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20. I rarely use the nicknames

Thu Oct 6, 2022, 10:32 AM

Oct 2022

I find them juvenile, but others clearly are happy with them, so that's just my view.

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An observation and a request [View all] OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 OP

YES . You are so right. Srkdqltr Oct 2022 #1

You mean like Woodswalker Oct 2022 #2

They're in the Top 10... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #8

I agree... Ohio Joe Oct 2022 #3

Like bloated tick or puss bag. onecaliberal Oct 2022 #4

And if those names were used in a post... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #18

I agree. Who was it started derogatory nicknames for everyone doc03 Oct 2022 #5

He's the highest profile person who does this... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #12

I always knew TFG referred to trump. Delmette2.0 Oct 2022 #28

Absolutely agree. betsuni Oct 2022 #6

TFG the former guy Freddie Oct 2022 #7

That's an OG nickname... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #10

It drives me nuts too crud Oct 2022 #19

👇 Goonch Oct 2022 #11

True. Once you resort to name calling you have lost the argument. Srkdqltr Oct 2022 #14

I call them what they are, what they represent. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #15

Nearly everyone here at DU knows who that nickname is for... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author CentralMass Oct 2022 #13

I rarely use the nicknames iemanja Oct 2022 #20

So long as the majority of us know what they mean... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #21

Pissy... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #24

And, to add to my pissy post... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #27

Have you ever read one of Ferrets epic posts lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #23

But you know he's talking about Trump... OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #25

I think I stumbled upon a key difference for people like me: OneGrassRoot Oct 2022 #26