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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Hell on earth wondering what I did to deserve it
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 5, 2007 - 09:56pm PT
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PC's thread searching for his child's name prompted the question about what taunting names we were called in school. I suspect not much can beat Melissa Pissa, but figured it was worth a try to see what else was out there... post up!
I was called repeatedly Collie Rintintin by a boy named John Furbacher. I promptly named him Johnny Furrybutt.
Edited to add: While that was my taunting name, the name I was known by was Pete.
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Ouch!
climber
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Guys started calling me Boone. I asked if that was like Daniel. They said No. Like Bab.
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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Joe Bike
I didn't protest when a group of girls started calling me F*#kMe, a take off on my last name.
Edit: oops I didn't register the taunting part when I read the first post. Hmm, I guess Joe Bike was taunting but it didn't bother me. Same with FukMe
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Gary
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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I think most of the kids in school had a hard time rhyming with Todd.
Most of the guys called me,...now here's a shocker...."Shack"!
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dirtbag
climber
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5th grade: "Erosion" because I rarely sat up straight in my chair, kind of like I was eroding.
High School" "Okie" even though I'd never been anywhere near Oklahoma. Don't ask me why.
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pc
climber
East of Seattle
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Ouch, But to a climber that's almost a compliment right? ;)
Crimpie, Pete? How'd that one come about?
Mine was Cosmic. There were three of us geek musicians in school and we called each other cosmic. Not sure why. Perhaps for our imagined interstellar adlib journeys ;)
pc
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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I never had any negative names attached to mine. But....here are some of the ones I remember for others:
 Smelly Shelley(apparently, the guys had given her this one, in about 9th grade)
Kelly Stinkley(her last name rhymed, she didn't stink)
Oney Baloney(my brother, Loren, who's "known-by name" was Oney)
Most of my siblings were called Marco Polo at some point in their school daze(our last name is like one of those names)
Chris Blasnigger(last name was Blasnig; it was the 60-70's in nowheresville, WI, where the only colored(other than white) kid in town was a mulatto at one of the public schools)
Guinea Pig, for my oldest sister, Ginny, who was a bitch on wheels because she was always stuck babysitting 7 siblings(alll born one right after the other)
Alvin the Chipmunk, for my brother Al, who was a runt of the litter as a kid
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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"Oleo", or "runt".
But then I became part of a star 3 man offense in soccer, and won a notorious battle for second place in a swim match against the Harlem Boys Club.
Having proved myself on the field it then became an issue of hair length.
Enter (I suppose its OK to laugh at this now) "hairy hippy"
Hey, you should have seen me.
I used to have women come up to me and say, "I wish I had hair like yours."
Really. I'm not lying. lol
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pc
climber
East of Seattle
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Without pictures I'll never believe Ron ;)
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Hell on earth wondering what I did to deserve it
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 5, 2007 - 11:16pm PT
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PC: Where Pete came from continues to be a mystery. I was called Pete from the moment I hatched. Every now and then, someone in the family calls me Pete. That usually means they need a really big favor!
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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"truant"
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area
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gungee
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roslyn
Trad climber
washington
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margarine..........a twist on my first name
casey.........came from casey at bat, i played a lot of softball in my youth
and then there were the endless jokes on my last name............cherry!!!!!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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I like that Happi.
Boom Boom
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Sue just gave me the Melissa-Pissa name here.
Everyone I know from my youth called me Danielle or varients of Danielle. I only became Melissa when I turned into a name on a roster in college and didn't try to stop it. Eventually most people just knew me as Melissa, so I went with it. My family still calls me Danielle.
So...the Danielle names were:
Dan-smell.
And the one I hated most:
Nelly.
The boys that called me Nelly swear (they're still friends) that they weren't trying to be mean...that they just thought it was a nickname for Danielle. At the time Little House on the Prarie was big, and the only Nelly I'd heard of the Nelly Olson, the Little House villainess. I thought it was a huge insult.
I never liked Dan either. It was a little too butch.
My best friend's last name was Gross. Man, did she get tortured! I remember one St. Patty's day, we all got shamrock shaped cut outs w/ our name rendered w/ O' or Mc' in front of it. Hers was O'Gross. Funny now...but pure torture at 9.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Whitey, the white bat, the blonde blitz, junior guide, the philosopher and Jello.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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I forgot one from my wild and crazy later school years...Two Can Dan...AKA Tooc.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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The mean ones I don't care to revisit, (and there were plenty because I was the shrimp) but one of my favorite teachers (gym) called me "Mighty Mouse" (this was jr. high) because I was this little, scrawny thing but I was a gymnast and could out pull-up and out sit-up even the boys.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Bob
It still means deth to those that utter it in my presence.
I once bled a man for babbling on about "Bobby"
But I'm much better now, I only cut yer nutz off.
heh
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Ricardo Carlos
Trad climber
Off center, CO.
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I have known two gals called BJ by their family; I could never understand why they would stick a daughter with that.
I had a friend named Polly Penelope Puffpafh . She asked her parents why and her mom said well dear you’ll marry and have a new last name.
I was Richie till thirteen
In San Diego there was a Robin Bird and Buster Hyman. Come on you think the folks missed that or did they think they were just cute.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Gordon, naturally, went to Gordo;.......which the hispanics never could understand. Senor Gordo?....no;...Senor Flaco....no Gordo.......
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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In the 5th and 6th grade I lived in the central valley and was assured of at least several times a day being called hopalong, crip, cripple, etc. The result of having contracted paralytic polio at nine months and wearing a metal leg brace on my right leg.
I'm laughing pretty hard.
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matisse
climber
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Melissa, my most profound apologies.
Like Crusher the really awful ones I'm not telling. I had large prominent teeth so "bugs" and "fang" were popular nicknames for me. I was a late developer so the "boy named Sue" also circulated for a while.
In the early years most of the torment came from my siblings who coined the rather obvious Sue-poo. My sister, Patricia was always called Trish, (and later known in highschool as "Trish the Dish" -which she did absolutely nothing to discourage) so there wasn't much to rhyme with. Alas If only I had though of Fat Pat, I would have had something.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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On my junior college track team, we had Lee Dick, and Steve and Mike Ball.......One Dick and 2 Balls........On the Souix Reservation, I had a student in my class Stephanie Two Bulls......( Stephany Two Balls)...she was a sweet girl and didn't like that "nickname." Does Jimmy Biggerstaff have a "bigger staff?" How about The Reverend Dick Shook? Patty Furbush anyone?
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salad
climber
San Diego
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Manson, Satan, and The Saltiest Man In Chico.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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high-speed space mole.
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Standing Strong
Trad climber
real eyes realize real life
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people ALWAYS shorten and / or mispronounce my name... and it drives me totally f*cken nuts!!!
how hard is it to hear someone tell you their name and call them what they say you can call them instead of some nickname you decided on? people in modern society do not listen well.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Varied locales along the time and space continuum
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All my taunting came from my dear younger brothers. :-)
All these need to be pronounced with kind of a rapid grunting intonation:
"Erk!" (my first name is Eric)
"Erica, Erica, Miss America!"
and my personal fave:
"Fathead!"
Funny the oldest of my two younger brothers always had the biggest head in the family. Must have been some kind of projection.
Gotta love your bro's.
Fletch
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Kartch
climber
belgrade, mt
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A lot of kid's called me Kartch, go figure.
I was also called J.A. short for Jack Ass and the first two letters of my first name. Only my close friends could call me that though, most of them had no idea what it stood for.
One of my other nicknames was Uncle. Not sure why.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Hell on earth wondering what I did to deserve it
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 6, 2007 - 09:19am PT
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When my mom was growing up, her classmates teased her by calling her "Harry Watermelon". I still snicker when I hear this!
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L
climber
A small kayak on a very big ocean
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No taunting names growing up--I was a tomboy and all the guys were pretty nice to me...or else (ha-ha!)
"Lollipop" was what my grandparents called me when I was really little.
In highschool and college I was "Queenie"...from an odd collection of rhinestone tiaras I somehow managed to acquire.
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Burns
Trad climber
Nowhere special
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I had a few random ones growing up, but nothing particularly bad or entertaining really stuck. Having a very common first name (Matt), I was usually just called by my last name, hence my handle "Burns".
Of course, who needs a nickname when your name is Matt Burns and you're the captain of the wrestling team (wait for it....). You just can't make this sh*t up.
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atchafalaya
climber
California
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a friend of mine was known as "the human hobbit"
another friend was Keith Pigg (no nickname needed)
in Utah I was Bob Burns. We were all part of the "Burns" family where I worked. Morning greetings like "morning Mikey Burns" were instantly followed with "I would love to".
College was Texas Atchafalaya Coonass, and various versions.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Speaking about Buster Hymen.... How a bout the "real" names?
There was a realotr in my home town, with lawn signs on houses all over the place..... Harry Wang Realty.
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matisse
climber
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I wasn't kidding about Harry Ball or Harry Guy.
At a hospital where I worked the three obstetricians (and I could not make this up if I tried) were Dr Quick, Dr. Heurry and Dr. Kum.
A friend of mines brother wanted to name his first child "Astakis" (say it out loud-short "a") and even went as far as putting it on the birth certificate but the grandparents (both sets) put their collective feet down.
and then there are place names...my brother in law (and I am NOT making this up) grew up in South Dildo, Newfoundland.
edited to add this:
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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One of my nick names was Smiley.
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malabarista
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Satan and the Lizard King
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dank
Trad climber
the pitch above you!
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dank
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john hansen
climber
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You remember the one where you take the first letters of your first and last name and flip em around?? Mick Jagger becomes Jick Magger.
In my class was Carrie Hunt and a guy named Pat Kile....
There was also a friend of mine who worked pretty high up at Hewlett Packard,, His boss was named Richard Brain,, but he went by Dick..
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Standing Strong
Trad climber
real eyes realize real life
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anastasia, that's really funny becuz on friday i was on an aero plane and the flight attendant kept calling me "smiles". i was pretty excited becuz i was on my way to the windy city to kick it with buddies.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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my nickname in grade school was "crazy". for serious. my fifth grade teacher even used it a few times.
i shoulda sued her fat ass.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Word is that North Dildo, Newfoundland is a far more exciting place,...
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matisse
climber
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that's only because you haven't been to Hibbs Hole.
The town whimped out a few years ago and changed Hibbs Hole to Hibbs Cove.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Well BVB, maybe it was that stylish way you had of wearing a plastic eyeball strung on a piece of string around your neck during 5th grade that got "crazy" rolling as a nickname. Your mom sure would go ballistic when someone called up and asked for Crazy, though you always seemed perversely proud of the moniker.
Me, I got things like Albino, Rabbit, and Willard, mostly for being very very blond and sort of pink.
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pc
climber
East of Seattle
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Gotta love those/us Canadians ;)
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Hell on earth wondering what I did to deserve it
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 7, 2007 - 09:43pm PT
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*snicker*....Willard...*snicker*....sorry. :)
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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They always referred to me as a very homely girl...
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Phil boy y que
My brother even got me a t-shirt once that had a bunch of home girls on it with Y Que across the top.
One of our friend's last name is Marsh so we nicknamed him Swampy. His apartment became Swampland manor and of course, he drove the swampmobile.
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Ratso- Rizzo, Toots, Nitzy,N7,poopie and naughty nita...
Used to know a dentist- that came up to Tuolumne every summer named, Les Plaque......Ricardo, I also know a Buster Hyman, he lives in Quincy Ca, and is a carpenter.
a co-worker in Tuolumne.. name .. Kenny Glasscock.
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Tom the Cop
Sport climber
Northern Virginia
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In high school in the late seventies, I picked up the nickname "Stretch". I wasn't particularly tall, but my last name is Armstrong.
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feelio Babar
Trad climber
Sneaking up behind you...
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My older brother was fond of calling me Monkeyboy (before rock, I climbed trees like a deranged ringtail)
His real favorite though was:
"Feelio the french bread eating, flute playing, fig smelling, furry lipped faggot."
nice huh? ah brothers....
Finally told him a few years back that I swished his toothbrush in the toilet every morning for 9 years. Payback is a bitch, piss-mouth!
no joke though...I really did know a Mike Hunt, and a Nimrod Wizzlefish.
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