Here we go then, a place where I used to work had a guy named tugger, so called because he was caught in the toilets doing something other than work. 😅
Funny (genuine) nicknames for people you have known of.
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
My late Uncle George was known as The Genie because he'd magically appear when a bottle was opened.
Similarly, Uncle Neil was called The Exorcist because when he left our house there were no spirits left.
Similarly, Uncle Neil was called The Exorcist because when he left our house there were no spirits left.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The Swede - built like Peter Koch's character from Heartbreak Ridge. Now an Inspector I hear.
Hoff - had blow dried hair like Hasselhoff.
Ferret - cos hes a little guy. Nice lad, a PCSO who would have made a brilliant copper but hus reading qnd writing weren't the best so he couldn't pass the entrance exam.
Cletus - because he had this weird hillbilly laugh like Cletus the Slack Jawed Yokel.
Thrush - an irritaring little **** that won't go away.
Conehead - because he was bald and had a head shaped like the chatacters from the film.
Drago - my nickname in the army because of my size.
Chopper - my nickname in the police because of my supposed resemblance to Mark Brandon Read.
Skip - I don't know why, but thats what everyone called him.
Captain Stand-by - the conteollermon put shift who'd tell us to standy by, and then forget all about us.
Chins - a fat copper who'd lost a load of weight and been left with flabby skin on his neck.
Dad - a copper in CID who was only about 50 but looked about 80.
Zippy - a security guard we knew who shut his nadger in his zip in error, couldn't free it, and had to be taken to hospital. We teied not tomlzufht as he did the elephant walk to the meatwagon.
Hoff - had blow dried hair like Hasselhoff.
Ferret - cos hes a little guy. Nice lad, a PCSO who would have made a brilliant copper but hus reading qnd writing weren't the best so he couldn't pass the entrance exam.
Cletus - because he had this weird hillbilly laugh like Cletus the Slack Jawed Yokel.
Thrush - an irritaring little **** that won't go away.
Conehead - because he was bald and had a head shaped like the chatacters from the film.
Drago - my nickname in the army because of my size.
Chopper - my nickname in the police because of my supposed resemblance to Mark Brandon Read.
Skip - I don't know why, but thats what everyone called him.
Captain Stand-by - the conteollermon put shift who'd tell us to standy by, and then forget all about us.
Chins - a fat copper who'd lost a load of weight and been left with flabby skin on his neck.
Dad - a copper in CID who was only about 50 but looked about 80.
Zippy - a security guard we knew who shut his nadger in his zip in error, couldn't free it, and had to be taken to hospital. We teied not tomlzufht as he did the elephant walk to the meatwagon.
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stoatsngroats
Legendary Member
- Location
- South East
Gas bill, because he did lots of overtime, and was always expecting another gas bill
POD, which was short for Poor old Dave.
Slurp, who had a saliva problem and had to frequently suck his saliva back.
Flat battery, who stuttered
Notepad and pencil, because he always wanted to know what was going on, to tell his Ma.
Donut.... ( me, but I do not know)
shag.... from Scooby Doo ( also me, in y very low wage early days, with a mortgage and no spare cash)
POD, which was short for Poor old Dave.
Slurp, who had a saliva problem and had to frequently suck his saliva back.
Flat battery, who stuttered
Notepad and pencil, because he always wanted to know what was going on, to tell his Ma.
Donut.... ( me, but I do not know)
shag.... from Scooby Doo ( also me, in y very low wage early days, with a mortgage and no spare cash)
Houthakker
A Happy Wanderer
- Location
- Lancashire coast
Deadly, a big guy called Al, so fat-al
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Guy at work who always had difficulty paying his weekly dues to the Tea Club was known as the Canteen Cowboy The same fellow always seemed to have money for the pub later on a Friday when he morphed in to the Payday Playboy.
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Every workplace has a Thrush IME.
tribanjules
Guru
- Location
- Birmingham
Working in a steel works in the valleys (pre millennium!) one lad had a prosthetic ear so was called “18 months” as he had (welsh accent) a year and a half.
Chap with bad limp and walking stick known as “snipers nightmare” .
staff moved from one closed site to other plant were “when we’s” as they were always reminiscing
Chap with bad limp and walking stick known as “snipers nightmare” .
staff moved from one closed site to other plant were “when we’s” as they were always reminiscing
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I like that!
They would probably call him House now... (Or if he is a lot shorter than Hugh Laurie, 'Bungalow'?
)
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
It definitely won't be considered 'funny' these days and I accept that,but a lad at secondary school in the 1970's looked like George Formby and had a slightly curved (as you looked at his face) head. Sadly he was nicknamed 'George banana head'. I often wonder what horrible nicknames I've had that I don't know of. The known one was bad,but I bet there've been far worse I don't know of! 😳
- Location
- London
microsoft word's spellchecker for years did something similar.
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Some favourites from my time in the RAF…
Kelvin - used for someone who was an absolute zero
Ike - used for know it alls. Stands for I Know Everything.
Tiny - commonly used for anyone big or tall
Isme - His real name was Matt Cockin.
Kelvin - used for someone who was an absolute zero
Ike - used for know it alls. Stands for I Know Everything.
Tiny - commonly used for anyone big or tall
Isme - His real name was Matt Cockin.
neil_merseyside
Guru
- Location
- Wirral
Not funny:- I worked with a bloke I was introduced to as Isiah, except he was christened Peter, he had an occular offset, the good old days eh...
