Nicknames

PICTURE: What's Your Sloth Name?

Posted 02.13.2012

Sloths and name generators have been having a good couple of weeks. Between Kristen Bell's overjoyed sloth story going viral and everyone trying to fi...

What's Your Blues Name?

Posted 03.25.2012

Everyone loves a nickname. Whether they'll admit it or not, it's nice to have a special term of endearment that's reserved for just you. But what if n...

Recycling Your Ex's Nickname: Taboo or Totally Acceptable?

Maria Burnham | Posted 03.18.2012

Maria Burnham

Is it OK to recycle pet names and phrases? I mean, the odds of an ex discovering you've dipped into your once-shared repertoire are very slim. And even if she were to hear of it, is it really that bad?

The Indian Mission Kids Only Knew Him As 'Rochester'

Tim Giago | Posted 11.29.2011

Tim Giago

His death made me wonder how many more of my classmates had passed away and I never knew it because I only knew them by their nicknames.

What's Your Name? Dunce? Bong? Bum?

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.17.2011

Virginia M. Moncrieff

In the Philippines, everyone seems to have some kind of all-purpose nickname that long ago rendered their real name obsolete. Politicians with names like Joker, Boy, Butch and Ping are commonplace.

How Not To Name The Baby: Top Ten Baby-Naming Mistakes

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 05.25.2011

Pamela Redmond Satran

Naming a baby Porsche or Chanel or, yes, Huffington may be taking the idea of branding far too far.