nickname

Rummage through Greenock's industrial history and you will find a distinct heritage - in the 19th Century its status as a global hub for refining sugar earned it the nickname "Sugaropolis".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Eventually, according to the court filing that spells his nickname as “Jondo,” he took on more responsibilities and became one of the most trusted members of Guzmán Salazar’s inner circle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Matt Wilkinson, a 250-pound left-hander with a throwback nickname, defied the odds to make his big-league debut on Wednesday for the San Francisco Giants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

He also became known for a love of luxury labels, particularly French brand Hermes -- earning him the nickname "Belt Xu" after being spotted wearing a Hermes belt to the national political congress.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Yura,” he whispered, using Gagarin’s nickname, “the numbers are three, two, five.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

CEO nicknames often are born of job cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

A fan favorite for his witty wording and player nicknames, King turned his most famous catchphrase, “Gimme the Hotsauce,” into the name of his podcast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

“I don’t know how you got to be called Big Time. Penny and Big Time aren’t even close. I don’t like nicknames anyway.”

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

Using the Zwicky Transient Facility at Palomar Observatory in California, she detected the object, formally designated AT2024wpp and nicknamed the Whippet.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Castro, who was nicknamed “El Caballo,” or “The Horse,” still has admirers, mostly among older Cubans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Those facilities are based on Real Madrid's aptly nicknamed White House training base.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

The crunch has been nicknamed "RAMaggedon" after the components called RAM, or "random-access memory".

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

“So how long do you think you can keep your biological daughter—who, by the way, you have nicknamed after a fruit—a secret from your biological siblings? Asking for a friend.”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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

This sort of evocative nicknaming has deep cultural roots in China, according to Shaohua Guo, a professor of Chinese language at Carleton University.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

But in the Key West tradition of nicknaming, everyone called him TooBad because he was terrible at marbles.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm