nickname

This unease is so common it has a nickname: “white-coat syndrome.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

He called himself "Sir Wicknell", a nod to the embellishment that epitomised his lifestyle - and a nickname some used for the 45-year-old who packed enough controversy into his short life to last several lifetimes.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"I want to live on my own, so I think I'll use the money for the moving costs," said Suimii, the contest winner who only gave her nickname.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

On Wall Street, this dynamic has its own nickname — the “Fed put.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Mrs. Kluck—I decide to use the nickname, although I would never say it in front of Mama—bustles into the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Historically, full Moons were given nicknames to help keep track of time and monitor the changing seasons.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

They have earned it the nicknames "Copper capital" and "World cobalt capital".

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

“These are the nicknames that Michael would give these young boys,” Amen said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

But online, peptide sellers are offering “research-only” versions; in online forums, it is being referred to by nicknames like “reta” and “ratatouille.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

By overhearing the guards and prisoners talking, Zeitoun realized the prison had been given at least two nicknames by the guards and soldiers.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Scientists have nicknamed it the "Pac-Man enzyme" because its molecular structure features a remarkably wide opening where chemical reactions take place, known as the active site.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The first — nicknamed El Cordonazo, or the Lash of St. Francis — hit Long Beach and San Pedro in September 1939.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

A lawyer nicknamed “the Courtroom Bulldog” in local media, Deters has faced his own legal issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Fear of cellphone crime has pushed an estimated 30 percent of Brazilians -- about 65 million people -- to keep a cheap second phone, nicknamed a "robber's phone," according to the FBSP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

He had nicknamed a particularly tyrannical, humorless, and rosy steward “Pink Whiskers,” a sobriquet that was soon used by all the jockeys.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Sokol earned a reputation for being hard-driving and sometimes difficult, with some nicknaming him “The Great Young God,” a nod to both his intelligence and his ego.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

Paloma made light of it, nicknaming the tumour "Maria the Lung Mass", he says.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025

Aside from nicknaming Haley “birdbrain,” Trump and his allies largely ignored her until recent weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

She began performing at 7, with the Oakland Tribune nicknaming her the “Mysterious Mite” and describing her stage presence as that of an “old trouper.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023

At some point after the nicknaming, our Radar grew about six inches and started wearing contacts, so I suppose that 3.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green