Classic Moment: Nicknames

In this episode, the speaker and their friends dive into the world of nicknames, sharing their own personal stories and the origins behind their unique monikers. From "Squid" to "Booby," these nicknames are a reflection of the people and experiences that have shaped their lives.

The conversation is filled with laughter and camaraderie as the group shares their favorite nicknames, some of which have been with them since childhood. We hear about "Auntie Nana Jewey," "Hosierie," and "Chicky," among others, and the stories behind why they were given these names. Along the way, the speaker and their friends also touch on other topics, from pop culture references to personal relationships.

As the conversation unfolds, we get a glimpse into the creative and often humorous ways that people come up with nicknames. Some are based on physical characteristics, while others are inspired by inside jokes or personal quirks. The speaker and their friends also discuss how nicknames can be a way to connect with others and create a sense of belonging.

If you're curious about the stories behind these unique nicknames and the people who bear them, tune in to this episode to hear the speaker and their friends share their personal tales of identity and connection.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sydney, give us a good win nickname.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hi.

Speaker 3 (00:04):
Yes, they call me squid?

Speaker 1 (00:07):
Why is that?

Speaker 4 (00:09):
Because my name was Sydney and then my cousin started
calling me Squidney, and so now you just.

Speaker 3 (00:15):
Settled on squid A squid?

Speaker 5 (00:17):
What's up?

Speaker 3 (00:19):
Not much?

Speaker 6 (00:19):
Just work?

Speaker 3 (00:22):
Isn't Sydney?

Speaker 1 (00:23):
The name of the key woman in the Scream movies
is Sydney.

Speaker 5 (00:28):
Did I make that up? Is her name Sydney? I'll
have to check that. Check that out, Sydney. That's a
weird reference. Squid's not bad, though, better than squirt. Squirts?
What's the big one? The years ago?

Speaker 1 (00:40):
If you were really small a squirt?

Speaker 5 (00:42):
What's up? Yeah? It's kind of insulting though, squirt. Yeah yeah,
it means you were kind of small, very tiny. Yeah yeah,
you don't want to be called small. You've probably dealt
with that your whole life.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Billy, Oh my god, you know what, any opportunity at
all you find to deliver a shot over the bow,
it's always in my direction, always starboard side.

Speaker 5 (01:03):
It just comes from love. You lie about your height,
which is what?

Speaker 1 (01:07):
All right, let's go to Julie in two People in Salem. Julie,
good morning, what have you got nickname?

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Good morning. Yes, my my niece calls me Auntie Nana Jewey.

Speaker 5 (01:17):
Oh oh oh, I get it.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Because your niece couldn't say Julie.

Speaker 5 (01:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
But because some of the kids call me auntie, some
of the kids call me nana. So she come up
with Auntie Nana Jewey.

Speaker 5 (01:30):
Okay, all right, Aunty Nanna Jewey. Is that appropriate?

Speaker 1 (01:36):
I was thinking in some circles.

Speaker 5 (01:38):
Possibly not. Let's just not uh yeah, draw attention to it.
How's that? Ever?

Speaker 7 (01:42):
Since I was a kid, my mom has called me
Booby and she still does and I love it.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Booby, Why bounce your boobies?

Speaker 5 (01:58):
He's referencing a song. Yes, there's used to play the
Newest Men member of the show. That's Bill the Bouncer
Booby song. Exactly.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
That's works that.

Speaker 5 (02:17):
You can't make that up. I just blurt stuff out.
That should be her theme song, Booby.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
There she comes, Booby coming for lunch.

Speaker 5 (02:30):
Oh god.

Speaker 8 (02:32):
Fun fact about the Good Captain is that his nickname
is the Hammer because.

Speaker 5 (02:37):
He wait, what is that? Captain?

Speaker 8 (02:39):
Mike dances like a certain iconic eighties rapper who is
currently starring in a new Geico commercial, which is hilarious.

Speaker 5 (02:48):
What Captain Mike's our guy is the hammer or is
he who's starring in a commercials? All right, but Captain
Mike's a like a hammer time dancer, I guess. So
like with like the pants, those are making a comeback,

(03:09):
but they are. Please tell me that's not true. Yeah,
pants a hundred percent? Oh wow, yeah, they're making a comeback. Crazy.

Speaker 4 (03:18):
When I was a young toddler, my dad used to
call me buckle. He meant to say alfalfa because my
hair was stick up straight, like alfalfa and little Rascal.
So when people used to ask me my name when
I was a little girl, I would say.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Yeah, it's been a long time since we had a
little rascal's reference.

Speaker 5 (03:39):
It has been a long time, but you know, we'll
take it.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
Famous show, famous shell.

Speaker 5 (03:43):
Alfalfa had the little piece of hair that was right, Yeah,
what they call them? That thing? Yeah, just a little
piece of hair.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
This.

Speaker 5 (03:50):
My son watches Little kal Kali. Yeah. Watch my able
watches The Little Rascals. Yeah, he likes it. Where do
you find that? Well, they have the original which is
like black and yeah, but then they had a remake
movie I think in the nineties. He watches that one. Yeah,
the original.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
You could probably get on me TV or something.

Speaker 5 (04:07):
Oh, it's very very old. Let's go to Stephanie and
what's stuff?

Speaker 1 (04:10):
Hey Stephanie, what have you got for us? Add to
the conversation.

Speaker 5 (04:14):
All right, so it's not anything for me, but it
was from my great grandmother when I was growing up.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
My brother when he was little.

Speaker 5 (04:21):
Was on the phone with her and he said, buy Nana,
you geek. And she was Nana geek.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
For years and years until you know, unfortunately you passed away.

Speaker 5 (04:31):
But it just stuck with her throughout all those years.
Nanny geek ow, Nana geek? Okay, is she with us
right now? Alright? P Stephanie to your grandmother. Let's go
to Jody and Burlington. Hey, Jody, what have you got?

Speaker 6 (04:47):
Hi? Well, my cousin calls me Hosierie.

Speaker 5 (04:53):
Why why?

Speaker 6 (04:56):
Because she used to call me Josie like Josie and
the pussy Cat, and then she changed that to Hosiery
and sometimes she shortened it to jose.

Speaker 5 (05:07):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (05:07):
It sounds confusing to me, like I'm already you lost me.

Speaker 5 (05:10):
Isn't Hosary like like is leg where? Leg where?

Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (05:14):
Yeah, this is this is a fun talk Jody to Hosiery.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
I once knew a guy whose nickname was the Hose.
But that's another story.

Speaker 5 (05:23):
All right, we'll save that, Okay, I'll save that for the.

Speaker 7 (05:27):
Hey, justin, I feel like you would appreciate this nickname.
I grew up going to Oldcha DEVI since I was
a little kid. I and my name is Lisa, So
guess what my nickname is Pizza from Lisa's Pizza.

Speaker 5 (05:39):
I love Lisa's pizza. Oh yeah, and Lisa's pizza right
across they face off. Lisa was my favorite. Yeah, yeah,
we're going back to Old I'm sure you are. Well
this be a third time. This would be the second
time we booked a hotel up there, right on these strip.
It's really fun.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
Then they have like a really fun bar, like an
like an after a bar with a band.

Speaker 5 (06:01):
Yeah, right downtown. Yeah there, Yeah, Bill, this isn't for you.
This is between Lisa and He's anti Old Orchard.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
You'll probably find a lot of nicknames up there. Oh yeah,
North Country mullets.

Speaker 5 (06:13):
A lot of mullets and a lot of nicknames. Let's
go to Jet and Plyymouth.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
Hey, Jen, how you doing good?

Speaker 3 (06:20):
How you doing good?

Speaker 5 (06:20):
What have you got nickname.

Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yep, So my daughter's nickname is Chicky. Our real name
is Catherine. And then my boyfriend's name is Skip. And
he also has a friend named Chikyow we have to
reference him as my chicky and your chicky. And he's
not so keen on calling his friend his chiky.

Speaker 5 (06:41):
Have you met my chicky? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (06:43):
Okay, all right, Well say hello to Plymouth.

Speaker 5 (06:45):
I love. I feel like Skip is a common nickname. Yes,
you hear that a lot? Or Skippy. There was actually
a kid I grew up with, and I'm not gonna
say his name, but his nickname was Skip. Everyone called
him Skip, but I couldn't call him Skip. I just
called him by his real name. But what is the connection? Skip?

Speaker 1 (07:00):
Is that connected to a certain name or I always thought.

Speaker 5 (07:02):
It was maybe? Yeah, you know skippy, peanut butter, there's that?
Oh yeah, skippy. Yeah. My wife and I have nicknames
for each other.

Speaker 1 (07:09):
Oh I'm sure you do.

Speaker 5 (07:11):
Yeah, you want to share? I will. Yeah. We call
each other biff, both of us. I call her that,
she calls me that, so like, hey Biff. Yeah, It's
just something we started early on that has just stayed.
I actually had to explain it recently to somebody because
they asked, they said, what why do you Why do
you call each other that? Because it's not just the
one way thing, it's both ways. It's because we started dating.
She was my friend and I called her my best

(07:33):
female friend Biff. Get it?

Speaker 9 (07:34):
Oh yeah, my husband is a fighter pilot. So everybody
has a call sign, which is just a grown up
version of a nickname, and some of them are really
off color. Some are really funny. For instance, one call
sign was miso. The guy's last name is Harney. I'll
let you figure it out.