My nickname is Hotpants. Reason- a certain outfit I went clubbing in and then being upset some strange guy wanted to "pet" me. Ick.
My chapter started giving Alumnae Names as well, since some sisters complained that names they received early on didn't really "define" them well, so their Alumnae name usually related to their nickname, but were more descriptive/positive.
One of the posts talked about not knowing "real" names of people in other houses, only pledge names. How true. How am I supposed to know that "Teddy" isn't a real name? Worse, when the pledge name is "not-so-nice" and you don't want to say it, but you have no idea his real name-