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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.
Shawn Spencer works as a freelance consultant to the Santa Barbara Police Department, along with his business partner and lifelong best friend Burton "Gus" Guster. Like many fictional detectives, he is very observant and skilled in deductive reasoning. However, he pretends that his skills are due to him being a psychic. [3]
Burton "Gus" Guster is a fictional character on the USA Network television comedy Psych and the sequel film series of the same name played by American actor Dulé Hill. He functions as the " straight man " for Shawn Spencer 's antics, and provides sobering advice, helpful knowledge, steady support, and friendship.
Gus Matthews, the main character in the film The Benchwarmers; Professor Gus Nikolais, in the film Lorenzo's Oil; Gus Pike, in the television series Road to Avonlea, played by Michael Mahonen; Gus Polinski, the lead musician of a polka band in the film Home Alone; Gus Porter, in The Owl House; Gus Smith, in the film The Birth of a Nation
List of pseudonyms Pseudonym Real name Notability Notes Abel Djassi Amílcar Cabral: Guinea-Bissauan politician ABOVE Tavar Zawacki: American abstract artist Abu Ammar Yasser Arafat: Palestinian president Abu Obaida: Hudayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout (alleged by the United States) Spokesperson of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades: Acharya S ...
List of nicknames in Philippine entertainment; List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines; List of nicknames of philosophers; List of poker playing card nicknames; Nicknames of politicians and personalities in Quebec; List of provincial and territorial nicknames in Canada
This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...
The dictionary was updated in 2005 by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor as The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, [3] [4] and again in 2007 as The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, [5] which has additional entries compared to the 2005 edition, but omits the extensive citations.