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Post by auntkelly on Jan 24, 2018 17:23:09 GMT
We call one of our neighbors "Maxwell Smart" because he is always on the Next Door app reporting suspicious behavior such as drivers making u turns and people walking in inappropriate clothing (according to him). We call his wife Agent 99.
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Post by deekaye on Jan 24, 2018 17:32:13 GMT
One of our favorite neighbors, John, retired and moved to Arizona. A single, older lady moved in to his house and for a long time, we couldn't remember her name so we called her "new John". We know her name now but when we are talking about her amongst ourselves, we still refer to her as "new John". Funny story: We have a very nosy, gossipy neighbor. Cheryl, who everyone calls Gladys (as in Gladys Kravitz.... and if you don't know who that is, you're too young! ) Of course, we don't call her Gladys to her face. Anyway, a young 20-something girl moved in to the rental across the street and a few summers ago my daughter and I were walking my dog and stopped to talk to her. When Cheryl came out to get her mail, the young lady yelled "Oh, hi Gladys!". Yikes! Cheryl informed her that her name wasn't Gladys and went back in to the house. In between fits of laughter, my daughter and I had to let her know why we all call her Gladys!
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Post by Fidget on Jan 24, 2018 17:35:23 GMT
Yes - house across the street will forever be known as "Drug House" - We were always suspicious and one summer evening the Feds invaded our quiet neighborhood, used a battering ram to go in through the side door, agents surrounded the house with guns drawn. The folks in that house were renters, they eventually left. The house was abandoned. It went up for auction and was bought, renovated and rented out again. The woman who lives there now runs a (legitimate licensed) day care. Most of the other neighbors, including myself, still refer to it as "the drug house".
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Post by RosieKat on Jan 24, 2018 17:44:46 GMT
I'm loving this thread!
I don't so much make up names as I make up entire back stories. For example, there's a woman who I often see walking in the neighborhood. All I know about her is that she is very lean, walks regularly with a pair of cross country poles or whatever you'd call them, and I've seen her wear a Trump t-shirt a couple of times. Well, in my head, she is German, although she's been here many years she still has a strong accent. She was THIS-close to qualifying for the Olympic cross-country ski team, but after she didn't qualify, she finally gave up and left the country. She is a Trump supporter although not necessarily a citizen yet, because she appreciates ski-goggle tans. And on and on...I kind of don't ever want to meet her for real and find out she's just some accountant from Boise.
I do that with a lot of people. We've been in this neighborhood for a long time, so there are lots of people like that who I see but don't actually interact with. Then of course, there are the various checkout people at the grocery store, pharmacy, etc.
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Post by andreasmom on Jan 24, 2018 19:13:24 GMT
I do this all the time. I give them names from people I know IRL such as Fake Kelli, Alternative Facts Pam and so on. I mostly name people at the Gym, starbucks, and grocery store. My kids’s school is small, so even if we get a Fake Laura on day 1, by day 5 I know their names.
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Post by giraffemom on Jan 24, 2018 19:19:49 GMT
In the house across the street where I grew up lived Squirrel Man and Man Lady. Fun times.. carol
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Post by papersilly on Jan 24, 2018 19:24:03 GMT
we used to go to this tiny mom/pop diner. we always saw the same people but never really met most of them. there was "Waxy" a gentlement whose legs looked like they were made of wax. "Pinky" was the guy missing his pinky. "Scooter" was the guy who rode one. "Ponytail" because he had, well, obviously....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 20:18:29 GMT
Live next to "pig farmer". Big statues of pigs in front yard...a baby and a mama. I dated a guy that my friends and I called "Peter Sellers". He worked at the front reception desk at the hospital where we were student nurses. We called him that to his face. I'm sure we knew his real name at 1 point in time but immediately forgot it. He seemed to enjoy us.
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Post by scrapmaven on Jan 24, 2018 20:24:55 GMT
We do it all the time. When you don't know someone's name use an adjective to name them.
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Post by paget on Jan 24, 2018 20:57:47 GMT
I found my people. We love to name people. Our neighbors in our cul de sac all have nicknames. We have the applebaums- this goes Back a long time to desperate housewives - where the family had a son locked in basement. The wife looks like the actress that played that women and her husband seems like he could be the type to lock someone in a basement. We have snaggletooth, the others, single Mom, bad paint job, the grays (the original family to live their was the Browns - real name- so the new people just got a new color, one house name I won’t say- it’s not the nicest, working on sticking to a more appropriate name for them! We have quizmeister, and bad spaghetti who is married to bitch- with- a -bitch (rude dog walking lady).
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2018 21:30:13 GMT
DH and I are habitual nicknamers. In the neighborhood we have: the Loudskys (seriously loudest people ever) the Disgustingtons (just so so trashy) Mowing Man (was out there EVERY SINGLE DAY mowing the lawn), and the Meth House (self explanatory). DH can never remember my coworkers names, so when I tell him a story about work, they all have nicknames too. My Little Pony has a different bright hair color every week. Weekend Me does my job on the weekends. That Whistling Dumbass.. well you can probably guess what he does.
We even have nicknames for regulars at the mall we go to. There was an elderly couple and the husband walked bent over almost double, DH referred to him as Groucho (Marx).
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Post by birdy on Jan 24, 2018 21:36:41 GMT
Yes! DH and I do this with a lot of people. It's funny so many of us do!
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Post by ilovesmores on Jan 25, 2018 0:08:51 GMT
I never knew so many people did this. My mom and I always did when I was a kid and it just kept going. My mom and I can have a whole conversation using these names and know exactly what we are talking about. I often wonder what people that don’t know me have “named” me?
We have Water Bottle Guy because he always has a water bottle when he walks, Scary Dude (because he’s a scary looking guy) and Scary Dude 2 (because he’s a scary Dude too). And way too many to name here
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Post by perumbula on Jan 25, 2018 0:57:17 GMT
DH's bosses have a habit of hiring aides for the office they know are going to be temporary. The first guy was named Todd. I call them all Todd, even the women. We use descriptive monikers all the time when talking to each other because neither of us are good at remembering the names of people in our spouse's life.
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Post by laureljean on Jan 25, 2018 1:15:10 GMT
Yeah, for some of the docs at work. I know their names, but I like the ones I make up better:
Dr. Smell Good (wears too much cologne) Dr. Grumpy Pants (A real curmudgeon) Dr. Walks-on-Water (he thinks he does) Dr. Epic God (he thinks he knows everything there is to know about the electronic record, by that name) Dr. Jerk (for obvious reasons)
I have more, but that's enough.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Jan 25, 2018 1:41:14 GMT
Yes. With our neighbors because we are surrounded by Jims. We have old Jim, buff Jim and Jimmy. LOL This is very Welsh. Ask JoP if I am correct! Have any of the peas seen that lovely movie "the Englishman who went up a hill and came down a mountain"- endearing and funny and they do a play on this naming thing. FTR my DH's lovely Welsh village adopted me as their tame South African. After we bought our last house and my in laws visited for the first time, they reported back to the village and my DH was thereafter known as "two pubs xxx" which sounds a lot grander than it was Off to finish the thread. ETA: a great read! I had a name, too. When we remodeled our bathroom (I was the contact person, I worked from home) our contractor had three clients with the same first name. He called me "squash court shower xxx"- it was in his mobile like that and we joked about it often.
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Post by sharlag on Jan 25, 2018 2:34:47 GMT
My sister had two friends named George. One of them was knee George because he had knee surgery. Then hot bath George was named for his pick up line where he’d ask if you’d like to go home with him for a beer and a hot bath.
Neighbors included the hippy house, the neat Schlinks and nekkid Schneider.
I lost heart when I realized there were too many bearded dudes at the gym for me to name them all with an adjective- beard system. Long beard short beard evil beard gray beard ginger beard tidy beard Santa beard messy beard dirty beard. Too many. Beards.
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Post by JoP on Jan 25, 2018 6:34:26 GMT
Yes. With our neighbors because we are surrounded by Jims. We have old Jim, buff Jim and Jimmy. LOL This is very Welsh. Ask JoP if I am correct! Have any of the peas seen that lovely movie "the Englishman who went up a hill and came down a mountain"- endearing and funny and they do a play on this naming thing. FTR my DH's lovely Welsh village adopted me as their tame South African. After we bought our last house and my in laws visited for the first time, they reported back to the village and my DH was thereafter known as "two pubs xxx" which sounds a lot grander than it was Off to finish the thread. ETA: a great read! I had a name, too. When we remodeled our bathroom (I was the contact person, I worked from home) our contractor had three clients with the same first name. He called me "squash court shower xxx"- it was in his mobile like that and we joked about it often. ScrapsontheRocks yes it is a typically Welsh thing to do, mainly with last names in my part of Wales. Lots of local people have the same last name so to differentiate it’s often something like this Evans the school - teacher Evans the head - head teacher or principal Evans the gas. - works for the gas company Evans the boss. - manager somewhere Evans the drive. - driving instructor Evans the fuel - works or owns a petrol (gas) station Little Evs. - any children belonging to anyone with the last name Evans Also interchangeable with the last names Williams, Griffiths, Price and Jones too As an aside ScrapsontheRocks , the film you referenced is based on the village where my hubby was born and raised 👍🏻 and he grew up viewing ‘The mountain’ from his parents home and his bedroom window
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Post by pattyraindrops on Jan 25, 2018 7:12:50 GMT
We had a number of Pete's/Peter's. Little Peter Big Peter Petes Pete Pete from across the street Pete P My brother, Pete, had a new boy named Pete who started coming to his church congregation. Everyone started calling them Pete and RePete.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Jan 25, 2018 10:07:55 GMT
This is very Welsh. Ask JoP if I am correct! Have any of the peas seen that lovely movie "the Englishman who went up a hill and came down a mountain"- endearing and funny and they do a play on this naming thing. FTR my DH's lovely Welsh village adopted me as their tame South African. After we bought our last house and my in laws visited for the first time, they reported back to the village and my DH was thereafter known as "two pubs xxx" which sounds a lot grander than it was Off to finish the thread. ETA: a great read! I had a name, too. When we remodeled our bathroom (I was the contact person, I worked from home) our contractor had three clients with the same first name. He called me "squash court shower xxx"- it was in his mobile like that and we joked about it often. ScrapsontheRocks yes it is a typically Welsh thing to do, mainly with last names in my part of Wales. Lots of local people have the same last name so to differentiate it’s often something like this Evans the school - teacher Evans the head - head teacher or principal Evans the gas. - works for the gas company Evans the boss. - manager somewhere Evans the drive. - driving instructor Evans the fuel - works or owns a petrol (gas) station Little Evs. - any children belonging to anyone with the last name Evans Also interchangeable with the last names Williams, Griffiths, Price and Jones too As an aside ScrapsontheRocks , the film you referenced is based on the village where my hubby was born and raised 👍🏻 and he grew up viewing ‘The mountain’ from his parents home and his bedroom window Aaah, now I am nostalgic for the lovely accent of the narrator of that movie. If only your lovely DH could confirm all (or some) of the rumors surrounding Morgan the Goat...
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