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This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [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 following is a list of nicknames used for individual playing cards of the French-suited standard 52-card pack. Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture. King (K): Cowboy, [1] Monarch [1] King of Clubs (K ♣): Alexander [2]
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted.
Use of the generational suffix, like "Junior", or nicknames associated with a particular generational suffix, like Trey or Tripp for III. Combination of the first and middle name, or variations of a person's first and middle name. For example, a person may have the name Mary Elizabeth but has the nickname "Maz" or "Miz" by combining Mary and Liz.
"Trey" dates back to the 14th century, and is a name for a card or a die showing three points; originally from Old French treis. [69] 32 Can of Corn [8] This nickname likely comes from baseball where a "Can of Corn" is an easily caught fly ball. Supposedly comes from a general store clerk reaching up and dropping a can from a high shelf. [70]
As the name gyaru-moji suggests (gyaru meaning "gal"), this writing system was created by and remains primarily employed by young women. [ 1 ] Like the English phenomenon of SMS language , it is most often used for sending cell phone text messages , but while text is used as a form of informal shorthand, a message typed in gyaru-moji usually ...
An emoji (/ ɪ ˈ m oʊ dʒ iː / ih-MOH-jee; plural emoji or emojis; [1] Japanese: 絵文字, Japanese pronunciation:) is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram, or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages.
The three standard sex symbols in biology are male ♂, female ♀ and hermaphroditic ⚥; originally the symbol for Mercury, ☿, was used for the last. These symbols were first used by Carl Linnaeus in 1751 to denote whether flowers were male (stamens only), female (pistil only) or perfect flowers with both pistils and stamens. [1] (Most ...