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This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [1] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule. A moniker also means a nickname or personal name.
An infobox for articles about people Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Honorific prefix honorific_prefix honorific-prefix honorific prefix pre-nominals Honorific prefix(es), to appear on the line above the person's name Unknown optional Name name Common name of person (defaults to article name if left blank; provide ...
A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.
Some people just like to keep it simple. ... This list of 319 short baby names is taken from the Social Security Administration’s list of the 1000 most popular baby names of 2023 and is in order ...
Name Description Angus imaginary companion of the anchorite St Ungulant in the novel Small Gods by Terry Pratchett: The Bear: from a book of the same name by Raymond Briggs [3] Booby unicorn in the short story The Unicorn in the Garden by James Thurber: Budo novel Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks [4] Dorothy Spinner's imaginary ...
Fictitious people are nonexistent people, who, unlike fictional characters, have been claimed to actually exist. Usually this is done as a practical joke or hoax, but sometimes fictitious people are 'created' as part of a fraud. A pseudonym may also be considered by some to be a "fictitious person", although this is not the correct definition.
Plastic Scousers or Plazzies (a person who falsely claims to be from Liverpool), [58] Woolybacks or Wools (a person from the surrounding areas of Liverpool, especially St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, or the Wirral) [59] [60] Llanelli Turks [61] London Cockneys (Traditionally those born within the sound of the bells of St Mary le Bow, Cheapside) Looe
The name "Vasya Pupkin" (Russian: Вася Пупкин) may be used to denote an average random or unknown person in the colloquial speech. [60] [61] For a group of average persons or to stress the randomness of a selection, a triple common Russian surnames are used together in the same context: "Ivanov, Petrov, or Sidorov".