2006-10-30 06:42:14 · 12 answers · asked by pixie007 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I had a nick name at one time, some people still call me by it. But I will not answer or valid it, cause it is not my name.
Nick names say more than you think.
2006-10-30 07:37:49 · answer #1 · answered by dancinintherain 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It can be either mocking or expressing concern or love. But it only comes after some development in relationship.
It is a way of getting closer. A person who just met me today wont call me by nick name. But a close friend will that tells the difference.
2006-10-30 15:07:59 · answer #2 · answered by marc 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A nickname may well tell you something about the person who is called by it, but it may more clearly tell you something about the person who gave them that name. For example, I have a tendency to call people random things, e.g. Kam is Camouflage, Camel, Camera, Camelot, Kamela Anderson, anything with the sound "kam" in it. Now that's more an expression of my boredom, and my sense of humour than of her. She certainly bears little resemblance to a camel.
On the other hand, I call my boyfriend Bean, because he is a skinny bean, and my sister Madriella, because she is olive-skinned, and as a young child I believed her to be Spanish, and Madriella to be the Spanish word for Miss. Hence something can be learned about both of these people and myself if you understand the reasoning behind a nickname. But the intention is crucial, because nicknames evolve and mutate away from their original forms in a way only the recipient, the giver, and those closest, understand.
2006-10-30 15:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by old_but_still_a_child 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I grew up with boys who gave each other silly nick names all the time (some of them have 5!) i managed to get away with years without one until one fatal day and then it happened... It says nothing, means nothing, is nothing, but a nick name they gave me!
2006-10-30 14:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by Fay 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
depends on the nick name, usually though nick names are just daft and basically stick for life.
2006-10-30 14:45:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it does to them and their friends or family. I have a nick name that means nothing, except to me and my sister. She gave it to me, and she is the only one who uses it, and I sign emails with it, but only to her.
2006-10-30 14:52:52 · answer #6 · answered by Mimiat41 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because thats usually how you get a nick name - its something someone associates you to.
2006-10-30 14:53:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it does sometimes and others it don't it all depends on the nick name my nicknames nessa bean and i don't think I'm a bean
2006-10-30 14:54:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because a person can choose a nickname. a person's choice might just say something about their personality, no?
2006-10-30 14:50:09 · answer #9 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is funny and ironic.
For instance calling a big guy "Tiny"
2006-10-30 15:29:11 · answer #10 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋