Nicknames

[nik-neym]

nick·name

[nik-neym] noun, verb, nick·named, nick·nam·ing.
noun
1.
a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”
2.
a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.
verb (used with object)
3.
to give a nickname to (a person, town, etc.); call by a nickname.
4.
Archaic. to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname.

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Nicknames is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English nekename, for ekename (the phrase an ekename being taken as a nekename). See eke2, name; compare newt

nick·nam·er, noun
un·nick·named, adjective
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