Nicknames

[nwu43]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

No, he was definately stating that they are proud of their nicknames, including those worse.

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

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.

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?

[rachild]

To rachild, do/did your brothers actually call you by that name?[/quote]


sometimes---I moreso used it to have "those coming behind me" across the burning sands refer to me as such (as in, Big Brother Madman). Its basically, as I believe someone alluded to, mostly a chapter thing. We didnt really refer to our line names outside of chapter context b/c you have to know the person for the name to make sense.

[tld221]

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

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...

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.

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...

[nwu43]

Originally Posted by tld221

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.

Oh comon, you know I was joking. Like I said before we're all proud to be lambdas and we are proud of our traditions. This is just one of those things where we may see nicknames/line names from other orgs and go damn those are usually cooler / not as degrading as the ones we give out. Doesn't mean anything, just something we notice

Man, jus when i started to get excited cause a Lambda was on GC...

I get the impression that you are a very sarcastic GC'er

[12dn94dst]

Originally Posted by nwu43

I get the impression that you are a very sarcastic GC'er

someone around here was being SARCASTIC??

[tld221]

Originally Posted by 12dn94dst

someone around here was being SARCASTIC??

moi? nah...

i've got love for lambda - only proof on my campus that Asians went greek. yall, aKDP and KPL...