sobriquetformal
Do you have any nicknames?
As a child, he was given the nickname 'Brackets' because of his bandy legs.
We all had nicknames at school.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Names and titles
A.N. Other
age
aka
alias
appellation
first name
forename
form of address
given name
good name
pet name
place name
pseudonym
pseudonymity
pseudonymous
unchristened
under the name ofidiom
unidentified
unnamed
untitled
nickname
verb[ T+ obj + noun ]
uk /ˈnɪk.neɪm/ us /ˈnɪk.neɪm/
to give someone or something a nickname:
The campsite has been nicknamed "tent city" by visiting reporters.
Because he always dressed in black, colleagues nicknamed him Dr Death.
There is a modern office block next door, which locals have affectionately nicknamed the Beehive.
Someone has nicknamed her the Chameleon because she changes her dresses so often.
Sailors once nicknamed this coastal stretch, "The Graveyard of the Atlantic".

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Names and titles
A.N. Other
age
aka
alias
appellation
first name
forename
form of address
given name
good name
pet name
place name
pseudonym
pseudonymity
pseudonymous
unchristened
under the name ofidiom
unidentified
unnamed
untitled

nickname | American Dictionary

nickname
noun[ C ]
us/ˈnɪkˌneɪm/
an informal name for someone or sometimes something, used esp. to show affection, and often based on the person's name or a characteristic of the person

nickname

verb[ T ]us/ˈnɪk·neɪm/
He was so optimistic that his staff nicknamed him Twinkletoes.

Examples of nickname

nickname
Kindergartners overused letters from their own first names (or commonly used nicknames) when spelling.
However, not all internally derived nicknames are the result of a reduction of a specific name.
Recall that nicknames contextualize camaraderie among social equals, while kin terms simultaneously contextualize camaraderie and deference 0 patronage.
The use of nicknames puts them on the same social level, thereby creating an intensely friendly atmosphere.
We all have proper names, but familiarity allows us to give each other nicknames with which we feel more comfortable.
The fragmented, blurred and illusory identities of the characters in the novel are signified by the use of nicknames.
He uses techniques such as giving nicknames to reporters and questioning them on their family life and children.
In one case, however, a graduate student and her faculty advisor shared their nicknames for undergraduates.
The associated importance of nicknames and by-names, wordplay about names, and the circumstances under which people might change their names are also considered.
A typology of nicknames and pseudonyms as well as a brief cross-cultural presentation of multiple or alternative personal names is provided.
Another external path by which nicknames may be formed derives from a famous, striking, notorious, or shameful incident.
They are initials or first names or last names or nicknames of the owners and drivers.
Informants were well aware of this danger ; one refused to use nicknames for superiors at all out of fear of this result.
Clearly this asser tion is only par t of the phenomenon of nicknames, as the above discussion reveals.
In other words, these alternative names, or "nicknames," may appropriately be considered ethnic names.
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