In the black culture, certain kids are given nicknames that they roll with forever; the nicknames outweigh their real names. I'm one of those scenarios.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.
Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger.
Nicknames are the most essential in life, more valuable than names.
I think it's pretty cruel to give a kid a name that others are going to have. I think it's very important to have a unique name within any group you're likely to be in.
Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name.
I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.
In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.
W a gang member, and especially in a Latino gang, gets jumped in, and then he's given a name, and he has that name forever, but it's not so much the name as being called by name.
When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'.
You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.