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[15] 69% opposed a national nickname, partly from a sense of decorum [16] and partly because the best names were already taken by other teams. [16] [17] Athletics Australia held a competition for a nickname for its squad for the 2001 World Athletics Championships. [18] The winning entry was "the Diggers", from the nickname for ANZAC soldiers. [18]
"The Don" = Donald Bradman, Australian, generally acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time, Australia "Fab Four" = Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and V. V. S. Laxman; India [169] "The Fearsome Foursome" = Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner; West Indies [170] "The Wall" = Rahul Dravid,
[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.
In 2003, the Australian Football League standardised the club mascots into the Mascot Manor theme. [1] Some, however, have since been replaced. [2] Adelaide - Claude "Curls" Crow [3] Brisbane Lions - Roy the Lion [4] (formerly Bernie 'Gabba' Vegas) [5] Carlton - Captain Carlton [6] Collingwood - Jock "One Eye" McPie [7] Essendon - Moz "Skeeta ...
Here are 125 cute, sexy, and romantic nicknames for your boyfriend, fiancé, baby daddy, FWB—basically anyone you're getting romantic with.
Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, [1] [2] and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner".
NBA nicknames have taken on lives of their own over recent decades. Historically very good, the current generation has been known to crank out some terrible monikers for hoops stars.
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