And other funny nicknames
We got talking about nicknames on today's show after I spotted this tweet:
One a the best nicknames av ever heard is a guy in ma work called Wayne Bruce n he gets called ManBat
— STEG (@steghepburn) August 13, 2017
- “Good morning Paula. How are you. I know a man called the POTHOLE. The reason is because everyone tries to avoid him!” - John A O Sullivan in Killarney
- “Paula don’t know how true this is, but apparently there’s a guy in the UK whose name is Willie Pearson... his nickname is Prince Albert!”
- “Paula I used to be chubby. Friends called me Avodado because I was the "good kind" of fat!”
- “Paula, up to the Leaving cert., my (school) nickname was Cock. My last name is Roach.”
- “A fella used to work with us and we called him bungalow because he had nothing upstairs “
- “Hi Paula, my sister Nicola and I Pamela were known as Pampers and Nickers growing up. We hated it so much!”
- “Paula I know a guy who only has half an ear and his nickname is 18 months… and ear and a half!”
- “My brother was nicknamed Morris by because he played hurling and was a decent minor!”
- “We had an old neighbour who had a wig and an hearing aid… we called him ear wig!”
- “One nipple Dave. He has both of his nipples, we just like to wind him up and tell everyone he doesn't.”
@sweetpmac Hi Paula.
One guy in my local is called Pothole - to be avoided!
Not as bad as the guy known as Bombscare - he clears the place when he arrives!— Noel Gallagher (@estshuffle) October 14, 2019
- “Dunno how true this is Paula but I heard before that there was a guy who everyone called ‘Parts’. When I asked why, he told me his real name was Tony Hancock... toe, knee, hand….LOL!”
- “Fella in school was nick named "Bush" because he was walking with his friends and was somehow attacked by a nearby bush. Stuck the whole way though secondary school!”
- “Furious George. No explanation needed P!”
- “Morning Paula. Back in primary school in the 70’s a lad in our class was nicknamed BLOCK as he had a very big head just like a concrete block!” - Phil (Spud) Murphy
- “Good morning Paula, we used to know a girl whose nick-name was dicey, cos every time she drank alcohol she was sick! Diced Carrots!” - Jim
- “Morning Paula. One of the guys that I work with is called Foggy (not sure where it came from originally), but his younger brother is called Misty!!” - Siobhan, Kinsale
- “Paula, we have a fella called the mushroom because he would pop up anywhere.” - Postman Pete
- Good morning Paula. When on a project before, there an engineer from Finland named Pekkla Kukanin. The project manager couldn't remember his name and called him Pokémon. That was it for his whole stay!” - Vince
- “Paula when I was in school there was a fella called Fanny he was from England got it from the way he said funny”
- “Morning Paula. We had a chap in our year in school called Horse...he had 2 younger brothers who were naturally called pony and foal!”
- “Morning Paula, lad I worked with kept making mistakes so everyone called him Britney...oops I did it again!”
