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BabyP 02-19-2004 04:49 AM

Cool Nicknames
 
I know many sororities and fraternities have cool nicknames for their brothers and sisters. How do they come up with it?? I am not good or creative at coming up with names......... darn it........... My girls want me to "baptize" them with their new nicknames but I am so bad at being creative..... the names is what you wear on your line (crossing over) jackets.....

AlphaPhiBubbles 02-19-2004 05:01 AM

In my experience the nicknames are either forced and kind of dumb...or just reflect something the person did (usually while intoxicated) or having to do with their personalities

HollisterDXiChi 02-19-2004 10:53 AM

just think about something they do a lot or that like makes them stand out. Incidents that may have happened. In my old sorority, Beta Mu Omicron (music service sorority), a girl in my pledge class got nicknamed Beaker because when she was in some science class she was checking out the hot teacher (she was a boy freak :) and knocked over all the beackers on the table...thus she got named Beaker. My nickname was Lil Bit cuz Im petite :) You want it to be something that kinda inside jokish too. Something that would need explaining. Here are some nicknames of my, well ex-sisters:
Stacey: Sweet Tea
Tiff: Wrong Turn/10-4
Tara: Barbie (we nicknamed her boyfriend Ken :)
Emma: Baba Liza (Its Romanian)
Amber: Giggles/Embryo
Kiana: Curley Q
Me: Nips/Pink Suga :P

Good Luck!

veemers 02-19-2004 11:28 AM

We give ourselves our nicknames. Mine is goddess V (lowercase g, uppercase V) because well, people call me V and I'm just that cool. (Humor me, folks, ok?) Some of our nicknames are simple, some not so much so (Like D's nickname is My Dixie Rex....**rolls eyes**)

So I would say to see what others have to say about their own nickname.

sigep533 02-19-2004 12:54 PM

yea usually forced upon you...
D.A.T.T.

HollisterDXiChi 02-19-2004 12:59 PM

Thats what I thought too...:confused:
What school is your SigEp chapter at in Arkansas? HSU or ASU-LR? The chapter at HSU was awesome :)

ISUKappa 02-19-2004 01:17 PM

I think you're referring more to the line names more commonly given by NPHC and MGLO's correct? Such as (and this is an example only): Soror "Everlasting Flame" (insert name here).

I think they usually have something to do with the org, the individual personality of the person and some inside "jokes" (as it were--people in the GLO would really be the only ones to "get" it)

Perhaps members of NHPC and MGLOs can be of more assistance?

preciousjeni 02-19-2004 01:22 PM

My Alpha Phi Omega nickname is "Linda Richman" after Mike Myers' character on "Coffee Talk." My big brother thought I talked a lot and had similar mannerisms. I don't know how true that really is!!! I've calmed down a lot since then, so it might not even fit me anymore.

preciousjeni

EGDeepher 02-19-2004 01:58 PM

My D Phi E nickname is Lemon Merengue... long story.

Rio_Kohitsuji 02-19-2004 05:22 PM

We're going to give our girls their nicknames this weekend :D

My pledge class however had:
Trouble Bubble (because I was the worst pledge ever...lol)
Doc Johnson (she's a nursing major..and talked to much about medical info)
Smokey Magee (she was the only one that smoked..andMagee just sounded right ;) )

I'm naming my little probably "Peztard", because she's pathetic when trying to put candies into a Pez dispenser. Yes..very unpc..but oh well :p

Have fun w/the nicknames, and oh, always ask yourself, "Would I mind having this nickname for the rest of my life?"

pirate00 02-20-2004 11:57 AM

My nicknames/aliases over the years:

From APO:

1) "Doc" (Fall 2000 - While on pledge line) Because of my pursuit of a career in medicine and knowledge thereof.

2) "Smoooth" (Spring 2001 - During Spring Break at Oak Island, NC) PM me if you want the unedited story.

3) "Leon Phelps" (Fall 2002- At National Convention in New Orleans) Named after the character from "The Ladies' Man" movie; was given to me actually by a brother from another chapter, and the name followed me back to Greenville!

From Masonry:

1) "360" (attributed to former "directional difficulties" I was facing)
2) "Schroeder" (after the "Peanuts" character)
3) "Medic" (for obvious reasons)

GPhiLlama 02-20-2004 12:58 PM

My chapter does two nicknames-the pledge class nickname (on our pledge class jerseys), and a formal nickname (on the formal jersey.)

The pledge class nick is chosen by the other members of the pledge class. Mine is Tokyo 2, because I have a stuffed otter named Rodan, that when I get bored, destroys imaginary Tokyo. The 2 is because Rodan destroyed Tokyo in the second movie.

The formal nick is given to us by our mom. Mine is Sisyphus 13. Why? I can only tell Gamma Phis. :)

skerbow 02-20-2004 01:29 PM

we didn't have cool nicknames. :(

preciousjeni 02-20-2004 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GPhiLlama
Mine is Sisyphus 13. Why? I can only tell Gamma Phis. :)
Same with my Theta Nu nickname: PourSISTAnCE!!!

GammaPhiBabe 02-20-2004 02:16 PM

My chapter doesn't do any kind of "formal" nicknames. Usually, if someone gets a nickname, it's because there are 2 or more people in the house with the same first name. For example, we had so many Elizabeths that they all had to go by either a nickname or their last name just so we knew which Elizabeth was being referred to. Same with Jennifers and Kristens.

I never had a Gamma Phi nickname. I'd be interested in hearing the story of how you got yours, GPhiLlama!


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