Our Nick Names

**PAPPY** · #1 (**permalink**) 04-13-2005, 04:54 PM

JUST SITTING HERE WONDERING HOW OUR FAMILY MEMBERS GOT THEIR NICK NAMES THAT WE USE ON THE FORUMS.I KNOW THAT SOME ARE OUR REGULAR NAMES BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THAT ARE NOT. IF YOU CARE TO SHARE HOW YOU OBTAINED YOUR SCREEN NAMES, PLEASE LET US KNOW. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A RATHER INTERESTING SUBJECT TO DISCUSS....PAPPY

davefrompa · #2 (**permalink**) 04-13-2005, 05:17 PM

I don't use this as a screen name but my nick name is "Duffy" and has been
since I was 6yrs old, I'm 34 now.
I was adopted when I was 7 and my last name at the time was Dyer.
One of my older brothers started calling me "Duffy Dyer" after some professional
ball player I guess. Now, my last name being Garrison, they just call me "Duff" or "Duffy"

davefrompa · #3 (**permalink**) 04-13-2005, 05:18 PM

BTW- How'd you get "Pappy"?

swizzle · #4 (**permalink**) 04-13-2005, 07:42 PM

Swizzle was derived from a local drunk trying to say 2 words at once. Originally the drunk (played by my cuzin) decided he was hungry. He knew that we had twizzlers and skittles and peanuts. He said "Hey.... do we still got those swizzlers....ah nuts....haaahhaaaaa, swizzlernutz" I shortened it to swizzlenutz originally and after typing that in a few thousand times I shortened it to swizzle. Lately I've been signing everything Swiz. That is how I came up with my name. The Swiz

**PAPPY** · #5 (**permalink**) 04-13-2005, 07:54 PM

WELL, I'LL TELL YA.WHEN I WAS IN MY YOUNGER DAY'S I USED TO RUN WITH A MOROTCYCLE GANG AND THEY STARTED CALLING ME PAPPY. WHEN I WAS IN THE SERVICE I WAS THE OLDEST IN MY UNIT AND THEY STARTED CALLING ME PAPPY. WHEN I WENT TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT I WAS A LT. AND THEY STARTED CALLING ME PAPPY. WHEN MY KID'S WERE BORN AND OLD ENOUGH THEY STARTED CALLING ME PAPPY. WHEN I LIVED IN THE HILL'S ALL THE PEOPLE CALLED ME PAPPY. MY WIFE HAS CALLED ME PAPPY ( AND A FEW OTHER THINGS) FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.WHEN I HAD SEVERAL METAL DETECTING CLUBS (AT DIFFERENT TIMES) ALL THE GUY'S AND GAL'S CALLED ME PAPPY. MY GRAND CHILDREN CALL ME PAPPY. WHEN I WORKED ON THE RIVER THEY CALLED ME PAPPY AND I HAVE PAPPY TATTOOED ON MY UPPER RIGHT ARM. GUESS THE NAME JUST STUCK...LOL...PAPPY

BY THE WAY...I STILL LIVE IN THE HILLS

WVaTom · #6 (**permalink**) 04-13-2005, 10:05 PM

..and will probably end up here. Tom is my middle name but the one I go by.

swizzle · #7 (**permalink**) 04-13-2005, 10:42 PM

I can see why you go by your middle name WVa is a weird first name and not easy to say. lmao J/K Sorry I couldn't resist that one. Swiz

robzombie852 · #8 (**permalink**) 04-13-2005, 11:48 PM

when i was like 14 i started using the name of my favorite rocker robzombie as a username for everything. i still use it know so that i dont have to memorize another name. so robzombie852 it is. 852 i just hit randomly when making my name.