HOW MOBSTER NICKNAMES GET 'MADE'

New York Post ^ | February 10, 2008

[nickcarraway]

February 10, 2008 -- According to mob expert John Carillo, most gangsters don't know one another's last name. "It's a group of people that know each other basically by nicknames or first names." Among the funniest are:

Thomas Cacciopoli: "Tommy Sneakers." He "likes sneakers," Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo testified at the trial of Gambino boss Peter Gotti.

Joseph Corozzo: "Jo-Jo," "Miserable." It's about that attitude, Jo-Jo.

Robert Epifania: "Bobby the Jew." He's not Jewish. But he "looks like a Jew," his cohorts told investigators.

Domenico Cefalu: "Italian Dom," "Dom from 18th Avenue," "The Greaseball." "Greaseball" is the pejorative the elder John Gotti used for Sicilians; 18th Avenue is in his neck of the woods, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

Nicholas Corozzo: "The Doctor," "The Little Guy," "Seymour," "Grandpa," "Grandfather," "Little Nick." This 5-foot-6 mobster goes by "Grandpa" when with close friends.

Vincent Decongilio: "Vinny Hot." His father was "Freddy Hot" - plus he's into gambling.

Leonard DiMaria: "Uncle," "Lenny," "L," "Fatso," "The Conductor." Self-named, he once signed a get-well note to a Newsday reporter "Uncle Lenny." He's short, squat, with a broad nose.

Anthony Licata: "Anthony Firehawk," "Anthony Nighthawk," "Cheeks." Firehawk and Nighthawk are names of trucking companies.

John D'Amico: "Jackie Nose." "He had his nose fixed. He had a big, distorted nose at one time," DiLeonardo said at the Gotti trial. D'Amico was said to have been upset with prosecutors for using the nickname.

[nickcarraway]

Ping

[The SISU kid]

don’t know why it’s Not-A-Ping.....

[Disturbin]

or a bada-ping

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I used to go to school with a guy named Ray Neapolitan. We decided his mob nickname was Ray “Three Flavors” Neapolitan.

[NonValueAdded]

My name is Ben Sobel... -lioni. Ben Sobellioni. I’m also known as, uh, Benny the Groin, Sammy the Schnazz, Elmer the Fudd, Tubby the Tuba, and once as Miss Phyllis Levine.

[The_Republican]

Where are the funny ones?

[cripplecreek]

One of my nicknames from way back is “Sticky”.

[Disturbin]

No Joey Bagga-Donuts?

[lowbridge]

There was Jimmy and Tommy and me … and there was:

·Anthoney Stabille, “How ya doin?”
·Frankie Carbone,“Que se disce, Bon so va”
·And then there was Mo Black’s Brother, Fat Andy, “How ya doin, buddy?”
·And his guys, Frankie the Wop,“Stayin outta trouble?”
·Freddie No Nose, “Hey pal, how ya doin?”
·And then there was Pete the Killer, who was Sally Balls’s brother, “Hey, I took care of that thing for ya.”
·And then you had – Nickey Eyes, “What’s up, guy?”
·And Mikey Franchese,“love that guy yea, wanna see him”
·And Jimmy Two Times – who got that nickname because he said everything twice like, “I gonna go get the papers…get the papers.”

[Slings and Arrows]

And then there's the crack crime team of Obama and Clinton: "Ebony and Ovary."

[Shamelessly stolen from NewsBusted.]

[pissant]

Ebony and Ovary. That’s good.

[max americana]

>>There was Jimmy and Tommy and me … and there was:

·Anthoney Stabille, “How ya doin?”
·Frankie Carbone,“Que se disce, Bon so va”
·And then there was Mo Black’s Brother, Fat Andy, “How ya doin, buddy?”
·And his guys, Frankie the Wop,“Stayin outta trouble?”
·Freddie No Nose, “Hey pal, how ya doin?”
·And then there was Pete the Killer, who was Sally Balls’s brother, “Hey, I took care of that thing for ya.”
·And then you had – Nickey Eyes, “What’s up, guy?”
·And Mikey Franchese,“love that guy yea, wanna see him”
·And Jimmy Two Times – who got that nickname because he said everything twice like, “I gonna go get the papers…get the papers.”<<

LOL. I love Goodfellas.

[Slings and Arrows]

I thought so too. The laugh track didn’t. :^(

[GregoTX]

How did "Fat Tony" get his name?

[potlatch]

Interesting ping

[Ciexyz]

I'd be "Bird Lady", tee hee.