Nickname Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

A humorous or derogatory apellation or epithet. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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A-she-ville n. In Asheville, that’s a problem. Straight people here proudly refer to the town as the lesbian capital of the South; when they joke about “A-she-ville,” they’re proud. [North Carolina English Gay Slang Nickname] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2006)

aspy n. Aspies, as people with the condition like to call themselves, often have normal or above-average intelligence, but they have trouble making friends and lack the intuitive ability to gauge social situations.…By definition, people with Asperger’s are outside the mainstream. [English Health Slang Abbreviation Nickname] [full cite] (Dec. 9, 2007)

Bako n. Still, like naturalists taking notes on monarchs, Pismo Beach residents make observations on the habits of Valley visitors—or “Fresnicks” and “Bakos,” as they call them. [California English Slang Nickname] [full cite] (Mar. 17, 2008)

Belindia n. Brazilians have often called their country “Belindia,” a place both wealthy like Belgium and poor like India. [Portuguese Brazil Nickname] [full cite] (Apr. 10, 2007)

Belsnickle n. “Belsnickle,” a word meaning “Good St. Nicholas,” is a term used for a figure of Santa Claus holding a tree or branch in his folded arms. Santa is usually not smiling on a belsnickle, and the branch was originally meant as a switch for punishing naughty children. Belsnickles are among the most popular old-fashioned Santa images, and because it is such a compact image it is often seen as a Christmas ornament or light bulb. [English Nickname] [full cite] (Dec. 10, 2007)

Billary n. Who is Hillary Clinton?…In the unstable personality we used to call “Billary,” he was the id and she was the super-ego, a role she clearly relished even as it poisoned her with resentment. [Nickname] [full cite] (Jul. 5, 2007)

Broken Pipe n. It would be foolish to think that Browne transformed BP from a dirty oil company to a progressive, renewable, squeaky-clean energy source. On the contrary, BP has a dismal environmental record—critics jokingly refer to the company as “Broken Pipe” after its many damaging oil leaks. [English Petroleum Derogatory Nickname] [full cite] (May. 11, 2007)

Busharraf n. Polls showed Musharraf’s popularity was in free fall at 15 per cent. Some 64 per cent of Pakistanis said they viewed the president’s backers in Washington as “the single biggest threat” to the nation. And people had recently taken to calling the president “Busharraf.” [Pakistan Nickname] [full cite] (Mar. 5, 2008)

Bushvolk n. Their votes support our troops by making the administration accountable. This isn’t micromanagement, as the Bushvolk maligned. It is input by the branch of government this president needed to begin the war but discounted once it had begun. [English Politics Derogatory New or Nonce Nickname] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2007)

Califernian n. “Every little bit of luck helps,” says the mountain operations manager at B.C.’s legendary Fernie Alpine Resort.…The town is such a pleasant diversion from the slopes, with its main drag of century-old hotels, cafés and shops (stocked with the newest ski and boarding gear), that oil-rich Calgarians have been fuelling a building boom of pricey condos and chalets here, prompting locals to dub them “Califernians.” [English Canada Nickname] [full cite] (Dec. 7, 2007)

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