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In U.S. culture, despite its republican constitution and ideology, [4] royalist honorific nicknames have been used to describe leading figures in various areas of activity, such as industry, commerce, sports, and the media; father or mother have been used for innovators, and royal titles such as king and queen for dominant figures in a field.
[1] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule. A moniker also means a nickname or personal name. The word often distinguishes personal names from nicknames that became proper names out of former nicknames. English examples are Bob and Rob, nickname variants for Robert.
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Sad Sam is the nickname of: . Sam Gray (baseball) (1897–1953), American Major League Baseball pitcher Sad Sam Jones (1892–1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher; Sam Thompson (pitcher) (1908–1978), American Negro league pitcher
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Some of the most notable nicknames and stage names are listed here. Although the term Jazz royalty exists for "Kings" and similar royal or aristocratic nicknames, there is a wide range of other terms, many of them obscure. Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article.
– From a childhood nickname "Big", because he was overweight at the age of 10. [232] NSYNC – received its name after Justin Timberlake's mother commented on how "in sync" the group's singing voices were. [233] The group's name is also a play on the last letter of each of the initial members' names: JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, JasoN, and JC. [234]
Donald Trump became widely known during his 2016 presidential campaign, his first presidency from 2017 to 2021, his inter-presidential period and 2024 presidential campaign for using nicknames to criticize, insult, or otherwise express commentary about media figures, politicians, and foreign leaders.