Gunga –My oldest grandson, now 8, calls me Grandma, but during times of excitement still reverts to his childhood name for me Gunga. My younger grandson introduces me as “My Mothers Mother”. – Lorraine Gucky – I believe this name is the result of my grandson trying to say Grandma ...
One of the NBA's original heat check scoring guards, Lloyd B. Free, had such a memorable nickname - "World B. Free" - that he legally changed his first name to "World". Free was apparently given the nickname by a friend for his ability to bury deep shots from "around the world"....
It seems if you are a dart player you are given a nickname even if this is just a shortened version of your name for example Raymond van Barneveld’s nickname is ‘Barney’ or extended to 'Barney Rubble' from the Flintstones. Raymond sometimes wears a gold Barney Rubble medallion around hi...
Completing the “Nature Boy” trifecta was Buddy Landel, who took on the name during the 1980s. Landel mostly competed within the southeastern United States, and he, too, had a rather pompous persona that the fans did not care for. With Landel infringing on Flair’s territory, the two had...