Family Nicknames

[CrimsonTide4]

Here is the e-mail that she sent me this morning:

Hey Boo,

Can you help me out? I'm trying to locate a website that will give facts regarding Blacks and our diversity as far as language (our slang terms i.e. sugar instead of diabetes) our eating habits, things that make up our cultural differences. I'm helping get a pamphlet for training physicians during orientation. I need by this evening any leads you can provide.


So folks, I am researching but if you know of some, please let me know in this thread. A thousand thank yous.

[Mz Destiny]

I couldn't find any decent websites with extensive slang listings, however there are quite a few books, including an African-American Slang dictionary currently on the market.


Hope this helps!

Be Blessed...

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Here is the e-mail that she sent me this morning:

Hey Boo,

That is sooooo cute. I think I'll start calling my daughter that.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by ladygreek
That is sooooo cute. I think I'll start calling my daughter that.

I knew someone was going to CLOWN ME ON THAT.

Dat's all right. NO ONE outside of FAMILY will know what my brother used to call me because he could not say CARLA.

[1savvydiva]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I knew someone was going to CLOWN ME ON THAT.

Dat's all right. NO ONE outside of FAMILY will know what my brother used to call me because he could not say CARLA.

NO....but I am sure that whatever we come up with would be a lot worse!!! LOL!!! My mom calls me "Boo" also, somehow when she says it, it doesn't have the ghetto connotation as when you hear some dude in the street yelling "Ay Boo!"

[CrimsonTide4]

Since I helped my mom I guess will know later tonight when she gets home and peeps my research and since folks are talking about nicknames, let's share them.

My former stepfather called me SWEET PEA -- something else I think is nasty.

Ideal08 does not even know what my brother used to call me.

[2Tuff2Quit]

Well.......
My mom calls me her "boo-boo" never liked that one
My dad calls me "turkey" when I act silly
My aunt calls me "Mushroom".... never got that one
My great grand mother called me "pumpkin"
My uncle calls me "Big Head and Ewww"..you'ed have to understand the relationship
My ex told me I suffered from the Gina disease (big head)
Think thats about all..other than people just shortening my name.

[FLKING]

Get a load of this. My mom was in the hospital about to give birth to her fourth and final child. My grandmother calls her up and tells her if she had a girl she would have to name her FRANCESCA. My Granny had been watching The Price Is Right and saw a young woman on there with that name. Doing the daughterly thing, my mom agreed. Now my mom was told months before that she was having a boy and I was going to be named after my father. Well on that Easter Monday, April 19, 1976 at 8:06 am, I came into existance...and so did my many nick names.
Frank = Mom calls me that because she wanted a boy
Frankie = Dad calls me that cause Frank was to Masculine
Frankinstein = Kids started calling me that because I was a very tall child and they overheard my mom call me Frank
Nappy Head = Dad calls me that because I hated getting my hair combed as a child
Chesskat = Brother calls me that cause he says I smile like the cat in Alice in Wonderland
Fancy = After Jaime and Fancy got married on the Jaime Foxx show, her name became Franchesca King..... you know my first name and well my last name happens to be King as well

[Dedicated1]

My gramps called me "That Girl" (I guess he kept forgetting my name)

My brother calls me "Lil Sis"

My mom calls me "Tweety"

My cousins call me T

[1savvydiva]

Boo....Mom-dukes
Scooter.Dad/Unc/Grandparents (because I used to scoot around on my butt everywhere really fast before I learned to crawl/walk)
Suga Plum...Grandma
Joe Jr....because I look JUST like my father!

[NOWorNEVER]

Most family calls me Chy-Chy
Grannie calls me Chaya-Iya

[Dionysus]

Both sides of my family calls me Tan or Tan Tan, I
absoulutely despise it.

Other nics: Tanzy, hard head , T, lil G, Kraig

[Bamboozled]

All while growing up, and even now when they're trying to be funny, my family calls me Abu. Yep, like the name of Middle Eastern descent. Here's the story behind it: When I was potty training, my parents would sit me on the pot and step outside to let me do my business. For some reason, even then, I wouldn't go if someone was watching. So, they would always tell me to yell for one of them when I was done and they would come get me off. Well, I couldn't talk very well, so my "I'm through" came out as "Ahhhh Booooo". Everyone in the house would hear me screaming Ahhhh Boooo at the top of my lungs, but because they thought it was funny, they'd let me go on and on for a while. I have two older sisters and they just thought it was hilarious. This went on every night in my household. So, Ahhh Booo became one word and, to this day, you will hear them calling me Abu (as they spell it when writing it).

[RedefinedDiva]

Pumpkin and Booty (for obvious reasons )

[ClassyLady]

Muncho, Munchkin, and Munch Munch: My dad's names for me
Squirt: My older cousin called me that