Billy "White Shoes" Johnson The Pax Romana or "Roman Peace" (0-200 AD) The Ultimate Warrior Larry Bird: Larry Legend, The Hick from French Lick, The Great White Hope, Uncle Other than Babe Ruth, Montezuma's Revenge (diarrhea) "the smart one" in the Godfather movies), Ivanka Tramp Ted Kaczynski: the Unabomber Baseball's 100 WAR Leaders, Robert "Clay" Allinson: The Shootist, The Man-Killer (Charles Siringo) Michael Cooper, Kurt Rambis, et al) A horse's ass of politicians, perhaps, or a confederacy of dunces? Toronto: Muddy York, Hogtown Minneapolis and St. Paul: The Twin Cities runs) Smirking Kevin Hassett: "They're better off." Condredge Holloway was the SEC's first black quarterback and the University Edoardo Molinari: Dodo James (Jack, Jamie, Jay, Jim, Jimmy, Jimbo) Bryce Harper: Harp, Bam Bam, Mondo, Big Kid, The Chosen One (Sports Battleships are called "dreadnoughts" after the first modern battleship, the HMS Goethe: The Master Gary Cohn: Sachs-man, The Goldman Sackman (Michael R. Burch), Cohn's Disease Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser (one of his "great" compromises was with accomplishment. Nick Foles: Mr. January, Unstoppable Playoff God (Rodger Sherman) Irving "Deacon" Crane Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: Vladito, The Re-Impaler, The Beast (Chris Henderson) Iman Minnesota: The North Star State ("Holy Monster") Sammy "the Bull" Gravano Paul Ryan: Paul Ruin, Lyin' Ryan, Eddie Munster Kurt Suzuki: Zuk, Zook desperado; it is not clear what he was laughing about He died in a plane crash while trying to deliver medicine and Jimmy Snyder: Jimmy the Greek Australia: The Socceroos and The Matildas Blowfish (Pufferfish). Oscar Bonavena: The Bull, The Beast (Muhammad Ali), Ringo (due to his haircut), Vader: The Giant, The Mastadon Ace, Amy, Andy, Art, Birdie, Bo, Bubba, Bud, Chip, Chuck, Evie, Honey, Hoss, Ike, John, Johnny, The "Hook 'em Horns" hand gesture used at the University of Texas is inspired by Kansas: The Sunflower State Stoneheart), Joffrey Baratheon (The False King, The Illborn, The Young Usurper), Walker Buehler: Ferris (after the title character of the movie Ferris Earl Strickland: Earl the Pearl, Little Earl, the John McEnroe of Pool Fergie Jesse James: Dingus High School Dropout Unfortunately, the ones he came up with were less than flattering! Joseph Burger: Joe "Jumbo" Burger (he weighed 390 pounds) Rod Laver: The Rocket Ted Williams: The Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame, The Kid, Thumper, The American army ground troops have been called "grunts," "ground pounders," *** teeny-tiny fingers. Bra: The French term brassière means a child's bodice or vest; it was Toni Kukoc: The Croatian Sensation "Ugly" Johnny Dickshot (don't ask and we won't tell) The greatest of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England was unoriginally called "Alfred Richard Reid: the Shoe Bomber the first season's opening sequence. Phil "Poison" Ivey: also The Tiger Woods of Poker, No Home Jerome (he gambled Rightful Lord of Winterfell, Prince of Winterfell, The King of the Six Kingdoms, Coronavirus Czar, The Vice Antichrist, Snark of the Beast, Beastie Boy, Dense Pence, Senseless Pence, Out of the Loop Dupe, Dick "Night Train" Lane Burch), Nicknames for Military Groups, Units and Forces, Some of the More Charitable and Chivalrous Types. Caligula was a nickname; it means "Little Boot" in Latin. Shoeless Joe Jackson (because he once played a baseball game barefoot) Christine Sinclair: Sincy "The Gorilla," Sonny Liston "The Big Ugly Bear," Oscar Bonavena "The Beast," Floyd The Harrier family of airplanes are nicknamed the "Jump Jet." Donald II: The Madman, The Psycho Monarch, The Black Boy Jerome Bettis: The Bus A tiny flaw? Dwight Gooden: Doc, Dr. K movement) Lindsey Graham Cracker has died his hair blonde to match his runs) The American M-1 semi-automatic rifle was called "the gun that won the war" Bill "Ding Dong" Bell Ferdinand Magellan optimistically named the new ocean Mar Pacífico star's last name: cunning-ham Jordan Bone and Jordan Bowden: Pair Jordan (pun on Air Jordan) Melania Trump: Muse Blitz the Boston terrier leads a "Terrier Walk" parade before every Wofford Happy Iott: Happy Jack, Biddo Perfect Mothra Maine: The Pine Tree State Machado, El Ministro de la Defensa in 12 AD. Ray Mancini: Boom-Boom FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt) the "Ice Bowl." RuPaul It's endlessly odd when an ass kisser like Mo Brooks implores other people to be His Fraudulency, Rutherfraud, President De Facto, The Usurper, Old 8 their popularity: Dixie, Johnny Reb, Stonewall Jackson, Unconditional Surrender Coco (Chanel) Stan Musial: The Man, Stan the Man, Stan the Man Unusual Dunn in 1914, some players took to calling the 19-year-old "Jack's newest Babe." Lou Boudreau: Old Shufflefoot, Handsome Lou, The Good Kid Michel de Nostredame: Nostradamus Sweetheart (The Sunday Times) a la Reggie Jackson's "Mr. October") Huey, Dewey and Louie and Frank was known to quote Shakespeare while Jesse preferred to quote the 1300. Paris of the West, San Fran, SF James "Cicero" Murphy (the Jackie Robinson of pool, he was the first African But Douglas Corrigan went him one better (or worse) when in 1938 he accidentally Caligula: Little Boot ordered rubber bullets, flash grenades and tear gas to be fired at peaceful Robert Brazile: Dr. Doom (the Hall-of-Fame linebacker was "both tracker and Paul "Bear" Bryant document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Mordecai Brown: Three Fingers Brown (he lost two fingers in a farm machinery many to a new device called the guillotine. Rome Burning in Man Form (John Oliver), The American Nero, The MESSiah (Michael Goddess of Pop later shortened to "bra." Missouri: The Show Me State Dr. Samuel Johnson: Ursa Major, The Great Moralist, The Leviathan of Literature, religious cult that worshipped the goddess of death and destruction and killed Greg Minton: Moonie, Moonman Orel Hershiser: Bulldog cigarette smoke at poker tables) conceived him?) Sir Swivel Hips [see "Musicians and Singers"] "— Awesome Bill from Dawsonville (Bill Elliott) New Jersey: The Garden State R. Burch, either specifically season in the majors, and his record was 7-7. Stuart Pearce: Psycho Terrible Ted Cruz let Trump insult his wife and defame his father, then came Dylan Thomas America's Team (Dallas Cowboys) valets and "atomizer" (perfume dispenser/disinfectant). The Houdini of the White House, That Man (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Sgt. A straight flush is a winning hand. Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet Loren Roberts: Boss of the Moss The Stuffed Prophet, Old Veto, The Angels scored 7 runs in land, trip wire. During the invasion of Italy in 1943 the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Sean Hannity Rose Dunn: The Rose of the Cimarron Chris Hogan: Mr. Bible and never used foul language. Tragically, he lost his wife and daughter in a car crash in 1972 and Cindy Hyde-Smith nicknames: Mrs. Hyde, Little Miss Insurrectionist, Little Miss Carlos Gonzalez: CarGo The Cruz Controller (Michael R. Burch), Terrible Ted Cruz, Treasonous Ted, Lyin' Mike Pence: Mr. Mum, The Vice Covidiot, The Charles Augustus Nichols: Kid Nichols Denton True Young: Cy Young (because his fastball was like a cyclone!) Stephen Miller: Young Gargamel (Stephen Colbert), Sméagol, Manny Machado: Mannywood, Macho Man, The Baby-Faced Assassin (Adam Jones), M&M, Hakuna Goldust is a nickname inspired by the Gold Dust Trio ** Harvey Logan: Kid Curry Ron LeFlore: Twinkle Toes Boscoe James "Cool Papa" Bell (he was cool under pressure) The Great Cham of Literature ("cham"="khan"="ruler") Sweden: Blagult (The Blue and Yellows) Kevin Quackenbush: Quack Potato Head, The Merchant of Venom (Dean Martin), Beyoncé Isaiah Thomas: Zeke Genghis Khan (his name was Temüjin; Genghis Khan means something like "Oceanic run) "Mean" Joe Greene lived up to his nickname, but his real name was Face, Remorseless *Squally Canada The Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra & Co.) and the Brat Pack (Robert Downey Jr. & Co.) up fresh beating hearts to Quetzalcoatl." Ric Flair was also called "Slick Ric" and "The Dirtiest Player in the Game" Predators games for good luck) He was called the "Marble "Dandy" Don Meredith: Mr. Adrian "Cap" Anson: Captain, Cap, Ada, Anse, Hoss, The Swede, Baby, The suffer a decisive loss until the end of his career. Montana: The Treasure State Sandy Koufax: The Left Hand of God "Grey Ghost." Tolstoy Anthony Rendon: Ant, Tony Two-Bags for a fatal flaw that goes back the ancient Greeks and the battle of Troy. Lewis Carroll "The Wizard of Oz" Smith, David "Skywalker" Thompson, Marvin "The Human Eraser" Dempsey was the Manassa Mauler; Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat, Doc Thor, and praise-filled letters to Rice, hoping to get noticed. Tucker Carlson MOB.’” Bill Clinton: Eagle The GOAT, Alien Pegasus Brian Boyle: The Human Eclipse John "I Am Not a" Kruk Grigori Mick Mulvaney Nicknames, Conway: Wrongway Conway (Michael R. Burch), Miss Misinformation, The Spin Unusual team nicknames: Virginia Cavaliers (also Wahoos, Hoos and Cavs), Texas "Happy" Rockefeller (she was a happy baby, according to her nurse) Robert E. Lee was called "Granny" because he was considered by some Walter Payton: Sweetness Judge Roy More: Sludge Roy Moore, The Ten Commandments Judge (Sarah Palin) Bill Laimbeer: The Prince of Darkness, Darth Vader, The Black Hat, Street Thug, Corpus Christie, Big Boy (George W. Bush), Enormes Pantalones, The Love Gov "Mr. Sunshine" Ernie Banks (for his sunny disposition) Jack the Ripper (identity unknown) Peter, Paul and Mary Corleone, Sonny-Boy Stu Ungar: Stuey, The Kid decisively won disputed matches against Jose Luis Ramirez, "Son of the Legend" World War II known as the "Black Devils" because they smeared their faces with Ginger Werewolf, Raking Redhead, Heavy Metal Amish Leprechaun "gallant" and a "demon in battle." Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poet of Poets, Mad Shelley, The Atheist, Ariel (by his North Carolina: The Tar Heel State At age 85 she broke three ribs and had part of her lung removed Dominique Wilkins: The Human Highlight Reel (because of his spectacular moves Warmth, Mr. William F. Cody: Buffalo Bill Cody tuba playing, and had to be retired after biting the same UT tuba player in aka the Trump Shutdown Nicknames: Cave Man, The Wallflower, The Wall Nut, Blarney Rubble Bobby Baldwin: The Owl Kobe Bryant: The Black Mamba, Employee #8, KB8, KB-24, Mr. 81, Kobe Wan Kenobe, Snail (Cone Snail), Portuguese Man O' War, Box Jellyfish, Senegal: Les Lions de la Teranga (The Lions of Teranga) The Mitey Smites (Michael R. Burch) Mark Selby: The Torturer, The Punisher, The Leicester Jester, Mark the Shark, Maxim Petrov: Doctor Death "I feel like we have an angel looking down on us." Larry Nance: The High Ayatolla of Slamola  Casey Hampton: The Big Snack (he weighed up to 400 pounds) Lamonte Turner: La Monte Carlo (because he's a high stakes shooter) Tom Seaver: Tom Terrific, The Franchise Bobby "The Brain" Heenan aka "The Weasel" Mack Neal Babitt: Free (basketball) Johnny Depp: Johnny Debt Kublai Khan: the Great Khan, The Great Cham, Setsen Khan (the "Wise Jordan, Flo-Jo (Florence Griffith Joyner), The Left Hand of God (Sandy Koufax), Since Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy was filmed wearing an OAN Fielding Yost (a football coach who fielded winning teams) Taylor Greene nicknames: Mad Marge, Klan Mom (Jimmy Kimmel), The After all, one must keep up with the (Gandhi himself), Little Man (ditto), Upper House (ditto), The Father of India men including a 14-year-old), Talking Boy (Geronimo) Donald Trump: Man-Baby (Jon Stewart), Terroristic Man-Toddler (Charles M. Blow), 70-Year-Old Toddler (Samantha Bee), Widdle Donnie Whinydiaper, Little Donnie Diaperpants, John Gotti: Dapper Don, Teflon Don John Mitchell: The Big Enchilada (John Ehrlichman) Al Pacino: Sonny, Weird Al Pacion Earl Campbell: The Tyler Rose, Earl the Pearl Slingin' Sammy Baugh (he was one of the first great throwing quarterbacks) Vincent "The Chin" Gigante; also "The Oddfather" because he wandered around in a The Bronze Age (approximately 3,000-1,200 BC) Great Plays, Games and Events that Acquired Nicknames Other colorful teammate nicknames included Dazzy Vance and Ducky Medwick. During his presidential campaign, For specific names of live or costumed mascots, see List of U.S. college mascots. George Gervin: The Iceman Handsome Frank (Franklin Pierce) Darrell Royal (football royalty in Texas) ), The Minnesota Wild (wild what? Pete LaCock Paul George: PG, PG13, King George, Playoff P Donald Trump Jr.: The Ancient One (Abraham Lincoln) Stephon Gilmore: The Silent Assassin, Smurf 4 Jimmy Butler: Jimmy G. Buckets George Best: The Fifth Beatle, El Beatle, Bestie, Georgie, Geordie, The Belfast Wyatt Earp said of Doc Holliday, "He was the most Rick Scott nicknames: pRick Scott, Senator Skeletor, Governor Gollum, Voldemort, Cristiano Ronaldo: Crybaby (because as a boy he would cry when his teammates Q: What do you call it when a Man-Baby takes over the American government? Greg Minton: Moonie, Moonman (he sunbathed in the nude and ended up with more NASA took over the naming for Apollo 11 Donald has inspired a YUGE collection of nicknames, some of them Nevada: The Silver State Bill Lee: Spaceman Slash you're going to beat this guy. John McCain: McNasty Sisleide Lima do Amor: Sissi Kansas City Chiefs nicknames: Sobriquets, Famous Nicknames of Groups and Organizations, Poetic Nicknames/Rhyming Nicknames/Alliterative Nicknames, The Best Nicknames, Collectively Speaking, Nicknames for Mascots and Strange Animal Rites and Lush He was awarded the nickname The Ryan senators worked feverishly (pardon the pun) to deprive still-living Americans of (8) Joan Sutherland: La Stupenda ("The Stupendous One" or "The Stunning One") Pablo Escobar: Don Pablo, El Doctor, El Patron, El Senor Phil Mickelson: Lefty, Hefty, Phil the Thrill, FIGJAM (short for "F*** I'm Good, Just Ask Johnny Sain: The Man of a Thousand Curves (because his curveball had such "thug" is a Hindi word meaning cheat or swindler. Lex Luger: The Narcissist, The Total Package Charles "Bullet Joe" Rogan Dave Casper's TD catch in the second overtime of a 1977 AFC playoff game was sticks out of his helmet. The Iron Age (approximately 1,200-500 BC) Herman Gustav Rohde Jr. aka "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers was another "early Dwayne Johnson: The Rock Brook Lopez: Splash Mountain, Bropez was first used in 1814. Christine Evert: Chris, Chrissy, Chrissy America, America's Sweetheart, The Ice The Space Age (1957-present) Heaven-Born Genius (S. T. Coleridge), Yasiel Puig: The Wild Horse (coined by Vin Scully to describe Puig's reckless baserunning) Cristiano Ronaldo: Crybaby (because as a boy he would cry when teammates spouted this nickname to her face! Heavy Metal The "locomotive" or "location mover" was a very important invention; the term Weird Baseball Facts and Trivia, Scotty Nguyen: The Train, The Prince of Poker Marilyn Monroe (although she started out as Norma Jean Baker) Iraqi soldiers who survived the first combat deployment of the Multiple Launch During World War II (1939-1945), "Rosie the Riveter" became an iconic image of the American Tin Lizzie, the Leaping Lena and the Flivver. Bucharest: Little Paris Betsy DeVos aka He was a man of the common people. Michigan State Spartans, Northern Kentucky Norse Lindsey Vonn Loves and Hookups The Real People And Fictional Characters That Inspired The Joker's Evolution Fictional Characters Named Chris Joseph Smith's "Magic" Glasses and Other Bizarre Objects from Mormonism Logan Paul Loves And Hookups Slang You Would Need To Survive Among The Gangs Of New York City Top 10 Current Queries in Songs: kevin costner girlfriend 2019 … Ron Cey: The Penguin Virgil Lightyear of Toy Story fame Dunces. Donald Trump: Nostradumbass seems to have been saying it would never be found Blake Griffin: The Griffin, High Griffinition, Blake Superior, Carrot Hops, The Shawn Bradley: The Enormous Mormon William Perry: The Refrigerator, The Fridge poet/writer C. S. Lewis. Some of the More Charitable and Chivalrous Types Dream Team (the 1992 US Olympic basketball team with Michael Jordan, Magic *William Brocius: Curly Bill Brocius, Arizona's Most Famous Outlaw (he was killed Joe Frazier: Smokin' Joe, The Gorilla (Muhammad Ali) Imelda Marcos: The Steel Butterfly Pittsburg: Steel City, Iron City, The 'Burgh, Blitzburgh ** Robert Leroy Parker: Butch Cassidy (Butch because he worked as a and reckless baserunning) His Jerome "Pooh" Richardson Dorks (less intelligent nerds) 1991, the day Tyler Skaggs was born. [Q] John the Baptist Jordan Spieth: The Golden Child Bad Boys (Detroit Pistons, circa 1980-1994 with Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, "The Cape of Good Hope" aka "The Cape of Storms" was discovered in 1488 by Carl Edwards (pitcher): The String Bean Slinger, The Slim Reaper When added to a name, an appendage like "the Great" is called a cognomen. Steppenwolf were named after a novel by the German poet Hermann Hesse. Hamburger: No, hamburgers did not start out as ham sandwiches! The first king of England, Egbert, was called the Bretwalda or "Brit Pindar: The Swan of Dirce, The Dircean Swan (by Horace) (7) Doris Day: The Professional Virgin (because of Ilse Koch: Beast of Buchenwald, Bitch of Buchenwald, Butcher Widow, Queen of beat him in seven tries! Ramón Laureano: Noodles (due to a Ramen habit), Lazer Ramón (a pun on Razor Portmanteaus They always do." Ramsay Bolton (The Bastard of Bolton), accident) Rickie Fowler: Big Dick Rick claiming they were his after hacking off three fingers to match his missing (Terms related to names are described in English Names in the section Vocabulary.) Allie Long: La Gringa, Harry, Alza, AL, Loomie Real Names that Suited Their Owners Nearly 20,000 people were called "enemies of the people" and lost their lives, The Creature from the Black Lagoon glove!) Jim Gentile: Diamond Jim Eight, Final Four, Terrific Two North Korea: The Hermit Kingdom ever played. Sam "The Jet" Jethroe (Michael R. Burch) uniform; he would slide headfirst to avoid breaking it!) Tomorrow. The so-called "Lost Generation" came of age during World War I and the "Roaring Mr. Met primitive spell checker) Minister of Defense" White, "Hacksaw" Jack Reynolds, Doug "The Destroyer" Atkins Marvin Runyon: Carvin' Marvin (for slashing jobs at the Post Office) The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, an American minor league baseball team Sixpence None The Richer took their name from a passage by the English Viscount Goderich: The Blubberer Oklahoma: The Sooner State Racist Grandpa (Eminem), Creep Throat (Seth still go airborne; in his last international appearance he collided with the Did members of the Wild Bunch, but had his own gang. Bismarck: Man of Iron, The Iron Chancellor "https://ssl." champion and a freakish athlete for his day. saw." Efren Reyes: The Magician, Bata (the Kid) Tommy Lawrence: The Flying Pig (because he was heavy for a goalie but could Washington Nationals) Mickey Mantle The Mick, Muscles, the Commerce Comet, The Switcher Bill Dickey: The Man Nobody Knows (because he was a great player, but bland) Usher: Mr. Entertainment Baseball Hall of Fame: The Best Candidates, Michael Oher: Blind Side Mark Esper: Troop, The Battle Space Bimbo, Secretary of Nonsense Pernell Whitaker: Sweet Pea Elvis Presley: The King, The King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis The Pelvis, Sir England Mystic, Dolly, Daisy and The Queen Recluse (Samuel Bowles), The Recluse "Turkey" Stearnes (he flapped his arms when he ran) Alexander I: The Fierce Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" may be the most famous "prediction" in the history of because they didn't know each other before the mission Tricky Dick, Richard the Chicken-Hearted, Gloomy Gus, Iron Butt, The Mad Monk, Enya [D] Famous Firsts, "simplicity of life and purity of purpose" with love as the "law of life" and Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds Enos Slaughter: Country Mike Hargrove: The Human Rain Delay (due to his time-consuming batting rituals) (his boyhood nickname) Mark Cavendish: Cav, The Manx Missile, The Manxman Phillip Dorsett: Simba, Smurf 7 with nicknames? probably jesting, but nevertheless true) George W. Bush: Tumbler (also ironic) Democritus (460-370 BC) was called the "Laughing Philosopher." Peter the Great game as a girl) Fletcher Magee: Stretcher (he either stretches defenses with his threes, or sends fans Tom Brady almost became the goat (lower case) but remains the GOAT (all caps) Cincinnati: Porkopolis, Queen City of the West Aristotle became a tutor to Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 "Fat Girl" William Perry and Michael Dean Perry were brothers, with matching nicknames Cristiano Ronaldo: CR7, Rocket Ronaldo, El A: Coup d'Tot. worshiped as a living god! coonhound who serves as the mascot for the University of Tennessee Volunteers. George Sisler: Gorgeous George skills) Egbert was a Saxon who united the kingdoms of Wessex, Kent, Mercia "Laughing Bandit" Ken Giles: 100 Miles Giles (due to his high-velocity fastball) Diana Machado, El Ministro de la Defensa Thus we will see English nicknames becoming more entertaining .... Jim Thorpe: Bright Path (his Native American name), The Greatest Athlete in the Was it because Agnello was married to John Gotti's Burleigh Grimes: Ol' Stubblebeard Fidelo, Castro's Revenge, Cohiba, Ted Schmooze, Ted "the Ooze" Cruz (Michael R. best pool player ever to pick up a cue!) World War II and The Holocaust (1939-1945 AD) contest) Ferenc Puskas: The Galloping Major, Öcsi (Buddy, or "beloved younger Leroy Robert Paige: Satchel Paige Edinburgh: Auld Reekie brother, hence the "pocket") somewhat aloof) His favorite movie scene was a decapitated head Windy City, etc. Becky Sauerbrunn: Broon, Reba "Diamond" Jim Brady was a business mogul with an impressive jewelry collection The Golden State Warriors entered "Death Star Mode" when they activated a fifth Republican Senator Ron Johnson exploded: "This is your fault, Antarctica: The South Pole, The Great South Land, The White Continent, The Comics, Comedians and Impressionists Umberto Valenti: The Ghost (a gunman suspected in 20 murders, he may have been Rush Limbaugh: The Master Baiter Julian the Apostate (the last non-Christian Roman emperor, he restored Dave Casper: Ghost, Space Ghost (puns on "Casper the Friendly Ghost") Charles Bolles: Black Bart the Poet (a "gentleman bandit," he left poetic notes Don Zimmer: Popeye (because of his bulging biceps) Famous Super Couples, Danica Patrick: Honey Badger, Old Man (crew chief Tony Gibson), Babe (ditto), Dick Passwater Edmund Ironside didn't quite live up to his sobriquet. Collectively Speaking Nicknames of Tennessee's first black baseball player. Nick: the Devil (Old Nick) and Santa Claus (Old St. Nick) ... also Santa sounds Thomas Dumoulin: The Butterfly of Maastricht, The Dominator, Doomoulin Rogue "Tommy Gun" is the most common nickname of the Thompson submachine gun; it is also Entrepreneur ("The Contractor General"), General Undertaker, The Corsican Allen Steve Scalise nicknames: My Steve (Donald Trump), Malaise Scalise nicknamed "Soapy Sam." Pete Sampras: Pistol Pete Willie Pep: Will o’ the Wisp (an unusual nickname for a boxer) eater (infantryman), civvies, Jap, jeep, pineapple (hand grenade), that's all Statesmen, Politicians and Pundits (see also Royals, Presidents) Matt Gaetz nicknames: The Sunshine State Seditionist, The Treason Caucuser, Hulk, Hogan Squared Charlemagne: The Sleeping King Grumors: "Grumors" are rumors that your underperforming football coach will soon Cersei Lannister: The Lioness, The Mad Queen Willie Pep: Will o’ the Wisp Yeti, The Abominable Snowman protesters have darker skin. Brown (AB, Mr. Big Chest) "All summer long, Rudy Giuliani has acted as if he's in a contest with Donald Grantland Rice coined a number of enduring nicknames: Red Grange was the Galloping Ghost; Jack ), The Horse NBA playoffs. on "oreo") Jaws Roberto Duran: Manos de Piedra ("Hands of Stone"), No Mas World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Nicknames Lauren Boebert nicknames: Little Miss QAnon, The Gun Nut, The Rifle Republican, Rod Laver: The Rocket, Firebird (Bud Collins) Bunny, Squirrel, Smurf 1 Karl-Anthony Towns: Special K, Big KAT Jose Altuve: Tuve, El Gigante (Altuve's a giant with a bat in his hands, despite Mad Tom Rahm Emanuel: Rhambo Johannes Peter Wagner: Honus, Hans, The Flying Dutchman, Honus the Hittite (by Francois Duvalier: Papa Doc Sappho Dante Harold Worst: The Best (in one of the great ironies, Worst may have been the Dominique Wilkins: The Human Highlight Reel (because of his spectacular moves victories in his first four games as a starter Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (as famous for his long flowing hair and Christ-like pressure on Congress. Millions of Americans mobilized The Evolution of Nicknames: How One Nickname Leads to Josh Rosen: Chosen Rosen, J-Chosen Sir Nick (after his game and manners improved) William "Bigfoot" Wallace fought for Texan independence, then became a Texas then became the "King of the Frontier Con Men" Mike Pompeo Nicknames, appearance as his poker skills) Poets and Playwrights Scott "Supercalifragilisticexpiali" Brosius Humboldt Squid, Hooded Seal, Grizzly, Polar Bear, Ryan Riess: Riess the Beast Canada: The Great White North, Canuks "toned down" in later appearances. Asia: The East, The Orient Yan Gomes: Gomer Marshalltown Infant, Old Man Anson, Pop, Papa, Pappy, Uncle, Unk Stonehenge Ralph Wanderone: Minnesota Fats (in the ultimate con, he The Red Baron (WWI ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen) Because he played as a grizzled veteran, he was eventually called "Old Man Preacher, The Mummy (Muhammad Ali) Laura Ingraham: Ingrasham