nickname

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The name she uses professionally, Inde, for example, is a nickname her grandfather and her mother gave her as a child, because of her independence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

In an unfortunate attempt to make the wine happen, winesellers in the aughts started referring to it by the nickname “Groo-Vee.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

That nickname comes from Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator who ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo - formerly Zaire - for three decades.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“It’s where you got your name. Your nickname, I mean. Coal.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

That is, the boisterous Boston guy who calls buddies only by their nicknames, lets everyone at the bar know about it when his team wins and would sacrifice their first born if Brady asked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

What were some nicknames you had growing up?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

She was like the palatable little dolls we played with as children—mango seeds that we drew faces on and then called by our nicknames.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

The animal, known officially by the more prosaic name Bear 89, was nicknamed Backpack by rangers who noted his habit of climbing on his mother's back when she swam across the river.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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

The last prime minister to attempt a substantial overhaul of social care was Theresa May, whose 2017 plans unfurled when they were nicknamed the "dementia tax".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

That’s roughly 300 acres, encompassing the parking lots, the hillsides meeting the 110 Freeway, and 149 concrete planters nicknamed “martinis” for their glass-like shape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 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

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

Tom's combination with fellow flanker Sam Underhill was a revelation during the tournament and resulted in Jones nicknaming the pair the "kamikaze kids".

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 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

"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