Reporters later shortened the name to " Cy ", which became the nickname Young used for the rest of his life.

The race became a round of the new European Championship in 1936, when stormy weather and a broken oil line led to a series of crashes, eliminating the Mercedes-Benzes of Chiron, Fagioli, and von Brauchitsch, as well as Bernd Rosemeyer's Typ C for newcomer Auto Union ; Rudolf Caracciola, proving the truth of his nickname, Regenmeister ( Rainmaster ), went on to win.

Polk's oratory became popular, earning him the nickname " Napoleon of the Stump.

The nickname loonie ( in French ) became so widely recognized that in 2006 the Royal Canadian Mint secured the rights to it.

Egypt became occupied by Muslim Arabs as early as 640, and since then so many mosques have appeared throughout the country that its capital city, Cairo, has acquired the nickname of city of a thousand minarets.

Over time, " Nationals " faded as a nickname, and " Senators " became dominant.

In the second half of the 18th century Sint Eustatius became the commercial hub of the north-eastern Caribbean, earning the nickname " The Golden Rock.

These became the homes of civil servants, officers, bankers, artists and politicians among others, and earned the area the nickname " Millionaires ' Quarter " although its official designation was Friedrichvorstadt ( Friedrich's Suburb ), or alternatively the Tiergartenviertel ( Tiergarten Quarter ).

The moniker of " The Big O " would eventually follow him back to the States, where it became an unofficial nickname for Orbison.

During this time Scott became known by the nickname " The Wizard of the North ".

" Washington quickly became the oldest team in the NFL and earned the nickname " The Over the Hill Gang.

He received the nickname ' Tricky Kid ' and at 18 he became a member of the Fresh 4, a rap group built from The Wild Bunch.

That term, shortened to " Dodger " became the nickname for the Brooklyn Dodgers ( now the Los Angeles Dodgers ).

As a result, U-M gained the nickname " Harvard of the West ," which became commonly parodied in reverse after John F. Kennedy referred to himself as " a graduate of the Michigan of the East, Harvard University " in his speech proposing the formation of the Peace Corps while on the front steps of the Michigan Union.

The nickname students had used against the Wesleys was revived ; they and their followers became known as Methodists.

As a young child, Nicks had difficulty pronouncing her given name Stephanie, instead pronouncing it " tee-dee ", which became the nickname " Stevie ".

The German expression Birne (" pear ") became a widespread nickname and symbol for the Chancellor.

A little later, in the television series entitled Il Mattatore ( Spotlight Chaser ) he obtained unexpected success and " Il Mattatore " became the nickname that accompanied him for the rest of his life.

His nickname, the " Gangbuster ", became the name of a popular radio serial based on his fight against the mob.

After the cognomen became hereditary and lost its function as a nickname, a second nickname, or agnomen, was appended to the name after birth — usually not immediately — to signify some personal characteristic or accomplishment.

After Deep Thought's 1989 match against Kasparov, IBM held a contest to rename the chess machine and it became " Deep Blue ", a play on IBM's nickname, " Big Blue ".

During the war the valley surrounding the western end of the river also became the focal point of a series of dogfights for air superiority over North Korea, earning the nickname " MiG Alley " in reference to the MiG-15 fighters flown by the combined North Korean, Chinese and Soviet forces.

Wizards of the Coast explains that the " Super class " label was used to hide the ship's " true nature from the Imperial Senate "; this bureaucratic fiction became the source of the type's nickname.

He was given the nickname " Bloody Sam " owing to the violence in his films.

It is also stated that only he has ever called his brother by his childhood nickname, " Sam ".

* Front of name: Sometimes a nickname can come from the front: Chris from Christopher / Christina, Ed from Edward / Edmond / Edgar / Edwin, Iz or Izzy from Isaac / Isaiah / Isidore / Izale / Isabel / Isabella, Joe or Jo from Joseph / Josephine / Joanna, Abby from Abigail, Nick or Nico from Nicholas, Peg from Peggy, Sam from Samuel / Samantha / Samson

The light was powered by the town's gas supply, which at the time was sporadic and unreliable, hence the nickname " Blind Sam ".

Sam & Dave's live act earned them the nickname " Double Dynamite.

The nickname remains in " Sourdough Sam ", the mascot of the San Francisco 49ers.

The first actors to portray Mutt and Jeff in the comedy shorts were Sam D. Drane, a tall man noted for his resemblance to President Lincoln, who actually played Lincoln in his last movie, The Crisis ( 1916 ), as A. Mutt, and Gus Alexander, whose nickname was " Shorty ," as Jeff.

The following year his government used the military to break the great shearers ' strike, and he earned the nickname " Oily Sam ".

In the first two series Tarot is assisted by Sam Maxstead ( Tony Selby ), a reformed convict and Lillian Palmer known by her nickname, Lulli ( Judy Loe ), an orphan.

Also Stanley Kubrick ( in Paths of Glory, and Dr. Strangelove, among others ) as well as Orson Welles ( in The Trial, partly Orson Welles ' London, segment Four Clubmen ), Sam Peckinpah ( in Straw Dogs ), and Sidney Lumet ( in The Offence ) have occasionally done the same in the past, though mostly in moderation, for single shots or sequences only, while Gilliam hardly ever uses any lens longer than 14mm, which has garnered lenses of that particular focal length the informal nickname " The Gilliam " among film-makers.

There is a glimmer of hope for reconciliation at the end, when Sam addresses Hally by his nickname again and asks to start over the next day, hearkening back to the simple days of the kite.

Sam Houston State's colors are orange and white and their nickname is the Bearkats.

In the late 1940s, then SHSU president Harmon Lowman attempted to change the SHSU mascot from Bearkats to " Ravens " ( after General Sam Houston's Cherokee nickname ).

Lee was given the affectionate nickname of " Little Sam " in contrast to Allardyce who was known as " Big Sam " by the Bolton Fans.

Another nickname which was possibly applied to Baillie-Stewart was " Sinister Sam ".

Johnston earned his nickname " Tex " because of his penchant for wearing cowboy boots and a Stetson hat on the flightline .< ref name =" Jet Age "> Sam Howe Verhovek, Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World, c. pp. 48-49

His success earned him the nickname " Sam the Banana Man.

The term " Son of Sam " refers to the nickname of serial killer David Berkowitz, the subject of a notorious 1978 murder case.

* Bonehead, the nickname of speedcore producer Sam Tang.

It acquired its more unique nickname evidently from a joking conversation between Caltech biologists James Bonner and Sam Wildman.

His sharp-breaking curveball also earned him the nickname " Horsewhips Sam ".

Tall ( 6 feet, 5 inches ) and powerful, his left-handed fastball was delivered with an unusually calm pitching motion which led to his memorable nickname: " Sudden Sam.