He doesn't look like an American linebacker in the National Football League to me. (Laughter.) But his persistence exceeds any linebacker that ever hit me. (Laughter.) But I want you all to know what you may not know and that is the origin of the nickname.
And then there's the goal celebration that has earned him the nickname of the Little Aeroplane, an idiosyncrasy first launched at Genoa after a spell on the sidelines.
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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acquired the nickname of the Serious Flawed Office in its early years of operation as a unit fighting big financial crime in the 1990s.
Poet Alan Gilbert brought up another potential calendar conflict, interrupting himself during his own poem to ask the crowd about the relationship between the phrase "midnight madness, " used in his poem, and the nickname of the NCAA basketball tournament, March Madness.
Frederick Hopkins, a medical doctor who had entered the Novitiate with Gerard in 1868, and whose suave manner had earned him the nickname of "the genteel Hop, " sat on the sofa cushion next to his and glanced at the page.
Following the scandal, gay rights group Stonewall voted her the UK Bigot of the Year 2008 while the gay news service Pink News landed her with the nickname "wicked witch of the north".
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Innovative music producer Phil Ramone, whose work with the major artists of the modern era won him 14 Grammys and prompted the nickname "Pope of Pop, " died Saturday morning in a New York hospital, his son, Matt, told CNN.
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The boom that earned Ireland the nickname of "Celtic Tiger" faltered when the country fell into recession in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008.
"Chinese people put quite a lot of value on 'face, ' " says 23 year-old winner Cheng Pei Quan, who earned the nickname "The King of Collars" because he can sew 95 collars an hour, a third more than average.
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Diluting his words were those of his rather successful predecessor Eisuke Sakakibara, whose legendary jawboning earned him the nickname of Mr. Yen.
It took them 56 pages to say "TigerDirect, you're craaaaaazy, " but a U.S. District Court for the District of Florida has denied TigerDirect's request for injunction against Apple over the use of the "Tiger" nickname.
Blister figure is the miniaturized form of quilted figure and "Quittle" is the nickname bestowed upon wood that has a blend of both quilted and curly figure.
Jonsi is the nickname of Jon Thor Birgisson, the enigmatic Sigur Ros singer.
He is an ultra-confident player who goes by the nickname of the Machine.
He was a strict Puritan and acquired the nickname of "Strickland the Stinger" for the ferocity of his debating style in the House of Commons.
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Mr Martelly's shows were patronised by some leading figures in the violent military dictatorship that ousted Mr Aristide later that year, which is when he acquired the nickname of "Sweet Micky".
The American Meat Institute, meanwhile, has created www.meatsafety.org to answer questions about BSE and beef safety, as well as facts about lean finely textured beef, which of course, earned the nickname pink slime.
After news of the attack, Usoyan's nickname became a top trending name among Russian users of Twitter.
The Big Easy is earning a new nickname - the Hollywood of the South - as it becomes the third biggest centre of film production in the US behind Los Angeles and New York.
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Penguin Books was denied its request for the transfer of penguin.org from a man with the nickname Penguin, and pop star Sting will have to find a different domain after his demand for sting.com was rejected on the grounds that sting was not his real name and was a common word.
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Those guarding the former Iraqi leader developed a sort of rapport with him, giving Hussein the nickname Vic -- derived from the initials V-I-C posted near his name in the holding facility.
Made primarily of birch plywood (despite the nickname) it remains the largest plane ever flown.
It's the official nickname of Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs.
The singer earned the nickname Stompin' Tom by his habit of thumping the stage with his left foot during performances.
Another regular is the charismatic Alicia Wilson, who goes by the nickname "Beautiful" and is the creator of potent cocktails.
He went on to study history at the University of Leiden, where his taste for partying earned him the nickname "Prins Pils" .
Sreesanth has the nickname 'Prince of Hat-tricks' because of his exploits at club and first-class level.
Living up to the reputation that won him the nickname Dr. Doom, Roubini described the somber state of affairs that will define 2012 in a Bloomberg Tradebook conference held in New York last Thursday.
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Everybody (campers and staff) gets assigned a nickname at the start of the week.
"It is not easy beating 'Superman', " said Taylor, referring to the nickname adopted by Clark of Kent.
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