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nickname

noun as in informal title

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She gives every impression she might regard that nickname as a bit wishy-washy, a bit namby-pamby.

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The gang is reportedly led by McGill, who goes by the nickname Miami.

From BBC

The pair had cats - a reference to Sunderland football team's nickname the Black Cats - inked after the team's opener in the north east.

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Not many know about their work, but those who do have nicknamed them the war detectives.

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It inspired fierce loyalty among its pilots, yet also acquired the grim nickname "flying coffin" after a series of deadly crashes in its twilight years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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