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Originally Posted by nwu43
We're proud of our nicknames because we worked hard to earn them, and they often have some meaning or significance to it related to pledging (I know what you're thinking right now, and no that's not the reason why they were nicknamed that).
I think we give these out because we like to joke around with each other, and in a weird way it makes us tighter, both as a chapter, and as a region. Each brother's nickname almost always has some funny or interesting story to it, so it's always fun to meet new bros (even more so when the stories are pledge-related) and it's easier to remember new people as well
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well, i think that's what it comes down to when ANY org, regardless of background, gives nicknames - the shared memories of how they got that name, etc...
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I guess it's also a way of demonstrating how trivial and superficial the deriding part of some of our nicknames are to us compared to the brotherhood (i.e., we are so proud to be lambdas that we don't care if others laugh at our nicknames); at the same time, we love our nicknames and identify with them as I'm sure every minority Greek does.
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i know non-minority orgs that do nicknames... they dont go putting it on jackets and t-shirts like we would, but i have seen orgs (i don't know if NPC/IFC orgs call them "crossing" items) that will have their pledge class on one sleeve and their name on the other (usually embroidered on hoodies)
Btw, remember that I said those are two of the worst. Most of us have neutral or neutral/funny nicknames (e.g. BillyFobThornton, Zoloft, DimSum, Kirby etc...). The ones that have some slightly deriding element to it are usually not *that* bad (Sexual Harassment Panda, Pink Panther). But it's the really cool ones like "Predator", "Thor", or "Knuckles" that are rare. In any case, I can tell you that even the two bros nicknamed rimjob and dildo are not afraid to wear those names on the back of their linejackets (only reason that they often don't is because there are many places where showing off those words would be inappropriate. But at parties for example, it's no problem)
That said,
some of us are still a little bit envious of D9 Greeks ...
(and sometimes even other Asian Greeks, LOCK's nickname for example is pretty cool). Oh well.. I'm very happy with mine
To rachild, do/did your brothers actually call you by that name?[/QUOTE]
who exactly is "us," other members of your org? and why be envious? over some nicknaming scheme? please - be proud of YOUR org and YOUR traditions.
Man, jus when i started to get excited cause a Lambda was on GC...
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