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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

It is not only schoolchildren who bestow nicknames on teachers. isolated and unpopular teachers are often given a nickname by colleagues who dislike them. The one I remember was named "BALDRICK" and it stuck. Any others ?

("Baldrick" was a character in the TV series "Blackadder" - an incredibly stupid man.)

johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Princess, for one very nose-in-the-air specimen.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"Bigfoot" like the Sasquatch he was seldom seen and hard to track down)

Kent F. Kruhoeffer · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2129 Location: 中国

In China, my nickname - among teachers in the teachers' office - was 'Studley'.

Seems some of the middle-aged, female Chinese English teachers had a crush on me.

Sure beats the hell out of 'That idiot'. Laughing

Shonai Ben · Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 617

....we called the principal of our school Granny Forbes.......from the "Granny" character on The Beverley Hillbillies........she was a tough old bird too.........strict as hell.

massiveg · Joined: 14 Mar 2013 Posts: 36

The white Saudi, sometimes known also as the beadle

greegor · Joined: 23 Sep 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Guangzhou, China

I've had a few. In Oaxaca I was known as Señor No Me Toca (Mister Don't Touch Me - Mexicans are very touchy-feely and as an American, I don't like being touched). In one school in Jakarta I was the Grammar Geek, but my all-time favorite was bestowed by a student. I was Mr. ABM, which stood for A**hole Bule M*****f***er, hahaha! "Bule" in Indonesian is a somewhat rude word for white people and I was well known for distancing myself from my bule brethren. We have a terrible reputation in SE Asia and I really didn't want it to touch me. I guess I was sufficiently adamant about it to earn that nickname. She gave it to me in friendly jest, and it stuck with me amongst my favorite students the rest of my time in Indonesia.

Shroob · Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339

'Backpack boy'. I used to carry my things (teaching books, lesson plans etc) in a backpack to class with me and I was mistaken for a student a lot of times.

Blingcosa · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 146 Location: Guangdong

One girl, about 21 years old, said I looked like her father, so she started calling me 'Daddy'. It was hilarious - and she thought the joke was on me!

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

Big bird because she had the same gait.

Trigger because he was stupid.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:57 pm Post subject:

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johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

AngelineFerrer · Joined: 11 Sep 2013 Posts: 13

when I was in high school, there's this teacher we call "Pocahontas" because we just wanted to annoy the hell out of here, more oftentimes we succeeded Laughing

jaffa · Joined: 25 Oct 2012 Posts: 403