The Nickname Generator

November 29, 2001 7:49 AM

The Nickname Generator says my nickname should be "bitch." How about you?
posted by tatochip (27 comments total)

Hey! How did THEY know I was a "Fat Fuck?"
posted by ColdChef at 7:55 AM on November 29, 2001

Looking at his list of nicknames in the source, this guy seems pretty dedicated to the classic school of insult comedy, wherein application of "fuckface" to a randomly selected audience member is the pinnacle o' wit.
posted by BT at 7:56 AM on November 29, 2001

I am Towel Boy, which is interesting, considering my sex...
posted by dagnyscott at 7:57 AM on November 29, 2001

"That Bastard" I should get a nametag that says that. I like that. =)
But if I use my birth name, it says "Gimp."
posted by ZachsMind at 7:59 AM on November 29, 2001

Anybody here have a nickname in real life? Interesting phenomenon...Some people at my work have nicknames, but how well do you have to know someone to use their nickname? ("Mandy" for "Amanda" doesn't count.) Sports guys get the best nicknames.
posted by luser at 7:59 AM on November 29, 2001

luser

Sports guys get the best nicknames.

You think those guys have cool nicknames? Check 70s Jamaican (cricket) fast-bowling legend Michael Holding, aka The Whispering Death...
posted by bifter at 8:04 AM on November 29, 2001

Bifter, was Michael Holding one of the duo mentioned in Brian Johnston's famous cricket commentating gaffe?

"The batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willie."
posted by dlewis at 8:15 AM on November 29, 2001

"The Stalker." Yikes.
posted by muckster at 8:17 AM on November 29, 2001

dlewis

was Michael Holding one of the duo mentioned in Brian Johnston's famous cricket commentating gaffe?

That's the fella! :-) (other way round though - the bowler was Holding the batsman's Willie... erm...)
posted by bifter at 8:22 AM on November 29, 2001

Ugly.
I think I'd rather be the Stalker.
posted by oddity at 8:25 AM on November 29, 2001

Hello, I'm... Sucker? Sheesh.... my Wu Tang name was funnier than that...
posted by spilon at 8:29 AM on November 29, 2001

"The Kid"
posted by jerseygirl at 8:29 AM on November 29, 2001

Mine was:

"just one more, and then I'm going home"

Huh?
posted by internal at 8:36 AM on November 29, 2001

What a piece of crap. Look at the source. Bleah.
posted by jdc at 8:37 AM on November 29, 2001

Hmm. Not digging it. These things were around all over the shop a long time ago - prison bitch name generator, mobster name generator, contemporary dance name generator. If they ever succeeded at all it was on the creativity and amusingness of the names chosen for the list and the occasional amusing serendipity of right name with right person. These are just universally offensive.
posted by tucola at 9:03 AM on November 29, 2001

Mr. T Name Generator
posted by Shadowkeeper at 9:15 AM on November 29, 2001

lord-o-donuts
Which is pretty weird, since I like snacks but I'm definitely not overweight
posted by matteo at 9:45 AM on November 29, 2001

If they ever succeeded at all it was on the creativity and amusingness of the names chosen for the list and the occasional amusing serendipity of right name with right person.

So, you're *not* an ugly boy?
posted by KLAX at 9:46 AM on November 29, 2001

sugar hips?

Well, that's how they got that way, but erm, yeah.
posted by digital_insomnia at 9:47 AM on November 29, 2001

Look at the source. It basically adds up the letters in your name, then picks a name out of an array. About as interesting as finding out your checksum, or if your name == 666.
posted by kurumi at 10:11 AM on November 29, 2001

Fuzzy?
posted by heybate at 11:22 AM on November 29, 2001

Shadowkeeper do you realize that they ask for you Social Security Number and your mothers Madien name. There is no way i would give out that info. You would have to be a foo... you should remove that link. Mr. is stealing peoples info.
posted by aj100 at 11:53 AM on November 29, 2001

My real-life work nickname is my MeFi screenname.
posted by Lynsey at 11:53 AM on November 29, 2001

do you realize that they ask for you Social Security Number and your mothers Madien name ... you should remove that link. Mr. is stealing peoples info.

Go here. Search for "batshit".
posted by Shadowkeeper at 12:19 PM on November 29, 2001

aj100: Um, the information you put into the form doesn't actually get sent anywhere, so it's perfectly safe to put in any information you like.

Looking at the JavaScript, it's pretty obvious that someone is doing things the hard way... someone seriously needs to clue that dude in to the charCodeAt method of the String object (see matchLtr())
posted by kindall at 12:21 PM on November 29, 2001

I tried this thing the first day it was posted on MeFi and ended up getting the same answer I got today. And I am still confused... I am Nipples hear me roar.
posted by terrapin at 2:06 PM on November 29, 2001

Prison Bitch Name
posted by trioperative at 3:46 PM on November 29, 2001