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Help[Opinions] Re: Johnny
in reply to a message by queenv
It's even more juvenile than Danny or Charlie. It's very stereotypical, so much so that there is a genre of jokes, "Little Johnny jokes." Featuring a smart-alecky little kid named Johnny. It's kind of like the old Mutt and Jeff genre.
Johnny on a grown man seems childish as a nn, and very redneck if it's the name on his birth certificate, as if his parents couldn't even be bothered. It's almost as bad as Junior or Buddy or Buster as the full name.
Johnny on a grown man seems childish as a nn, and very redneck if it's the name on his birth certificate, as if his parents couldn't even be bothered. It's almost as bad as Junior or Buddy or Buster as the full name.
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Haha, well, my brother was Johnny and still is to his sisters, my father was called Buddy as a child (Bud as an adult), and my ex is called Buster, but that's not on any of their birth certificates. Full names are, respectively, John, Joseph, and Kenneth. So I guess none of us are rednecks!
Just made this comment because of the coincidence of knowing three different men with the nicknames you mention.
Just made this comment because of the coincidence of knowing three different men with the nicknames you mention.
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our cat is named Buddy...
Because he came from Best Buds. Plant nursery.
My stepfather has friends named Too short, Corky Buckwheat, and Third Thumb. They are all nicknames. Too Short is William and he is very short, even shorter than my stepfather who is about five foot four. Thurd Thumb is also William or Bill, called that because he has torn up so much equipment. Corky is Kenneth and nobody knows or remembers how he came to be Corky. And Buckwheat is Robert, and he came to be Buckwheat because when he was little and living with his grandma, the other kids would come by the house in the morning and ask if Bobby could play. His grandma would say "Yes, as soon as he finishes his buckwheat." And the name stuck like glue.
These are all truck drivers, and some of them are what you might call red, more or less, and I am sure they would not be so widely known by those nicknames if they had taken up other professions, like doctor or teacher or furniture salesman.
Because he came from Best Buds. Plant nursery.
My stepfather has friends named Too short, Corky Buckwheat, and Third Thumb. They are all nicknames. Too Short is William and he is very short, even shorter than my stepfather who is about five foot four. Thurd Thumb is also William or Bill, called that because he has torn up so much equipment. Corky is Kenneth and nobody knows or remembers how he came to be Corky. And Buckwheat is Robert, and he came to be Buckwheat because when he was little and living with his grandma, the other kids would come by the house in the morning and ask if Bobby could play. His grandma would say "Yes, as soon as he finishes his buckwheat." And the name stuck like glue.
These are all truck drivers, and some of them are what you might call red, more or less, and I am sure they would not be so widely known by those nicknames if they had taken up other professions, like doctor or teacher or furniture salesman.
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I used to have a boyfriend nick- named Moose.
And my daughter had a boyfriend nick-named Microbe. Don't know why.His actual name is Andre.
And my daughter had a boyfriend nick-named Microbe. Don't know why.His actual name is Andre.
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