian wife who seemed confined to the house = Lt Dan. ("who goes to nam and doesn't like the rock and roll" - that is a joke for 3).

A guy named Premeaux, so we called him the Lousiana Swamp Rat, and ultimately just shortened it to Rat

Some surname nicknames: Herzog = "Zog", Wagner = "Wags", Neale = "Nanner", Runkles = "Runks"

Some teacher nicknames: Lord Jim, Orca, Batwings, The Mole, The Bash

Some nicknames not given as a compliment: The Golden Bear, The Pear, Munster, Poodle, Ghost, Shaw

And even my own nickname had a developmental history. Many people misspell my last name...ending it mick instead of mack. So that was my nickname - mickormack...which eventually just shortened to mick.

Anyone have any good nicknames to share?