Definition of Nickname

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Definition of Nickname
	Nickname A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation. To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. Related Definitions: An, Appellation, By, Call, Contempt, Derision, Familiar, Familiarity, Give, Given, In, Name, Nickname, Opprobrious, Or, Sportive, To

Nickname Quotations

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.
Thomas Paine

My feet ain't got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller's got big feet, soon the feet start looking big.
Satchel Paige

Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
Alan Alda

Carrot Top is a nickname that people call me and I thought that it was more marketable.
Carrot Top

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
William Hazlitt

John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing.
John Legend

I thought it was pretty good to be mentioned in a big paper, so I decided to keep the nickname.
Dick Lane

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.
Richard Roeper

When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten.
Joaquin Phoenix

I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.
Jack K. Cooke

Nickname Translations

nickname in French is surnom
nickname in German is Spitzname
nickname in Italian is nomignolo
nickname in Spanish is apodo

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