"I was patiently waiting for somebody to give me a nickname that I thought suited me, " he says.
One benefit to confirming your identity this way is getting to use a nickname.
Everybody (campers and staff) gets assigned a nickname at the start of the week.
And a nickname - Clutch - that he couldn't shift, however hard he tried.
Everyone has a nickname, some earned, and some passed down through the generations.
The NBA does have a rule that its teams must have a nickname, but this is a fussy rule.
"Three dozen blue dogs have voted against her on various issues, " Snow said, using a nickname for conservative Democrats.
Warmack was known in Tuscaloosa for sporting undersized jerseys leaving his belly bare, a practice which generated a nickname.
He calls the home improvement retailer "Ho D, " a nickname that's catching on.
The boson earned a nickname - the "God particle" - supposedly because of its importance to the Standard Model.
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You're already Chris rather than Christopher so maybe you could invent a nickname.
But how much thought would it have taken to come up with a nickname that's more like, I don't know... a nickname?
Quite a few Italians, according to another poll, think the euro is a nickname for the European Union or a satellite television station.
It is also known by a nickname, the "beast of Kandahar, " earned when aviation enthusiasts first spotted the craft flying from Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan.
It's also the new name Mr. Chesney invented for his legion of tailgating fans, who (unlike Deadheads or Jimmy Buffett's Parrothead followers) had somehow never gotten a nickname.
Mr Higgins said that to his friends in Kent, Mr Nicklinson was known as Royals - a nickname given to him because his father was in the Royal Marines.
At the New York Stock Exchange the staff had a nickname for the irascible AIG chief: Mr. Yoohoo, for his frequent calls to complain about the trading of AIG stock.
Findings on the list revealed that for female CEOs, the use of a full name over a shortened one or a nickname is preferred for those looking to be treated professionally.
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Around his home village, Fuk Hing, which means Celebrating Fortune, he was also known by a nickname that he did not much care for: Lang Tou Ping, or Inveterate Gambler Ping.
Australians have been using the word freely since its probable emergence in the late 19th century as a nickname for English immigrants, a short form of pomegranate, referring to their ruddy complexions.
Anyone who stops by is promptly given a nickname - divulge your favourite footballer or hobby, and there you have it - and return customers are treated to warm greetings and hot tea.
In a document, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie S. Christensen said other hackers were aware of Mr. Monsegur's true identity, even though he often used a nickname or online personality while communicating with them.
Bahia's Correio newspaper quoted him as saying Brazil is "a place where I've always wanted to play" and reported that Adu has already been given a nickname, "Adivis, " as is typical for soccer players in Brazil.
The unanimous vote saw the youngster become Twice Nightly, a nickname bestowed on Whiteley by Terry Wogan and which alluded to the fact that for many years he presented Calendar on Yorkshire Television as well as Countdown - hence 'Twice Nightly Whiteley'.
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The cell's first chief, Jacques Foccart, who earned a nickname as "Mr. Africa, " used French soldiers on the continent to install leaders he deemed friendly to French interests, given French companies a path toward winning deals for oil and other natural resources.
He needs a better nickname and it'd be great if his club wasn't sharing a cab with the Raptors in the standings.
He returned to Algeria as a hardened fighter with a new nickname "Belaouar" -- the "one-eyed" -- after a battlefield injury, and joined forces with the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) in its brutal campaign against the Algerian regime and civilians deemed to be its supporters.
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