Watching the Tour of California and hearing the different nicknames of the club riders, I was wondering........do you have a nickname?
Our little pelaton gave me the nickname of Rabbit, and lately, The Black Widow. :eek:
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Watching the Tour of California and hearing the different nicknames of the club riders, I was wondering........do you have a nickname?
Our little pelaton gave me the nickname of Rabbit, and lately, The Black Widow. :eek:
Hey, the guys in my local club call me the Black Widow too! I wasn't sure how to take it....should I be flattered or offended??
Ha! I'm Thumper. I drive a vw rabbit and I'm fast off the block (and my BF says I have a cute cottontail).
there is a guy on one of my rides who they call DamnIt Man. I was wondering and wondering who damnIt man was and it turns out I've known him for years as Mike.
Brick house :D
Because I used to be competitive in powerlifting and Olympic style weightlifting... Even though I'm much smaller & leaner now, I'm still muscular and heavy for my size- one day on a training ride, the guys on my team started singing the song, and ever since then, it stuck!
ok I don't know why I got this one but I have had it for a long time. Sigh.....ok here it is Nunu Head. Don't ask cuase I don't know why?
Andrea....I'm still looking for a pic of you on your blog. I am intrigued by your sig line (not being a toothpick myself! :rolleyes:)....
No nickname for me here (that I'm aware of). Thank goodness....most of them I'm aware of seem to be born of bad habits.
- There is a guy who rides with my LBS who has the nickname "Gap", cuz....well, he's (in)famous for letting a gap open up in front of him in a paceline!
- And another guy we refer to a "Pop" - not because of his paternal nature, but because he'll sprint ahead of everyone at the base of a hill, and then *POP* he blows up (pops) and can't climb, so he soon falls off the back. But come the next hill...there he goes charging to the front again, only to *POP* fall off the back again!!! :rolleyes:
Used to call a girl Crossover Lina - could never figure out not to cross the chain over. Also, could never ride a straight line!
My DH calls me Blondie - that doesn't have anything to do with biking, though. He also will refer to me as a bomb (babe on mountain bike) or a bob (babe on bike). My Santa Cruz mtb has my online nick on it "the Little B!tch That Could". And a lot of people, including cycling buds, call me "T". These all really beat "Shorty" and "Spaz" that I enjoyed in high school. :(
Oh, there was a ride we did once when we were in another town and did a ride with a friend of a friend - he was a fit fast climber and *he* called *me* a HammerHead. :D I *loved* that!
H&B
~T~
I don't have a nickname per se, but one of my riding buddies and I call each other "Girlsteiner" which is a play off of Gerolsteiner's cycling team. We started using "Girlsteiner" as code for our, um, private parts when we went over a rough patch of road and it morphed from there. Silly, I know but it still cracks us up.
My non cycling nicknames are Kick (which is what I called myself when I was little) and Diddler, which morphed from Katydid (my real name is Kate) when I was in college. Try explaining that one!
OK, I wasn't gonna chime in with my embarrassing nickname for the world to see on the web, but after reading that one, mine is nothing! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Captain Lizard. Started out in HS during a stint as captain on a swim team. But, that was when my first nephew was born, and my brother thought it was hilarious. Over the years, he taught all four of his kids to call me that.
Once, on the sidewalk in front of their house, one of the kids was about 8, and called, "Goodbye Captain Lizard!" His little friend asked him, "Why do you call her that?" My nephew replied with a puzzled expression, "Because that's her name!" Like, duh!
Since I dressed up as Pippi Longstocking for halloween everyone's been calling me Pippi or Pip.
Otherwise "trouble" has always followed me through the years. Not the action, but everyone seems to think I am. :confused:;)
Haha- I've yet to get one up there! All of my photo albums are on Myspace, but you have to be a member on there to view them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Regina
Whumpus (or Grumpus, if I'm in a mood)
Our DD nicknames:
Captain Canoe-Toe and Womper
There is a group in the club known as the Mad Dogs. I'm not officially a Mad Dog but I do participate in the centuries they host throughout the season. Last seaon, shortly after my surgery to remove my hair filled dermoid cyst, when one the Mad Dogs inquired about my surgery. I explained what the doctors found and that my cyst was filled with hair. Upon arriving back our cars I was given the Mad Dog nickname of "Hairball." Each and every time I hear someone shout out "Hi Hairball" I can't help but smile and chuckle.
Limewave -- was that from "Hunt the Wumpus"? (Ancient, pre "real computer" texas instruments game). I loved that game when I was about 7 :D:D:D.
The boys I ride with call me Gus. That is the name I got when I earned my honorary Y chromosome last summer.
Cynthia - My real name (I usually am called Cindy)
Cynch - a cute nickname until puberty hit - then it just sent the wrong message :eek::eek: so I insisted that it stop.
Skinch-Bag - My brothers morphed version of Cynch
Luchea - My sisters morphed version of Cynch
Scoop - My artistic name earned for the way I scooped oil paint up with the palet knife and brought it to the canvas
Legs - Hey, I am 5'8". I really should be called Feet :rolleyes:
This is a fun thread!!!
Yours truly - Skinch-Bag
The bike club I'm with gave me the nickname "fruitgirl" b/c the first event I volunteered with them, I had this cooler w/ snacks and whatnot(incl some fruit) enough for everyone and the name stuck. Every now and then if there's an event I'm asked did I bring any goodies. My other new nickname w/ them is Madam Secretary since I'm club secretary now. Jenn
this may come as a surprise, but my nickname is beane.
My nickname from middle school is Corny, short for Cornflakes. It was middle school after all. :rolleyes:
My alternate personality's name is Kit McCracken. She used to be a pirate, but now she plays roller derby. ;)
Karen
Well, not really..people have tried to use Jeannie on me...I'm not warm at that moment. I truly dislike the diminunitive of my name on me, but on someone else it works...like another cyclist, she's a good friend... but it's her real name.
Unless you count my name in my mother tongue..which it is used in that language and I will respond. :rolleyes: It is actuallly a beautiful translation into English : "Precious" or "Highly Treasured" and with my middle name which translates as Orchid. So the 2 together is poetic (to me).
Well, sorry, come to think of it, he calls me Poobie, if it's not dearie.
And I call him....honey-jurgen-bear...... his German, legal first name is Hans-Jurgen (he has an English name)...because he does have honey everyday...
And yea, we call each other these names while cycling..
Grasshopper, Chezza,
I turned my nickname into my legal name.
I have a nickname at the dojo, it's not oft used but it's
(insert legal name here) _____a'nator.
I showed up for a ride and introduced as "here's _____a'nator" :D
Some were shocked. I'm 5'1". :p BTW I did not get the nickname by being vicious, I got it from a simply horrific e-mail fauxe pas (sp?) of global proportions :rolleyes:
and mine's Bron :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Beane
Although I was flattered to learn that the rest of my group on a biathlon course were referring to me as the "Power Frau" (I was the only girl there).
For years, we called Silver "ET", but Silver has stuck to her now;) I often call her Silver when we ride...it just works.
BF calls me "evil witch monster" :D
Kiki. My real name is Kim and my 11th of 12 nieces/nephews, when first trying to say my name, said it Kiki. And it sort of stuck. Though my mother, God rest her soul, said "why do you let them call you that stupid name". I told her, better than the stupid one you gave me. :) I especially like it when folks put my title on there, cause there is something fun about Dr. Kiki. :) Though I guess not very professional. I also have a few friends that call me Kimbo, Kimba (the white lion for those of my age), and my oldest brother has recently taken to calling me my nickname from when I first started talking - Timmy Annie. :)
I've never really had a nickname.
My grandfather, Leslie, had 2 brothers, Alan & Floyd.
Their nicknames were Eckie, Skeets & Happy. For their entire lives.
OH, oh, oh!!! I forgot my FAVORITE nickname of all time.
Ama. Like Mama without the m. My sweet little almost-3 grandson calls me Ama. It melts me.
Karen
Evil Midget. One of my teammates also employs me as her Personal Trainer. She's the one who gave me the name. Others just glomed onto my personality and height.
My sweet grandson calls me "Bobbi".:)
LOL!! Some of the nicknames are toooo funny! :D
Tuckervill, I think you should add Mother Goose to your collection of nicknames since you are heading the women's cycling club.
That's probably a good idea. I've just volunteered for it, though--they haven't accepted! :)
Karen
I've never had a real nickname. My family used to call me Rob, for Robyn, but that sort of went away after I went to college. My boss calls me that and it used to annoy me until i had to do a writing piece about my name in a workshop. The workshop was run by a very good friend of my boss. When I read my piece, and I said it annoyed me when she called me Rob, the woman said I should tell her. I then realized it was stupid to be annoyed. She doesn't mean anything by it!
My uncle used to call me "Cousin Nybor," which is my name backwards. My younger cousins really liked that when they were little.
I occasionally call you "Q" when we ride, short for Susie Q.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthernBelle
Um, mine are Charlie Mayhem (from the bar scene) and Megative at work.
From my riding partner. Early last season while out on a training ride, some other rider did something that yanked my chain, I was grumbling, and was harrassed about my grumbling. Then I replied something to the effect that I didn't have any sugar in my morning coffee, but Mike heard, that I didn't have any sugar in my pockets. He wasn't sure why I said that, what sugar in my pockets had do do with anything, and why would I have coffee in my pockets... and I've been called Sugar Pockets ever since.
Some of these are really funny--the ones that have interesting stories behind them remind me of "trail names" that long-distance hikers often have. (Some good ones I have heard are "Sir Pees-A-Lot", "Flameboy", who must have had some sort of accident with his stove, and "Vagus" as in cranial nerve X). I've never really had a nickname other than "Andi" (short for Andrea) when I was little, and that one was really only used by my family.
Wow, funny to see all those different nicknames... I've had a few too...
Badger - while I was still in the Corps had a 1stSgt call me Badger, small and
cute, but vicious when provoked
Motivated B@#ch on wheels - another one from the Corps
Milkbone - was on a call, went back out to the truck to get supplies and a
dog blindsided me and tried to have my thigh for dinner, my EMS
buddies call me milkbone and even came up with a safety kit for
me a, P.E.E.D.D - Paramedic Entry Exit Diversion Device, 2
milkbones in a ziplock with instructions to throw at dog and run
like crazy person. So my last nickname is "Kibbles" some RN's in
the ED have decided to call me that instead of milkbone. LOL:D
Milkbone so far is one that has stuck with a lot of people, heck I answer to it if they can't get my attention any other way :eek:
Nothing to do with cycling. My partner uses diminutives Jeannie (not my real name at all), or Dearie or Poopie. Not sure HOW the last one came about. But we do use nicknames on each other while cycling with one another..it makes a great distinctive signal above other people talking around us nearby.
Anyway....I struck upon a great one, one day while I was cycling with him. His real name which is German, Hans-Jurgen. ("J" is pronounced as a "Y" in German). So nickname for him is: Honey-Jurgen. Or Honey-Jurgen-Bear. ...since he genuinely buys and uses real honey to sweeten his yogurt every wk.
My real name in Chinese, is seldom used even by my own family. But when used, it sounds like an endearment/nickname to me. My Chinese real name is translation of: "Precious" or "Highly Treasured".
Nickname update:
I've how been tagged with "legs" and "goat" due to my climbing abilities. I'm also still known as "hairball." I just hope they don't combine them all into one - like "hairy goat legs!" :eek: The joys of cycling!