nickname

Early on against United at Stamford Bridge, supporters chanted "Steve-o", their tongue-in-cheek nickname for the £38m signing from Palmeiras.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Despite its nickname, the tax also falls on more modest multifamily residences like apartment buildings that exceed the sales price benchmarks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

“Information superhighway” was a fitting nickname for a system that could blast the average user through a vast network of art and intelligence.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Her nickname was “la Pasionaria,” the Passionate One.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

His nickname came from a firework incident in the Fontainebleau, the famous forest southeast of Paris.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The pilots, a team of champion drone pilots based in Austin, have “Top Gun”-style nicknames like “Amari” and “Proximo.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

For decades, the town has relied on finding houses by their whimsical nicknames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

“But let’s focus less on these nicknames and more on our egg designs.”

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Shares in the company nicknamed “the front page of the internet” tumbled 25% to $96.85, with the decline at 44% since the start of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The animatronic, nicknamed “Skelly,” has sold out every year since 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s what locals call Mono Mills Road and what road warriors nicknamed the “roller coaster highway” for its stomach-lifting undulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mbappé, who made his debut for Real Madrid in August 2024, has been nicknamed "the dictator" in the football world because of his influence and control over club and international football operations.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Eminem’s character in the movie 8 Mile is nicknamed B-Rabbit; Eminem is the most famous white rapper in the world; and I actually sort of look like him.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

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

The caption: “POV: Me on my way to HR yet again for nicknaming my co-worker ‘Tariff’ for costing the company more than they’re worth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025

They had extinguished the main fire, which ignited smaller ones, nicknaming it “la Mère,” or mother, in French.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 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