Your hometown is probably unlike my hometown (East St. Louis) in every conceivable comparison or measurement except one way. I would wager that in your (youth) neighborhood, as in mine, many friends and classmates had nicknames. At least that was the case with the boys.
Perhaps we all recall a 'Buddie' or 'Smitty' but there were also the more unusual nicknames.
Here's a few cherished and memorable nicknames from my old East Side neighborhood:
'Poochie' Gigalotto, 'Thumper' Delaney, 'Stump' Foley, 'Radar' O'Brien, 'Lumpy' Landrum, 'Pud' Flood, 'Poo Poo' Harper, 'Welder-Brain' Blackwell, 'Huge' Campbell, 'Ollie' Altenberger, 'Butch' Fiegel, 'Marvelous Marvin' Jones, 'Big Tree' Harris, 'Little Tree' Harris, 'Cobby' Perez, 'Buzz' Shaw, 'Big Daddy' Glanton, 'Flea Boy' Washington, 'Pick' Dehner, 'Pepper' Dehner, 'Yonko' Basarich, 'Stinky' Steinman, 'Foz' Ryan, 'Skeeter' Evans, and 'Banana' Balletto.
Oh, I'll also bet you had at least one 'Moe' you knew.
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