Nickname or 'nicksentence'?
With regards to a recent news story "Soldier's 'lucky' bullet escape", I heard a news flash being read out on Radio 1 Newsbeat which literally contained the following:
"...the soldier is now being nicknamed 'The luckiest soldier in the British army'..."
That is some crappy nickname. Doesn't quite roll from the tongue now, does it? Leon 'The luckiest soldier in the British army' Wilson. Whatever. Nicknames need to be short and snappy. More than two or three words and they're not nicknames anymore, but 'nicksentences' in my book. Jeff Lebowski agrees. Can you imagine him calling himself Jeffrey "F*ck it, let's go bowling" Lebowski?
I know I'm probably (read:most likely) being pedantic, but surely journalists should pay attention to the details? Or to quote Walter Sobchak whilst threatening Smokey he's entering a world of pain: "Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?"
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