Nicknames
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Baston
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Originally Posted by old,not bold
The chemistry teacher at my (boys only)secondary school was a short, plump, rather shy, self-effacing chap called Mr Grocock. Yes, really. "Mighty Mouse" was one of the kinder nicknames for him.
Arguably he was in the wrong profession; he committed suicide one night in the lab.
Arguably he was in the wrong profession; he committed suicide one night in the lab.
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: The Luberon
Age: 70
Posts: 928
A radar tech known as "Norman". So called because of his massive hooter that went straight from the tip of his nose to his forehead without the bridge in between, resembling the helmet worn by medieval Normand soldiers. At times he would also be referred to as "Concorde"!
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: london
Posts: 655
On my time on UWAS everyone was given a nickname,don't think many stuck though, apart from one person who is still known by it today.
I worked with a chap who had always done something better than you and he became known as Elevenerife.
If you had been to Tenerife, he was bound to go one better.
I worked with a chap who had always done something better than you and he became known as Elevenerife.
If you had been to Tenerife, he was bound to go one better.
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: london
Posts: 655
Originally Posted by sitigeltfel
A radar tech known as "Norman". So called because of his massive hooter that went straight from the tip of his nose to his forehead without the bridge in between, resembling the helmet worn by medieval Normand soldiers. At times he would also be referred to as "Concorde"!
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
Posts: 26,131
The erstwhile Group Captain at 2 FTS whose surname was the same as the maiden name of the next Queen was universally known as 'Pippa'. Apparently he hated it, which merely ensured its wider promulgation.
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: East of LGB
Age: 67
Posts: 623
Up into our middle teens, my brother and I thought our names were God Dammit and Jesus Christ.
It was aways "God Dammit, get out of the middle of the street" or "Jesus Christ, what the hell is wrong with you?"
It was aways "God Dammit, get out of the middle of the street" or "Jesus Christ, what the hell is wrong with you?"
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: EGOS Field 24
Posts: 1,060
Originally Posted by BEagle
You can blame me for that! I christened 'Pippa-the-fat-navigator and ex-co pilot' with that name, because when one thought of the actual and very shapely Pippa (ooh, that dress...), the comment was "What an ar$e!".
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Australia
Posts: 784
One of my dad's drinking mates had a prominent nose and protruding teeth, which gave him a profile like his nickname, "Multigrip".
Had a Colonel known as Ringo because of his long hair, a Captain known as Flash because he wasn't and another Captain called Noddy for reasons unknown.
Had a Colonel known as Ringo because of his long hair, a Captain known as Flash because he wasn't and another Captain called Noddy for reasons unknown.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Hants
Age: 53
Posts: 1,232
We nicknamed one poor soul 'Pico' ... after the PicoFarad (Unit of capacitance!)
...Because we were sure that's how his brain worked....1 thought...then you had to wait 10 minutes for it to charge up ready for the next!
...Because we were sure that's how his brain worked....1 thought...then you had to wait 10 minutes for it to charge up ready for the next!
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: England
Posts: 600
Some American ones that have stuck in my head:
TIKE - think I know everything
SPIN - shortest person in NATO
Mud Slide - had a 'physiological event' in the jet
Wedge - as in 'simplest tool in the box'
Sex - surname: Fraver
Coma - took red 'stop' pills instead of green 'go' pills on a CORONET EAST deployment
"Dopey", "Grumpy", "Doc", "Happy" etc.: names given the 'vertically challenged' initial cadre of F-15A instructor pilots who were collectively known as the Seven Dwarves
High Drag: had big ears
Getsno - not lucky with the ladies
TIKE - think I know everything
SPIN - shortest person in NATO
Mud Slide - had a 'physiological event' in the jet
Wedge - as in 'simplest tool in the box'
Sex - surname: Fraver
Coma - took red 'stop' pills instead of green 'go' pills on a CORONET EAST deployment
"Dopey", "Grumpy", "Doc", "Happy" etc.: names given the 'vertically challenged' initial cadre of F-15A instructor pilots who were collectively known as the Seven Dwarves
High Drag: had big ears
Getsno - not lucky with the ladies
