Are there any nations except Americans who use nicknames for adult people? In Russia only kids, soldiers and prisoners use them. I still call my childhood friends by nicknames, but their colleagues or any people which they met in adult life don't know them.
Also post your and your friend's nicknames. Kids from my commieblock: Happy Day, Elderly, Mattress, Chef, Ginger, White, Cockroach, One-Legged, Paco, Golden Rain, Dwarf, Hamster, Herakles (last one went to gym and was proud, he thought he was called so because he was strong and had big muscles. But in reality he got his nickname after he was volunteering in stables). Other kids just had half of their last name, e.g. Svechnikov — Svech and so on.
"Cunt"
>>56122973
Nicknames are for third worlders. Russia is third world.
>>56122973
>Golden Rain
wtf
>>56122973
Don't you guys have names like Sasha and Misha?
>>56123009
Just like you, Pepe. Tell about your favelado friends' nicknames, m8.
>>56123047
Nevermind, I misunderstood OP's question.
Adults don't really use nicknames for each other that aren't a shortened version of their name. We might have nicknames for people we don't want to refer to by their actual name though (usually for talking shit on them).
>>56122973
In Bangladesh, Muslims will provide their children with names of Sanskrit, Pali, and Bengali origin that serve as nicknames that their family and friends refer too. Normally this sticks to adulthood.
Mine was Rittick.
Other ones are Rima, Kishore, Dhrubo, Probhu, Onthu and so on
>>56123064
We're joining the first world. Stay third world, drunk.
>>56123031
He dreamed of recieving a "golden shower" since childhood and annoyed everyone with his fetish. So everybody call him Zolotoy Dojd, or just Dojd/Dojdik for short.
>>56123047
They are dimunitives, not actually nicknames.
>>56123047
Those are short versions, not nicknames.
t. Kolenka
>>56123163
Кoлeнкa, кeк
t. cтyпня
>>56123156
>He dreamed of recieving a "golden shower" since childhood and annoyed everyone with his fetish. So everybody call him Zolotoy Dojd, or just Dojd/Dojdik for short.
Russia is the most tolearnt place in the world and truly Nordic.
>>56123163
>short versions
what're the real names?
>>56123064
кeк
>>56123099
But I see names like John "Maddog" Smith every time I watch US TV shows.
>>56123136
And what are regular first names? Muslim of Arab origin like Mohammad or Isa?
>>56123144
Don't lie to me. Most of football players are listed as Boka or Joka but their actual names are like Joao Garcia Pedro Moralez Gonzalez Anna Maria de Mastodones.
"Belyash"
>>56123243
Alexander and Mikhail.
>>56123248
>But I see names like John "Maddog" Smith every time I watch US TV shows.
Hollywood meme. It could be common in black communities, I wouldn't know.
>>56123248
>Don't lie to me. Most of football players are listed as Boka or Joka but their actual names are like Joao Garcia Pedro Moralez Gonzalez Anna Maria de Mastodones.
Only poor people do it. We cultured Brazilians call each other by our unique German and Italian surnames.
>>56123248
>And what are regular first names? Muslim of Arab origin like Mohammad or Isa?
Yep
>>56123248
>john "jiggaboo" jones
Americans don't do the same things black people do, only real low class people have nicknames outside of childhood or occasionally as a joke among close friends
>>56122973
>In Russia only kids, soldiers and prisoners use them.
Nicknames are widespread in any subcultures (bikers, goths, cosplayers etc). You are probably nonsocial
>>56122973
Australians shorten everything, does that count?
Afternoon = arvo
Barbecue = barbie
Cockatoo = cockie
Journalist = journo
Kindergarten = kindie
Conscientious objector = conchie
It applies to names too
>>56122973
There are no nicknames, but we shorten names and words:
Benjamin - Bibi
Reuben - Rubi
Pinhas - Pini
Hutz la-Aretz (abroad) - Hul
Gvina Tzehuba (yellow cheese) - Gavnatz
Shnei Shekel (two shekels) - Shneikel
>>56124175
We also use family names as nicknames
>>56124227
I thought about that, but I don't think that counts since in a lot of countries people are called by their family names rather than by the first name.
The only difference is that we don't do it out of politeness, kek.
>>56123967
> goths, cosplayers etc
> You are probably nonsocial
Hanging around goths, bronies and cosplayers is social life on full throttle, yeah.
I find nicknames are more common amongst older people these days.
More people have unique names now, whereas before they were named after somebody else (family members and what not) so they usually got a nickname to differentiate between them.
Yeah, we do. In fact, a lot of our family names are nicknames, most of them in diminutive form.
We usually use the surname if the name is common. In the countryside farmhouses have names so the people from there are called by it. Nicknames are rare at least were I live.
>>56122973
Nicknames are very popular here. For example, I work with a bloke named Seagull. Because after every group meal he'll snack on/take whatever someone doesn't eat. Even if he doesn't know them. Or if they are even sitting with us lel.
Common nicknames are "Lofty" for a tall person. "Bluey", for a redhead. etc. Then shortned versions of someones first name or last name (Pretty much everyone has one of these). Eg. A man named Kevin Johnson will be called Kev, or Jono. A woman named Maddsion Smith will be called Smithy, Maddy, Mads, etc.
My nickname is Alberto the cuntstuffer
>>56124937
>More people have unique names now
just
>whereas before they were named after somebody else
Prophet (pbuh) doesn't count as "somebody else"?
>>56125073
It's cute, especially the Seagull. But aren't nicknames based on appearance considered """lookist""" or """ableist""" by SJWs?
>>56123031
Never hear about golden showers ?
