Nicknames like negative nancy7/1/2023 Nicknames originate within small groups and become very powerful symbols of how the child is viewed within that circle. Nicknames, on the other hand, reflect how others see the person. Several studies have researched attributes that are associated with Western given names. The given name parents call their child carries with it stereotypical associations that will last a lifetime. Those derogatory nicknames must have zapped their confidence and self-esteem and been devastating to their development. A nickname comes to stand for how we see ourselves. But the boy who was called "Piggy" because he was fat, and the girl who was called "Four Eyes" because she wore thick glasses couldn't have felt welcomed into a friendly group. I felt accepted into the inner circle of friends because of my sense of humour, if not for a talent in sports. Though at first I didn't like my nickname, I discovered that when a team captain called out, "I'll take Wheaties," I was welcomed to the group with cheers. Pals called one of my friends "Mini-Arab" and later "Mini." (He had Middle Eastern parents and was shorter than his brother.) My friend Angela was called "Angie " Edgar was called "Bud," probably to differentiate him from his father who was also Edgar Norman was "Buster" relating to his husky size and my nickname was "Wheaties," which referred to the cereal advertised as "the breakfast of champions," because I was inept at sports, always one of the last to be chosen for a team, and had remarked, to cheer up another rejected classmate, that we didn't eat enough Wheaties.
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