Star of Derry Girls Nicola Coughlan (you might know her better as Clare) tweeted about straight men's nicknames for each other, and. much like in real life, the responses and reasons for various nicknames were hilarious.
Her original tweet read;
Why do all straight men always have a group of friends called like : Baggsy, Trousers, Stupid Phil, and Egg— Nicola Coughlan (@Nicola Coughlan) 1565984542
She followed it up with.
And the reasons for the nicknames are always terrible “Why is he called Egg?” “Oh he once had an Egg sandwich for… https://t.co/T8UfPjbt3h— Nicola Coughlan (@Nicola Coughlan) 1565984612
It's the replies to Coughlan's tweet with various nicknames will have you spitting your tea out at your desk, however. Check some of the best;
@nicolacoughlan One of dad's friends was called laptop. He was a short policeman ie a small pc— Paul Williams (@Paul Williams) 1566072804
@nicolacoughlan @Sonic_Screwup We had a new Ben join our bar team, but we already had a Ben, so when we wrote the n… https://t.co/Rzg1Ez3t7e— Lewis Against The Machine (@Lewis Against The Machine) 1565984998
@nicolacoughlan I had a colleague called ‘Big Dave, Little Dave’ because he had a limp and when he walked behind a… https://t.co/oRae2QqQs9— On my way 🦁 (@On my way 🦁) 1566026027
@thepaulwilliams @nicolacoughlan Best one I’ve heard is manbat because the guys name was Wayne Bruce— Stephen Bevan (@Stephen Bevan) 1566073394
@nicolacoughlan @Pingosaurus We had a guy who had one hand smaller than the other. It was a proper medical thing (à… https://t.co/D8FhNadelR— Caroline Bysh (@Caroline Bysh) 1566029119
@nicolacoughlan Back in the 90s a young lad turned up to school wearing something with purple on it Unfortunately… https://t.co/B2ys703uIh— tan97 (@tan97) 1565989196
@nicolacoughlan @spookyjulie There's a guy at work called Gloss because there are too many people there called Matt and he got renamed— William 🦖 (@William 🦖) 1566004228
@nicolacoughlan Knew a John, Paul, George and Kevin. Kevin was Ringo obvs.— Doyler (@Doyler) 1566025650
@nicolacoughlan My husband does not have these friends. I do though.... One of them is called Oscar, because in 20… https://t.co/EQbIFcMm0k— Flossie McGhee (@Flossie McGhee) 1566067275
As an aside, I and my best friend have a name for (usually quite posh, straight) men who always have a collection of mates with the weirdest nicknames.
We call them 'Eggy Bum Faces' - because that's the sort of things they name each other.
There was a group of them at University, one was called Burger. Because he once ordered and ate...a huge burger. Years ago. That's it. That's the whole story. It's like Coughlan is reading my mind. Egg and Burger would probably get along quite nicely.
There was a man called 'Feesh' in the same group of pals. We asked why. It was because he once had his hair cut at school like a monk, which became Monkfish, which got shortened to 'Fish' and then skewed and pronounced 'Feesh.'
Good luck to anyone every ordering any normal item on a food menu ever again, I hope the name doesn't stick with you for life.
HT: The Poke