We had a Chief Petty Officer who took it upon himself to assign nicknames to people...after someone nicknamed him “Chief Muddy Waters” due to his constant use of Red Man Chew, and the never-ending stream of brown spit from his mouth!
There was a guy whose name began with “Wi” and even though only 26 years old at the time, was nearly bald, and had big ears, so...the Chief named him “Wingnut”!
Now, the fellow hated the name, but...it stuck. The lesson I learned from that is, if you are going to get a nickname given to you, you hope it is a good one, because it is almost always going to stick!
Hope you don’t get one like “Stinky” or “Dirtbag”! I was lucky, I got one that some people probably would have hated, but it was given with some degree of humor, so...I couldn’t complain! (Besides, it didn’t stick with others for the most part, so only he and a few others called me by it)
I have always been fascinated by the concept of how people get nicknames...
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