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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 737340" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>I didn’t have any nicknames in elementary/middle school, and don’t remember anyone being given derogatory or teasing nicknames. Maybe it happened to someone, but I don’t recall it if it did.</p><p></p><p>SWOT— I hope you were called those names in the spirit of fun and not to be mean. It sounds mean, though. I can’t imagine how that would feel to a child. I would feel like either crying or punching someone, or both.</p><p></p><p>In high school, the coaches tended to use your last name, and sometimes a variation of it. I was called “Quest” because my last name was long and complicated and the ending sounded like quest. It wasn’t mean-spirited or derogatory, and everyone used it.</p><p></p><p>My high school boyfriend called me “Babs” or Babe” as A play on our initials, and some of my friends picked it up, also.</p><p></p><p>I called my son “Bud” (short for buddy, because he was my little buddy) till he was grown. I use it occasionally, even now. It is not even close to his real name. I didn’t address him that way all the time, of course. Most of the time I used his actual name, but sometimes I used Bud, as in ‘Hey, Bud, wanna go outside and ride bikes?’ But NEVER, ‘Go clean your room, Bud’. It was always a fun name.</p><p></p><p>My twins gave each other nick names when that we all used but I won’t use here, as they would be too specific.</p><p></p><p>My youngest, I use the diminutive of her given name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 737340, member: 16024"] I didn’t have any nicknames in elementary/middle school, and don’t remember anyone being given derogatory or teasing nicknames. Maybe it happened to someone, but I don’t recall it if it did. SWOT— I hope you were called those names in the spirit of fun and not to be mean. It sounds mean, though. I can’t imagine how that would feel to a child. I would feel like either crying or punching someone, or both. In high school, the coaches tended to use your last name, and sometimes a variation of it. I was called “Quest” because my last name was long and complicated and the ending sounded like quest. It wasn’t mean-spirited or derogatory, and everyone used it. My high school boyfriend called me “Babs” or Babe” as A play on our initials, and some of my friends picked it up, also. I called my son “Bud” (short for buddy, because he was my little buddy) till he was grown. I use it occasionally, even now. It is not even close to his real name. I didn’t address him that way all the time, of course. Most of the time I used his actual name, but sometimes I used Bud, as in ‘Hey, Bud, wanna go outside and ride bikes?’ But NEVER, ‘Go clean your room, Bud’. It was always a fun name. My twins gave each other nick names when that we all used but I won’t use here, as they would be too specific. My youngest, I use the diminutive of her given name. [/QUOTE]
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