Just a brilliant thread of men’s ridiculous nicknames (and how they got them) after Derry Girls’ Nicola Coughlan said this
Derry Girls actress Nicola Coughlan went viral after she pondered on Twitter about the men’s ridiculous nicknames and the bizarre ways they get them.
Why do all straight men always have a group of friends called like : Baggsy, Trousers, Stupid Phil, and Egg
— Nicola Coughlan (@nicolacoughlan) August 16, 2019
And the reasons for the nicknames are always terrible
“Why is he called Egg?”
“Oh he once had an Egg sandwich for his lunch in a school trip in 1996”That is pretty much always the reason
— Nicola Coughlan (@nicolacoughlan) 16 August 2019
Then there’s always one poor lad who didn’t get a nickname
“Oh him? Yeah that’s just Nigel”
— Nicola Coughlan (@nicolacoughlan) 16 August 2019
And it prompted a whole rush of responses which confirmed exactly what she was saying. Here are our favourites.
1.
best ever , Scottish Lad called Baxter Campbell…. nickname Two Soups
— Gabhán de Brí 🇮🇪🇪🇺 (@Brettser1) 16 August 2019
2.
One of dad’s friends was called laptop. He was a short policeman ie a small pc
— Paul Williams (@thepaulwilliams) 17 August 2019
3.
We had a new Ben join our bar team, but we already had a Ben, so when we wrote the names on the rota, new Ben had a lowercase b. Thus his new name: lowercase.
— Lewis IV (@luigibeatsmario) 16 August 2019
4.
I had a colleague called ‘Big Dave, Little Dave’ because he had a limp and when he walked behind a row of cabinets you could only see his head every other step.
— Mark Martindale (@MarkMartindale) 17 August 2019
5.
true story: my brother’s nickname throughout high school was bucket because one time he stepped in a bucket.
— Matthew Crory (@slotheroux) 16 August 2019
6.
I know someone called Two Metre Peter. He’s tall.
— MichaelCoffee (@MichaelTCoffee) 16 August 2019
7.
Best one I’ve heard is manbat because the guys name was Wayne Bruce
— Stephen Bevan (@Steve_Bevan56) 17 August 2019
8.
My brother has a friend named Towbar. Because he once bought a Towbar. Men are weird
— Shelley Smith (@WhatShelleyDid) 16 August 2019
9.
A group of friends had a kinda similar thing when we had two Scotts. One point someone went “we already have one, you’re Neil now”.
Scott 1 has since moved back to the US. Neil is still Neil.
— Ross. (@RossDee) 16 August 2019
10.
We had a guy who had one hand smaller than the other. It was a proper medical thing (à la Jeremy Beadle).
He was known as Clock.
— Caroline Bysh (@CarolineBysh) 17 August 2019
11.
I once shared a flat with a lad called John (now one of my BFFs!) every so often there'd be a call asking for The Pope. Drove me nuts 😡 I went to whinge to John, who revealed his name was John Paul and it was his rugby team mates phoning 🤭🤣
— Belle Dee 🧚🏻♂️ (@BelleD1990) 17 August 2019
12.
I was at university with four lads called Dave who were all on the same corridor in halls. They were Dave 1, Dave 2, Tesco Dave, and Shit Dave. Always felt a bit sorry for Shit Dave. He’s probably a doctor now, but he’ll still be Shit Dave to our entire Hall of Residence
— Dr Pingosaurus (@Pingosaurus) 17 August 2019
13.
Back in the 90s a young lad turned up to school wearing something with purple on it
Unfortunately for him prince was a big star and the lads name was Wayne
Qed Purple Wayne— tan97 (@twiceasnice97) 16 August 2019
14.
Best nickname I’ve ever heard was a guy my brother worked with who was called Hugh Rae and his nickname was Hip Hip 😂
— Dr. Erin Williams (@DrErinWill) 17 August 2019
15.
There’s a guy at work called Gloss because there are too many people there called Matt and he got renamed
— William 🇬🇧 (@PirateMute) 17 August 2019