He finally had enough of it. “Stop it, guys…my nickname from home is ‘Duke.’”
The reply was universal and time-honored: SHUT UP, EGGHEAD. It sticks to this day.
In contrast, when I got a nickname I detested, I embraced outwardly…started calling myself by that nickname, responded to it, and went all-in.
It was dropped after a semester.
You’d think leftists, being all smarter and wiser etc. than us Deplorables, would figure it out.
