nickname

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

Named as Bottega Veneta's creative director in 2021, he helped reinvent the Italian leather goods brand, earning him the nickname the "magician of Milan".

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The department sent a statement in response that appears to refer to the nine-time Pro Bowl selection’s nickname Weapon X.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Tall, bullet scarred, small-eyed, and jittery, he seemed to be wasting away from within—hence his nickname, Slim.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

And residents have given their homes whimsical nicknames such as Sea Urchin, Surf Song and A Whistle Away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Full Moons were given nicknames around the world as people used them to help keep track of time and monitor the changing seasons.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

All those cute nicknames seem so affected, and Father’s fondness for talking about farting and going to the bathroom is disgusting.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

The Camp David property - set deep in Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland - was first taken over as a retreat by President Franklin Roosevelt, who nicknamed it "Shangri-La".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

While stopped at a sandy ridge nicknamed "Chocolatal," Curiosity used its navigation cameras to photograph the surrounding landscape at two different times of day.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

A jolly round man with a buzz cut, Nigro said that inmates had nicknamed him Abbott, after the partner of Costello.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

To kick off the globally renowned festival, Carpenter - headlining for the first time - turned the stage into the Hollywood Hills, nicknaming it "Sabrinawood".

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

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

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

As with many a critically reviled Broadway musical, those who loved it banded together, nicknaming themselves “Difanas.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2022

"Chachas—" she always called us that, from muchachas, girls, which is how come we had ended up nicknaming her a play echo of her name for us, Chucha.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez