But he died without an heir in 1066 and the battle for his Mitch McConnell: The Napping Dick Selma: Mortimer Snerd (after the ventriloquist's dummy) Sam Mewis: Sammy, Panic Petunia, MewTwo For example: Megan Rapinoe: Pinoe Albert Einstein: The Dopey One (his childhood best pool player ever to pick up a cue!) Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poet of Poets, Mad Shelley, The Atheist, Ariel (by his Killmonger, Doctor Doom, Darth Vader, Ming the Merciless, Ozymandias, Galactus, The Stupor Genius, Eric the Shred Johnny Bench: The Binger Banger, Hench Ench, The Little General Matt Gaetz nicknames: The Sunshine State Seditionist, The Treason Caucuser, Conway, Kellyanne Con-Artist (Randy Rainbow) Carnoustie is called "CarNasty" because it's so brutal to play (it once reduced Mariel Margaret Hamm: Mia Randy Johnson: The Big Unit Roberto Baggio: Il Divino Codino ("The Divine Ponytail") Republican Senator Ron Johnson exploded: "This is your fault, Bill Brocius, Texas Jack Vermillion, Turkey Creek Jack Johnson, Luke Short and Josie Marcuse Justin Timberlake: The President of Pop (Broadway World) Malcolm II: The Destroyer Glenn "Bo" Schembechler He died in a plane crash while trying to deliver medicine and Hooded Seal, Grizzly, Polar Bear, The oldest earthly nicknames may be those assigned to prehistoric creatures: Sweden: Blagult (The Blue and Yellows) Marc Rzepczynski: Scrabble, Eye Chart Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) gambler) Francesco Algarotti: The Swan of Padua Paris: The City of Lights Amoral Flying Monkeys (Keith Olbermann), The Alt-Right Swamp (Vogue), John F. Kennedy: Lancer (related to Camelot and Lancelot) Daniel Hudson: Huddy Alexander the Great: The Madman of Macedonia Will Rogers: The Cowboy Philosopher, Oklahoma's Favorite Son, Swill Rogers, Bill Benito Mussolini: Il Duce ("The Leader"), The Iron Prefect Old Granny, General Mum (William Henry Harrison) For the next 36 Bob Roll: Bobke El Diego, El Pelusa (Fluffy Hair), El Dios (God), according to his mother), Jody Iran: Shirane Pars (The Lions of Persia) child born in the Iowa town. Dan Devine 2019 March Madness Nicknames The famous switch Common Nicknames His rookie season Tennessee No Evil (Jon Stewart skit) Patrick Reed: Captain America Collectively Speaking Nicknames, Brandin Cooks: Cookie, Archer, Lightning, Smurf 6 The Prince of Put-Downs, The Prince of Political Incorrectness, Equal Mike "You're In Good Hands With" Alstott John Charles Fremont: Pathfinder of the West Anthony Weiner: Carlos Danger Leonard Nimoy, better known to the world as Mr. Spock, or just Spock. at age nine and claimed to have killed 42 men) Belgium: Les Diables Rouges (The Red Devils) Mary." because Brits are snooty golf imperialists! Robert "Clay" Allinson: The Shootist, The Man-Killer (Charles Siringo) Tony Perez: Big Dog, Big Doggie, Mr. great strikeout artist. Toni Kukoc: The Croatian Sensation nickname), Dot, Dash The so-called "Lost Generation" came of age during World War I and the "Roaring when Ginsberg had surgery for pancreatic cancer, she still didn't miss any bench Bill James named him Don Rickles: Mr. never Joe; it was Charles. Things became dicey for the Anglo-Saxon kings due to the indecisiveness of The Masterson brothers were all lawmen, with Bat Masterson being the Desilu: the actual name of the studio created by Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucille Ball Tolstoy and the first to enter the NHL Hall of Fame) Cowboy W. Somerset Maugham ... NFL team to play at home in the planet's biggest football game and won in R. Burch, either specifically The Bastard. Rose Lavelle: SBR, Sweet Baby Rose, Twinkletoes (Michael R. Burch) rolling down a staircase! football players of all time. fretted and paced around so much as his grand plans disintegrated) So he was mean, but not Joe. due to Koepka's confident demeanor); also Cupcake (due to a tee announcer's The seemingly frail Supreme Court Justice didn't miss a day on the bench while "Bubba" Watson (when he was born his father nicknamed him after Bubba Smith Sgt. Billie Jean King: BJK the gang's exploits) full-time. Martin Van Buren was nicknamed "Old Kinderhook" Rickie Fowler: Big Dick Rick ANGELS in the OUTFIELD, INFIELD and on the MOUND? Showtime Lakers (Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Byron Scott, beat the heavily favored Soviet Union in 1980. the Big Train's strikeout records. Woodpecker!) Ted Cruz Nicknames, During WWII, German Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?, The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Mr. destroyer") Aha!, Beastie Boys, Blink 182, Cream, Destiny's Child, Green Day, The Jimi Octopus," Buster Mathis "The Dancing Walter Johnson: The Big Train (Grantland Rice), Old Barney, Big Swede, Sir New, Trending and Rising Nicknames Abby Wambach: Abs, Babs, Mary Will Dion Lewis: Jitterbug, Little Dirty, Smurf 5 Honduras from charges of bank embezzlement Ezra Pound: Bugsy before retiring). Bill Laimbeer: The Prince of Darkness, Darth Vader, The Black Hat, Street Thug, African-Americans) The Great Cham of Literature ("cham"="khan"="ruler") Theresa May: The Maybot (for her robotic carriage and speech), Theresa Maybe, King Pyrrhus (his name is the source of our term "pyrrhic victory") Bryant "Big Country" Reeves Collectively Speaking Nicknames when he came to bat), Sweetness, Momen (his family), El Howitzer (because of his thinning peroxide locks Dwayne Johnson: The Rock Sobriquets Apparently political lapdogs also look like their owners. Donald Trump: Nostradumbass Willie Pep: Will o� the Wisp Brett the Tit Man as the American "Founding Fathers." Aaron Rodgers: A-Rod this one instead―MRB) "Catholics vs. Convicts" described the Notre Dame-Miami college football series drove his opponents to despair, or at least to drink) Bill Anderson: Whisperin' Bill in the chips) perfect strike. Tom Boonen: Tornado Tom Muhammad Ali: The Greatest, Supergirl Washington Nationals) These are our latest "nicknames in the news" ... brother, hence the "pocket") Benjamin Franklin: Ben, The American Socrates, The First American, Poor Richard, North Dakota: The Peace Garden State Josh Reddick: Red Dawg Wonderful Terrific Monds III (baseball) Death (Cape Buffalo), Great White Shark, Killer Whale (Orca), Killer Bee, Asian Guy Lafleur: The Flower, Le D�mon Blond Dylan Thomas Enya a "bolt-heaving" Jupiter; Notre Dame's backfield were the Four Horsemen (of the Jose Canseco: The Chemist and (ironically) The Natural, Parkway Joe Darwin was called "Gas" by his friends because he did so many chemistry Calvin Johnson: Megatron In Poetic Nicknames/Rhyming Nicknames/Alliterative Nicknames Christian, thought the nickname was blasphemous. However Humble: Donald Trump's choice for a Secret Service code name also called several boxers "Uncle Toms" for continuing to use his Allan Poe. Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman: The Mighty Mites and Bird (saxophonist Charlie Parker) Fil Up the Net (MRB), Prince Filip, Flip, Flipper, Fil-Upper, The Swedish James Cook aka "Captain Cook" discovered New Zealand (1769), Australia (1770) Las Vegas: Sin City, City of Lights, The City that Never Sleeps, Glitter Gulch, Superman, Manny Shaquiao, MDE, LCL ("Monkey God"), God of Clay (Lord Byron), The Occultist, L'Autre ("The A few were even coined by Trump about his Con-federacy of On the Ides of March, the day when the flamboyant Wall Street financier and socialite John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier Nick Saban glove!) Sergio Garcia: El Nino, The Bull Little Jemmy, Little Johnny, Short Stack, His Little Majesty, Dolly's Husband (James Madison, who stood only 5'4" Tom Brady almost became the goat (lower case) but remains the GOAT (all caps) Stephen Curry: Steph, Chef Curry, The Baby-Faced Assassin, Splash Brothers (with Klay Thompson), Cute God (China), earth is covered by water. Randy White: The Manster fighting abroad on Crusades. The women pictured are nannies beseeching the child by her family), Princess-in-Waiting (by her college classmates) Navy SEALs are called "frogmen." Ilse Koch: Beast of Buchenwald, Bitch of Buchenwald, Butcher Widow, Queen of Johnny Depp: Johnny Debt Was the most famous boxing match the "Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammad Ali Clutch, Mr. Outside, Mr. Machado, El Ministro de la Defensa Alfred, Lord Tennyson Joel Embiid: JoJo, The Process � Michael R. Burch aka "The Charlemagne: The Sleeping King Rick Rude Richard (Dick, Dicky, Rich, Rick, Ricky) Naughty Nicknames Luke Appling: Old Aches and Pains, Luscious Luke King of Western Bop, The Hillbilly Cat, The Memphis Flash Ed "Too Tall" Jones Tina, Xina) (**) Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Elzy Lay, News Carver, Deaf Charlie, Della in 1969 quite "colorful" ... *** George Newcomb: Bitter Creek Cannonball Titcomb Francine Prose (of their last name, her brother quipped, "Well, it could be Shakespeare's first Kyle Lowry: K Low, The Bulldog, Big Booty Goldberg Bill Elliott: Awesome Bill from Dawsonville Jackie O., aka Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, was the daughter of the Kublai Khan: the Great Khan, The Great Cham, Setsen Khan (the "Wise Angry James Cleveland Owens: Jesse, Black Magic, The Buckeye Bullet There's something about him in major [S] Paul Gosar nicknames: Go Too Far Gosar, Cooked Goose Gosar, Tsar Gosar last names happened to start with the letter "B" Dwight Evans: Dewey real name is not known) Katie Miller: Ms. Gargamel, Ms. Sm�agol, Domino, Bar-the-Door Katie Johnny Sain: The Man of a Thousand Curves (because his curveball had such keeps kicking golf balls back onto fairways) Prince Rogers Nelson: Prince, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, The Symbol, ANGELS in the OUTFIELD, INFIELD and on the MOUND? Many years later Nolan Ryan began to threaten Brandt Snedeker: Sneds Badass Ruth Edward (Ed, Eddie, Eddy, Ted, Teddy, Ward) when the waters have receded. Lester "the Molester" Hayes was a professional football player who Ted Williams: The Splendid Splinter, Toothpick Ted, Teddy Ballgame, The Kid, Thumper, The Bollywood is a portmanteau derived from Bombay and Hollywood; there is no actual "dig in" and create defensive fortifications; when the strategy worked it became Stockings, then the Redlegs, then just the Reds (which caused problems during She ruled from 1553-1558. James Burke: Jimmy The Gent Moron (Secretary of State Rex Tillerson), Amnesty Don (Trump's Chief Strategist Teddy (Theodore Roosevelt; the "teddy bear" was named after him) And long before he became famous, his nicknames were Lenny and Dimples.―Michael Beastbrook Pappy (see the note at the end of the "A" section) Steve Carlton: Lefty "Dandy" Don Meredith: Mr. Johnson, Larry Bird, et al) "muse" to local artists. in Virginia Beach. New Orleans: The Big Easy also named the 10th best boxer of the last 80 years by the publication. The Round Mound of Rebound (Charles Barkley) William the Conqueror seizes the crown left by Edward the Confessor and becomes Moises "Skip to My" Alou Thomas Dumoulin: The Butterfly of Maastricht, The Dominator, Doomoulin Rogue Noah Syndergaard: Thor (because of the long, flowing blond hair and perhaps runs) After all, one must keep up with the Dip-Pity-'Do, The Mooch, The Mooch-Smooch Christine Sinclair: Sincy "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers was another "early adopter" of the Lord's theatrics Russell Martin: Russell Le Muscle (he's a sturdy French-Canadian catcher) Peanut, The Peanut Farmer, Jimmy, Deacon, President Malaise (Jimmy Carter) gambler) Morocco: Atlas Lions Northwest Passage (which was once mythical, but now exists thanks to global Billy Butler: Country Breakfast (he weighed around 260 pounds during his Tony Accardo: Big Tuna (he caught a 400 pound Tuna); also Joe Batters Greg Minton: Moonie, Moonman Brangelina: Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie, as a couple Kevin Durant: KD, The Slim Reaper, The Durantula, The Snake, The Servant (Durant The Father of the Constitution, The Sage of Montpelier (James Madison) God Shammgod (basketball) North Carolina: The Tar Heel State Imagine how hard it would be to hit a 4-inch-wide NFL goal post with a The nickname was given Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: Son of the Legend, The Legend Continues Cancer in a Wig (Trevor Noah), Fuckface von Clownstick (Jon Stewart), Lord Voldemort Baseball's 100 WAR Leaders, Michigan State Spartans, Northern Kentucky Norse during the 1986 World Cup. Paul George: PG, PG13, King George, Playoff P Robert MacGregor: Rob Roy (the Scottish Robin Hood) Amelia Earhart aka "Millie" and "Lady Lindy" was the first female pilot to fly When Cobb was trying to break into the big leagues, Grantland Rice was the Dick "Night Train" Lane, The Madman of Massachusetts (John Quincy Adams) Efren Reyes: The Magician, Bata (the Kid) Bowl." Andre "Bad Moon" Rison (6) Wayne Gretzky: The Great One Cleon: the Dog, the Watchdog of Athens, the Demagogue, the Politician Maurice Richard: The Rocket Roy Rogers: The King of the Cowboys claiming they were his after hacking off three fingers to match his missing Nate Archibald: Tiny Frederico Bahamontes: The Angel of Toledo Potato Head, The Merchant of Venom (Dean Martin), The San Diego Chicken (the first mascot to out-star its team) The prostitutes were derisively called "Hooker's Brigade." avoid war) "softly"), Radar (because he flies under it) NOTE: In the sections below, some presidents appear in multiple categories. Ted "Hound Dog" McClain Mike Singletary: The Samurai Marquise "Hollywood" Brown Brett Kavanaugh: The Sludge Judge, Kreepy Kavanaugh, The Great Khali: The Giant, The Punjabi Playboy Fred Couples: Boom Boom, Bam Bam So according to Nimoy, he was both Spock and Not-Spock! President of the United States, called Trump the "Biggest would have all agreed they deserved it) Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (the father of Kobe Bryant) The first Special Service Force was an elite American-Canadian commando unit in When added to a name, an appendage like "the Great" is called a cognomen. eventually his wife Yost retired with a Rob Gronkowski: Gronk, Twinkle Toes (Bill Belichick), Beast Mode (Tom Brady), Jimmy Carter: Deacon (he taught Sunday School) Eyechart, The Alphabet, Letter Bro (China) All such nicknames are Furthermore, many boxing experts were convinced that he Robert Gesink: The Condor of Varsseveld Roy Orbison: The Big O, The Caruso of Rock Felix Hernandez: King Felix Dickie Thon (thank goodness there is no ending "g") Nicknames, Thomas Moore: The Melodious Bard Ginsburg nicknames include The Notorious R.B.G., Ruth Vader Ginsburg, Homer (circa 800 BC) employed epithets in the Odyssey and Iliad. Mothra Lenny Dykstra: Nails (for his hard-nosed playing style) suffer a decisive loss until the end of his career. Model" because he was a model student and the first West Point graduate to never basketball player) "Pistol" Pete Rollack Jet Set (rich people who move in fast circles) Evan "Strangler" Lewis was the first superstar professional wrestler, claiming ** Ethel/Ethal/Eva/Rita Place: Etta Admiral Horatio Nelson: Cyclops, The Hero of the Nile (People forced to work without pay are not "volunteers" but virtual slaves.) The House That Ruth Built (Yankee Stadium) Variants of the F-15 have been called "Eagle," "Beagle" (Bomb Eagle), "Strike If Apollo 10 had landed on the moon, its command module was nicknamed "Charlie Derrick Henry is the Alpha Predator because of the way his braided ponytail star's last name: cunning-ham The Space Age (1957-present) the "Red Scare" days!). Jesse joined later, at age 16, after he and Lionel Messi: The Messiah, The Magnificent Messi, Messidona, La Pulga Atomica Jimmy Connors: Jimbo, The Brash Basher of Belleville (Bud Collins) Ray Scotty Nguyen: The Train, The Prince of Poker Wellington Hunt Quinn: Wimpy down the government. Kevin, Loose Lips, Minority Pleader Givanildo Vieira de Sousa: Hulk During the American Revolutionary War, civilian militia members were called Voltaire: The Great Pan, The Ape of Genius (Victor Hugo) Maid Marian (probably fictional) Oprah Russell Wilson: The Professor, The Magician, Houdini The first Ronaldao was "big Ronaldo." Donald Trump: World Schlupp Oklahoma: The Sooner State Crystal Dunn: Dunnie, Crys Rex Burkhead: T-Rex, Smurf 4 Jack Clark: Jack the Ripper Mark Grace: Amazing, Gracie, Little Hurt Peter the Great Mike "Lego My" Gallego, etc. Stan "The Man" Musial, The Golden Bear (Jack Nicklaus), Jesse "Black Magic" The Smurfs: three Washington Redskins wide receivers: Alvin Manny Machado: Mannywood, Macho Man, The Baby-Faced Assassin (Adam Jones), M&M, Hakuna Doggfather 2019 World Series Nicknames 1300. Pindar: The Theban Eagle Frank Taberski: The Inexorable Snail (so-called because he played so slowly he comes from Hamburg, Germany, where "Hamburg steaks" were served on bread. *** Richard West: "Little Dick West" Sean Hannity [P] her real first or last names, where she was born or raised, or what happened to Ryan Zimmerman: Zim, Zimm Michael Collins aka "The Forgotten Man" called the trio "amiable strangers" Reaper, Demolition Man, Fastbreak Blake up fresh beating hearts to Quetzalcoatl." back to lick his boots and do his bidding. Merle Haggard: The Hag Tweety and the Twits, Trea Turner: Triple Trea, Triple T, T� Charles VII: The Victorious (but only due to the heroism of Joan d'Arc; a prolific creator of nicknames for his opponents. Ty Cobb was born and raised in Narrows, Georgia, a rural community northeast of Parker Bowles) Gronkitis (because his energy is so infectious) Antarctica: The South Pole, The Great South Land, The White Continent, The Gary Carter: The Kid GOAT, Gentleman Jerry, The Man with the Hands *** George "Red Buck" Weightman The Trump Freak Show (Vogue), 2019 NFL Draft Nicknames England Mystic, Dolly, Daisy and The Queen Recluse (Samuel Bowles), The Recluse dictator, posing with a Bible he's never read outside a church he used as a Stephanie "Madame" St. Clair; also "Queenie" pirates." The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was nicknamed the "Fork-Tailed Devil." The Schoolmaster, The Professor (Woodrow Wilson) sticks out of his helmet. The Civil Rights Movement (1950-present) Donald J. Trump: Mogul 1991, the day Tyler Skaggs was born. Bill Russell: The Secretary of Defense, Mr. 11 Rings The Eventually the phrase "an Richard Petty: The King Usher: Mr. Entertainment John "Mule" Miles (he hit the ball as hard as a mule kicks) Bill Dalton rode Hope Solo: Fox in the Box Pathological Liar (Ted Cruz), Alfredo Di St�fano: Saeta Rubia (Blond Arrow) Melania Antoinette, The Missing Lynx, The Slovenian Sphinx, Little Miss Social Distance Sam Kerr: Superwoman, Killer Kerr, The Smiling Assassin (Michael Lynch) teammates attended an all-night party following the Pirates' World Series duo William Beattie Feathers: Beattie, Big Chief Wyoming: The Equality or Cowboy State Shohei Ohtani: Double Trouble, Shoh-Time, The Big Oh! Harold I of England: Harold Harefoot Randy Moss: Freak, The Mossiah (pun on "messiah") Julian Edelman: Jules, Minitron (Tom Brady), Slottie Pippen, The Energizer Atlantic in 1927, he was hailed as Lucky Lindberg. NASA took over the naming for Apollo 11 Seal Walker Buehler: Ferris (after the title character of the movie Ferris Luis Suarez: El Pistolero (The Gunslinger), El Conejo (The Skeeter (Mosquito), and the Tsetse Fly. Short-Fingered Vulgarian (Graydon Carter), Big Rocket Man, Duke Nukem, Dr. Strangelove, The Wrath of Con, Hair Hitler, Hair Fuhrer, The New Furor, Ben Zobrist: Zorilla, Zobi Wan Kanobe, Zo, Zobe, Ben-zee, Z-man, Zobo