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I've known a Bootsie--real name is Valdenia.
I've known a Mookie--real name is Denise.
I've known a Buster--real name is Kenneth.
I've known a Cheese--real name is Lee.
I've known a Pootchie--don't know her real name.
I've known a Batman--don't know his real name.
I've known a Cowboy--don't know his real name.
I've known a DeeDee--real name is Janice.
My father's given name was Joseph but he went by Bud.
My maternal grandfather's name was Byram but he also went by Bud.

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All of these people were really called these names all the time and not at all by their given names. Buster told me he gave Cheese his nickname back in high school but he wouldn't tell me why. He said I'd have to ask Cheese. I never had the nerve to do it.

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My father and grandfather were called Bud because they were both named after their fathers, so it was to avoid confusion.