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#nicknames

"Another memorable moment was against Red Star Belgrade. During a tackle, I lowered my head, the opposing player raised his foot and caught it in my face. I saw it was starting to bleed, my teammates got worried and called the doctor," he told L'Equipe. "At halftime, he told me I needed stitches. First, I asked him to let me take a selfie to send to my mother and tell her I was okay, but also to have a souvenir."

"We get asked often WHY we named all four of our girls Mary," she wrote. "There is a long history of strong Catholic women named Mary on both sides of our families and Brian and I wanted to carry on the tradition with our first baby." She added, "We never thought about the fact we might have FOUR girls, but once we started this trend there was no going back!"

He only has one nickname listed on his Pro Football Reference page, and it's his own first and last name. There's no Tom Terrific or TB12-style nickname for the second-year quarterback yet. He's Drake "Drake Maye" Maye. Patriots left tackle Will Campbell appeared to get a kick out of it when he poked his head into one of Maye's press conferences last month.

Facebook Groups are getting more Reddit-like with newly added support for nicknames. The feature, which allows users to post under a custom username instead of their real name, provides an alternative to posting anonymously. With anonymous posting, users can share without the post being connected to their Facebook profile and real-life identity, but this approach also doesn't allow other group members to get to know them or their personality, or to follow their updates over time.

Once your toddler starts repeating everything you say, it's only natural to start referring to your partner by the name your child knows.

The name Weeb made me feel loved. My foster father gave me the nickname Weeb around 1995 because I have very thick, dark hair and I was in my gawky teens.

Nicknames in the Viking Age were essential for identifying individuals in a society that primarily used patronyms. They reflected a person's traits, reputation, or origins.

Nicknames have traditionally signified affection, yet their prevalence is declining due to concerns about offending others or sounding unprofessional.