nickname

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Ilia Malinin is the only skater to have successfully landed the quadruple Axel, skating's most difficult jump, in competition, earning him the nickname the 'Quad God'.

From BBC

He now says that is his favorite of his nicknames.

From The Wall Street Journal

A test two years ago revealed she has haemochromatosis - a genetic disorder nicknamed "the Celtic Curse" that she inherited from her Lewis-born father.

From BBC

“It’s not like you’re sleeping in a little sleeping cube,” Shiffrin says of her snooze routine, which long ago earned her the nickname Sir Naps a Lot.

From The Wall Street Journal

No one calls her a Singing Mouse, or whatever ridiculous nickname Denny probably would have thought up.

From Literature