Fraturnaty/Sorority NickNames
 

Which fraternities give out Nicknames to their new inducted members?? (EX like in Animal house) My Fraternity has been doing this for years, but after asking my friend from back at home who happens to be in the same frat, but at another school he told me they didn't give out nick names. It looks like I’ll be taking on a pledge for my little brother for the first time and I also would like some suggestions on really good names to help me come up with a really good name for who ever becomes my pledge.

Do any other frats/sororities give out nicknames, and what is yours??

My name is Roots BTW.

I think this is a joke, but.....
 

Is "Fraturnaty" a nickname for "fraternity?"

Many GLOs give out "nicknames" but they are referred to as pledge names or line names, etc.

If this is supposedly a chapter tradition already, you should be able to talk to your chapter brothers about suggestions and find out how you all usually assign names. We don't know your chapter, the upcoming pledges, etc.

Thats all fine and good, and actually I've come up with many ideas, but my question was "what fraternities give out nicknames to their new inducted members? What is your nickname??

Good. ;)

You asked the question after stating "I also would like some suggestions on really good names to help me come up with a really good name for who ever becomes my pledge." So, my comments stand.

My chapter did nick names for our "families." For instance, my family is called the "Peeps" family (named for those sweet Easter candies and the way an alum laughed--she made a "peep" noise). We even took it a step further and did individual names, which I prefer not to mention. Haha. At one point, all of the sisters even wrote cheers for each other that described us--some were really good, but some were pretty embarassing and I wouldn't want people other than my good friends to hear mine. EVER. :)

Pledge, Pledgeface, Toilet, Dan, Dorfman, Donkey Lips, Barbara Walters, Hey, Fat Head, Steve, etc. etc. etc.

dumbass is a preferable one, but I plan on using toilet often this coming semester. Also "hey you" works.

nicknames
 

A few years ago we had one guy who we really wanted and some guy we were taking a chance on as a package deal because the two were best friends. So we called them Steve and Steve's friend respectively.

couple of my favorite SAE nicknames

Snort Absolutely Everything
Sexual Assault Expected
Southern Area Elitists
Sex Alcohol & Ego's
Superior Arrogant Elitists

My sorority does that. My name is Zip it

My Frat does that!
 

The nickname that they gave me is: Shell Toe! I know that sounds corney but, the reason is because that's the only type of shoe that I used to wear. So I suggest that's what you should do is find something about that person and play off of that.

Arg. It's THIS thread again.

Everytime I see "fraturnaty" I want to shake somebody.

We do this every semester. We have our pledge retreat, usually somewhere in the mountains, the pledges get their Big Bros and the Big Bros give them nicknames...some stick most don't, but they all get named. Mine is one of few that has stuck, my Big Bro named me Tweak because of my occasional energetic, odd behavior, I reminded him of Tweek from South Park. Nicknames, in my experience over the last couple of years, if you want them to stick, should be short and easy to say, one word, ect. Examples from my chapter that have stuck is Barf, Myrtle, Shaggy, Lurch, Tweak. But not all one-word names stick. Examples of lame nicknames that no matter how hard you try just dont stick are Radio, Sack, Whammy, El Culo Titre, 9 Ball, Reno, Little Bean. Get to know the guy you're gonna take, look at how he acts, his personality, go from there...or you can just call him Queef...I've always wanted to name a pledge Queef (i dont know if thats how ya spell it, but who cares, it sounds the same)...

Basically, Yes, Most Do!;)

I haven't heard any of those before, but I'm assuming you also know the one I do hear. :)