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HelpRe: Nicknames that aren't names
in reply to a message by Alda
I can't say I know anyone with a given name like any of the names you list... except for a old lady at a Jewish senior centre I worked at for a summer. Her name was Bunny.
The 50's is really great for fishing for "nickname-names" like this - they were really into that then. Stuff like Lucky, Butch, Dusty and Sport. I think it was kind of a beatnik thing.
There is something undeniably edgy and artsy about these kinds of names, and I like a few of them - but not too many. They seem a little coarse in some situations, and a little demeaning.
The 50's is really great for fishing for "nickname-names" like this - they were really into that then. Stuff like Lucky, Butch, Dusty and Sport. I think it was kind of a beatnik thing.
There is something undeniably edgy and artsy about these kinds of names, and I like a few of them - but not too many. They seem a little coarse in some situations, and a little demeaning.
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