Not enough nicknames for NFL players nowadays...

[masomenos]

Mike "How Do You Tackle??" Jenkins

 

[zeroburrito]

well if wikipedia says its true...

 

[Monster Heel]

Terrell Owens = T-ONION, because he makes the opposing teams cry.

 

[Temo]

Cricket doesn't count? One of my favorite nicknames.

 

[Monster Heel]

Cricket doesn't count? One of my favorite nicknames.

It would count, if he wasn't terrible.

 

[Temo]

It would count, if he wasn't terrible.

The marginal guys always have the best nicknames... the stars have jerseys to sell, after all.

 

[the kid 05]

Mike "How Do You Tackle??" Jenkins

Mike " what do tackle mean?" Jenkins

 

[Rack]

Yes, they are.

A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name. It may either substitute or be added to the proper name. It may be a familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, Robin, and Bert for Robert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickname

When wikipedia is your "Source" you're in trouble.


Check that link now, Chico.

 

[Dawgs0916]

"Nav22 is a freakin' MORON"


Hahahahaha nice Rack.

 

[LeonDixson]

I would suggest changing Tank to Mini Cooper. It better describes his play.

 

[Nors]

Was watching something about it on NFL network.

The cowboys have one player with a recognizable nickname that has stuck, Marion "The Barbarian" Barber.

Oh I guess you can also add "BIGG" to that as well.


Why don't Romo, Ware, Ratliff, Newman, Witten or anyone else have nicknames that "Stick"?


We should put a list together, pick the names and refer to them as their nicknames from now on till they stick.

Here's a few ideas:

Romo = Moxie

Ware = BeWare

Ratliff = Hulk (cuz he always does that "Hulk Smash" dance after he gets a sack)

Newman = ...

Witten = No Quittin'

Brady James = Cinder Block (cuz he hits like one, but unfortunately he runs like one too)


Not all players need nicknames. Only the good ones.

What do you guys got?

The Shanle
Tnew
Felix The Cat
Roy #11
Tank
Pacman
Killah
Bigg
Hotel
Spencer for Hire

 

[Nav22]

Regardless of what you think of the source, you're still wrong. Other sources can confirm it.

T.O. is certainly a nickname. As is T-New. You simply don't know what a nickname is if you think they don't count.

Dictionary.com says...

a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.

a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)*; "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"

*So even if T-New is an "abbreviation", it is still a nickname by definition.

And T.O. is a familiar name for Terrell Owens, thus making it a nickname.



But thanks for playing.

 

[lane]

flo "i take plays off and can't seem to figure out the snap count" adams.

andre "i don't know how to snap a football" gurode.

anthony " what do you mean i can't read a qb, i will stand here and let this receiver catch the ball right in front of me before i whiff on the tackle" henry.

 

[catskillthunder]

Let's not forget Barbie Carpenter.

lmao! I remember someone saying that in Hard Knocks. I couldnt stop laughing because of how true it actually is.

 

[Rack]

Regardless of what you think of the source, you're still wrong. Other sources can confirm it.

T.O. is certainly a nickname. As is T-New. You simply don't know what a nickname is if you think they don't count.

Dictionary.com says...

a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.

a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)*; "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"

*So even if T-New is an "abbreviation", it is still a nickname by definition.

And T.O. is a familiar name for Terrell Owens, thus making it a nickname.



But thanks for playing.

TO = Initials. Not a nickname.


Thanks for playing (and losing).

 

[Nav22]

Hah... stubbornly fighting it till the end, eh? I noticed you didn't point out my T-New example. My evidence was too strong there, I suppose.

A nickname is a familiar name someone goes by. Whether it's initials, a number, his weight, favorite candy bar, or anything else.

If it's a name he goes by that is not his proper name, it is a nickname.

That is the dictionary definition. And Owens is referred to as T.O. seemingly as often as he is referred to as Terrell.

But apparently you know more than the dictionary does regarding the matter. Do me a solid and PM me when your next MLA journal comes out. If I could be this wrong about "nickname", there's no telling what else I've missed!

 

[Rack]

Hah... stubbornly fighting it till the end, eh?

Apparently you are.


Edit: but thanks for crapping all over the thread.

 

[Nav22]

When you create a thread in which you know what you're talking about, it generally won't be crapped on.

This isn't one of those threads.

 

[Rack]

When you create a thread in which you know what you're talking about, it generally won't be crapped on.

This isn't one of those threads.

Says the person that doesn't know what he's talking about...



Mods, would you be so kind as to close this thread? Thanks to Nav22 it's gone completely OT and has turned to complete crap.

 

[Nav22]

Yes mods, close the thread. Rack's tissues are in the mail.