The term should not be confused with the nickname " greenback " for the U. S. Dollar, which is printed with green ink.

* Ix, the nickname of Ford Prefect from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, meaning " boy who is not able satisfactorily to explain what a Hrung is, nor why it should choose to collapse on Betelgeuse Seven " ( because he is in fact a " boy who is not able satisfactorily to explain what a Hrung is, nor why it should choose to collapse on Betelgeuse Seven.

Certain sources cite this series as the origin of a nickname used by some anime fans,, although it should be noted that Tomino had directed and worked in a number of series in which the vast majority of the protagonists survive .< ref >

The nickname of " gentle shepherd " was given him because he bored the House by asking over and over again, during the debate on the Cider Bill of 1763, that somebody should tell him " where " to lay the new tax if it was not to be put on cider.

Various writers have attributed " Dorie " to other suggestions such as a " nickname to shipmates and friends "... or " the Navy thought he should go by the more masculine-sounding Dorie.

For the 1893 Hamburg and 1894 Weimar performances, Mahler gave the piece the title Titan after the novel by Jean Paul, although Mahler specified that the piece was not in any way " about " the book ; the nickname is often used today, but properly only applies to those two versions and should not be used in connection with the definitive final version.

LP Manuel had the folly to propose that the president of the Assembly should have the same authority as the president of the United States ; his proposition was at once rejected, but Pétion got the nickname of " Roi Pétion ," which contributed to his fall.

It should be noted that the people of the Netherlands rebelling against Philip II gave themselves the nickname " De Geuzen ", which corresponds to the French word " gueux " ( beggar ).

Indeed, Steven Runciman is certain that his nickname Magnus ( greater or elder ), applied to him by William of Tyre, is a copyist's error, and should be Minus ( younger ), referring to Hugh as younger brother of the King of France.

The Malaysian government issued a statement that the prime minister should not be referred to by this nickname in official articles and in newsprint ; however, the nickname was still used informally.

It was because of their professionalism in the field during the American War of Independence, that the regiment was given the nickname ' The Pattern '; the regiment then became the standard of soldiering which all other regiments should attain.

' Someone should have a sibling ,' she wrote in My Own Two Feet, ' so I tossed in a little sister to explain Beezus's nickname.

Ratomir Tanić, a witness at Milošević's subsequent war crimes trial, said that Horseshoe was a colloquial nickname for a " completely different " Yugoslav army plan, that should come into effect only if the ethic Albanian population take the side of the foreign aggressor in case of aggression on Yugoslavia.

Here he gained the nickname " Old Razor Blades " when he was quoted as saying murderers should have razor blades left in their cells to enable them to " do the decent thing.

EFnet does not offer services such as NickServ ; Jupiter gained control of the nickname as he ( among other operators ) did not believe nicknames should be owned.

He got his nickname after killing a man ( guilty of poisoning a well, and killing a number of villagers and very valuable camels ) one hour before the traditional D ' reg three days of hospitality, during which even your greatest enemy should be shown respect, would have run out.

He got his nickname after killing a man ( guilty of poisoning a well, and killing a number of villagers and very valuable camels ) one hour before the traditional D ' reg three days of hospitality, during which even your greatest enemy should be shown respect, would have run out.

Has the nickname of " La Bonne " ( the Maid ) after the phrase of the Socialist General Secretary Candidate Martine Aubry at the 2008 Reims Congress of the Socialist Party: " T ' aurais pu faire le ménage Adeline " ( Adeline you should have cleaned the house after seeing a spider on her desk during her candidacy speech ...)

Like his mentor, Coughlin is known as a stern disciplinarian and for his meticulous attention to detail ( for example, at the start of his Giants tenure he fined players for being two minutes early to team meetings, saying they should have arrived at least five minutes early per his new rules ), earning him the nickname " Colonel Coughlin ".

Originally, David Newman's first-draft script called for the character to be named Ollie ; but Moore decided instead that the name should be changed to Patch, Patch being the nickname of his own young son, Patrick.

Horace Fletcher ( 1849 – 1919 ) was an American health food enthusiast of the Victorian era who earned the nickname " The Great Masticator ," by arguing that food should be chewed thirty two times – or, about 100 times per minute – before being swallowed: " Nature will castigate those who don't masticate.

Graceful as his fencing and dancing lessons had taught him to be in addition to the natural grace of his slight, wiry frame, he cut enough of a figure to have evoked a nickname in the college, to which he himself referred in Prolusion 6::

The author opens with a prologue, usually taken to be addressed to an individual by the name of Theophilus ( though this name, which translates literally as " God-lover ", may be a nickname rather than a personal appellation ) and references " my earlier book "— almost certainly the Gospel of Luke.

The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “ The Pilgrims At Home ” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“ Rory O ’ More ” melody ).

Diddley claims that his peers gave him the nickname, which he first suspected to be an insult.

After the 1900 season, the American Base-Ball League formed as a rival professional league, and incidentally the club's old White Stockings nickname would be adopted by a new American League neighbor to the south.

The progression of the nickname can be seen in the book The Addicks Cartoons: An Affectionate Look into the Early History of Charlton Athletic, which covers the pre-First World War history of Charlton through a narrative based on 56 cartoons which appeared in the now defunct Kentish Independent.

where she prefers to be known as Clara Kappelhoff, combining an old nickname (" Clara ", by friend Billy de Wolfe ) and her family name at birth.

The nickname quickly gained currency, but " Henry " continued to be cited frequently in the media, both sometimes appearing in the same article, and Aaron would answer to either one.

Traditionally, on IRC, anybody can own a channel or a nickname ; if no one is using it, it can be used by anyone who chooses to do so.

While attempts to implement a similar system had been made before and other networks have since developed registration services of their own, at the time DALnet's successful decision to allow and enforce nickname and channel registration was considered to be unique and even controversial, as it went against established practice.

The 2009 film The Men Who Stare at Goats stars Ewan McGregor as a reporter named Bob Wilton who follows a former soldier ( George Clooney ) who claimed to be a " Jedi warrior ", a nickname for psychic spies in the US military.

Its nickname came from a surveying error: the initial phase of construction on the fort turned out to be taking place on a point north of the Canadian border.

Still many, however, continue to find the legends more memorable than the history, seeing her as a traitor, as may be assumed from a legend that she had a twin sister who went North and the pejorative nickname La Chingada associated with her twin.

His second name, Lambert, sometimes erroneously considered to be a nickname, was given to him as a reference to the cult of Saint Lambert.

While " The Wizard of Oz " nickname was an allusion to the 1939 motion picture of the same name, Smith also came to be known as simply " The Wizard " during his playing career, as Smith's Baseball Hall of Fame plaque would later attest.

His accurate political sense failed him only once, when he found himself in 1948 on the wrong side of a failed coup attempt and had to be driven to the Brazilian embassy in the trunk of a car, earning him the nickname " Colonel Trunk ".

" His maternal grandmother, who had suggested his birth name of Samuel, also came up with his nickname: " heard the name on a soap opera she liked and decided from that moment on he would be Mikey.

She is reluctant to reveal this part of her background, as she does not want to be known by a nickname she had been called earlier in life -- the Dancing Doctor.

In 1939, André Breton coined the derogatory nickname " Avida Dollars ", an anagram for " Salvador Dalí ", and a phonetic rendering of the French avide à dollars, which may be translated as " eager for dollars ".

Individuals using a computer online may adopt or be required to use a form of pseudonym known as a " handle " ( a term deriving from CB slang ), " user name ", " login name ", " avatar ", or, sometimes, " screen name " or " nickname ".

** For example: One specific person may be identified by all of the following identifiers: Jane Smith ; Jane Elizabeth Meredith Smith ; Jane E. M. Smith ; Jane E. Smith ; Janie Smith ; Janie ; Little Janie ( as opposed to her mother or sister or cousin, Big Janie ); Aunt Jane ; Auntie Janie ; Mom ; Grandmom ; Nana ; Kelly's mother ; Billy's grandmother ; Ms. Smith ; Dr. Smith ; Jane E. Smith, PhD ; and Fuzzy ( her jocular nickname at work ).

According to a frequently-repeated story, which may be apocryphal, Keaton acquired the nickname " Buster " at about eighteen months of age.

* " Mac " can also be used as a nickname for Malcolm