Nicknames

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No: HPFGUIDX 185557

> Geoff:
> But I suspect that it was used by the Marauders more than once; it 
> seems an unlikely spur-of-the-moment choice. To me, it would 
> be a nickname.

Alla:

Agreed. By the way, I do not like this nickname myself, I think it 
does not nearly reflect who Snape is, but yes to me it is a nickname. 
Myself I will stick with greasy git, heh. 

> Zara:
> Actually, you know it. "Snape's Worst Memory", "Occlumency", 
OotP. "The 
> Prince's Tale", DH.
> 
> --zgirnius, who thinks "humor" is in the ear of the beholder
>


Alla:

I do not understand. Geoff said that it seem unlikely to be spur of 
the moment choice and you brought up several incidents when he was 
called the name. How does it contradict his point?

Do nicknames have to be humorous at all though? I am wondering about 
definition of the word. I believe that they can be as ugly as they 
can get.

I mean I certainly do not like nickname I was called in school. And I 
was not called it every day either, but of course it was a nickname, 
what else you would call it? It certainly was not my given name, but 
it correctly reflected something about me.