Saturday, February 2, 2008

Nicknames

by Grant

    I've called my kids lots of things over the years and most of them are printable. I was thinking that it might be amusing to jot some of these down for posterity (in Internet years, that would be about 2 minutes).


Forrest:
  • Velociraptor: Yes, it's a mouthful. But when he was first walking, he moved quickly on his tiptoes with this hands out in front of him just like those little nasty dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
  • il Duche: When Forrest was younger I called him that because he was so bossy. For those of you weak on History, il Duche was Mussolini's title and it means the leader.

Titus:
  • Ti-Ti (prounounced Tie-Tie): I think this one needs no explanation
  • Tow (Tube Launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided Missile) Head: Ok, towhead means a really blond headed kid. and TOW is a missile used by the military so I just blended the two.
  • Scarface: Very recent because he got a nasty scratch that curved around his cheek.

Liberty:
  • L-dawg: Short for Liberty Dawg ala Snoop Dawg
  • Libs: Occasionally I do shorten her name in the conventional method, but I try to avoid Libby.
Serenity:
  • Any Guesses? Yep, S-dawg.
  • Rebekah calls her "Renny"
  • Bill the Cat. This is from a comic strip (now deceased) called Bloom County. The cat would go "Ack!" and stick out it's tongue. Serenity does the same :)


I'm sure there are others and maybe I can get Rebekah to add to the list.

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