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PERSONAL NICKNAME
EVERY TIME, SINCE HIS MARRIAGE, THAT MY UNCLE REFERS TO HIS WIFE -
MY AUNT, WHO IS POLISH - HE "ENDEARINGLY" REFERS TO HER AS "THE
POLACK." NO MATTER WHERE HE IS OR WITH WHOM, MY POOR AUNT SHIRLEY
IS ALWAYS "THE POLACK."
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NICKNAME
DINGLEDORF IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A FOOL.
Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
NICKNAME
I HAVE A YOUNGER SISTER WHO TELLS ME THAT THE LAST PERSON TO HANG UP
HIS COAT IN THE CLOAK ROOM IS A "BLACK-EYED BOOB."
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
NICKNAME (SUGAR)
SHE TELLS ME THAT A BOY SHE KNOWS IS CALLED SUGAR, BECAUSE ABOUT 2
YRS. AGO, WHEN SHE WAS PLAYING WITH A DOG NAMED SUGAR, SHE CALLED THE
DOG, AND THIS BOY CAME. HE WAS THEN NICKNAMED SUGAR, AND THE NAME
STUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
NICKNAME
WHILE PLAYING A GAME OF TOUCH FOOTBALL, WE NICKNAMED A PLAYER WHO WAS
6'4"TALL AND 250 POUNDS - - "SUGAR BEAR."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
NICKNAMES
AWFUL ART AND EASY ED. (REFERRING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF RECEIVING A
GOOD GRADE FROM BOTH FR. LOVELYS.)
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
NICKNAMES: FOR THOSE WHO WEAR BRACES ON THEIR TEETH.
TINSEL TEETH, METAL MOUTH, AND RAILROAD TRACKS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE
NAMES I WAS TORMENTED WITH WHILE I WAS WEARING BRACES IN GRADE
SCHOOL. I ATTENDED "OUR LADY OF FATIMA" IN OAK PARK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL 2
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NICKNAME
THEY CALL HER AMAZON BECAUSE SHE'S SO WIDE AT THE MOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
NICKNAME OF A WOMAN DOCTOR
SHE WAS THE ONLY "HEN MEDIC."
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
ACCOUNTING STUDENT'S NICKNAME
BOOKIE - THE NAME GIVEN TO THE ACCOUNTING STUDENT WHO KNOWS HOW TO
MAKE JOURNAL ENTRIES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE THEORY BEHIND IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COMMERCE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MILITARY NICKNAME
OLD MAN - USED IN REFERENCE TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER REGARDLESS OF
AGE.
Where learned: KANSAS ; FORT RILEY
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
NICKNAME
A COMPANY COMMANDER'S NICKNAME IS "THE OLD MAN."
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
MILITARY NICKNAME
A MAN NEWLY INDUCTED INTO THE ARMED FORCES IS ALWAYS CALLED "JOE."
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
MILITARY NICKNAMES
"WOJO" IS ANOTHER NAME FOR "WARRENT OFFICER." AND, AN INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS ALSO CALLED "IGGY."
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
NICKNAME
BECAUSE OF MY ABILITY TO RUN VERY QUICKLY IN GRADE SCHOOL, AND DUE TO
MY BUCK TEETH AT THAT TIME, I WAS NICKNAMED "RABBIT." A NICKNAME
WHICH I HAVE CARRIED WITH ME EVEN TO THIS DAY (3-71).
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LeRoy
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NICKNAME
IT IS COMMON TO CALL SOMEONE WHO WEARS EYE GLASSES "FOUR-EYES."
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
EYEGLASSES SLANG
FOUR EYES - SLANG FOR ONE WHO WEARS GLASSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
NAMING
FOUR EYES! SOMEONE WHO WEARS GLASSES.
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
NICKNAMES FOR SKINNY PEOPLE.
IN GRADE SCHOOL WHEN REFERING TO SKINNY PEOPLE, I USED THESE WORDS:
STILTS, DADDY LONG LEGS, SPIDER MAN, LONG DRINK OF WATER, AND BEAN
POLE. MY FATHER NAMED ME SPINDLE SHANKS BECAUSE I HAVE SKINNY LEGS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
NICKNAMES FOR FAT PEOPLE.
I USED TO USE THIS TERMINOLOGY, ALONG WITH MY FRIENDS, IN SPEAKING OF
FAT PEOPLE WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL: TUB OF LARD, CHUBBY CHEEKS,
BLIMPY, BLUBBER FACE, LARD ASS, TUBBY TUBA, AND HIPPO.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1969