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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=968293810-01042005>Can someone
recommend a good dictionary of nicknames in the English</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=968293810-01042005>language? I
do not mean nick-names as shortened forms of proper names</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=968293810-01042005>but nicknames
as descriptive terms (affectionate, humorous, derogatory,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=968293810-01042005>vitriolic)
which answers questions about </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=968293810-01042005>reasons for sobriquets, where they </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=968293810-01042005>come
from.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=968293810-01042005>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=968293810-01042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Fritz
asked:</FONT> </SPAN><BR>> Isn't Mc Weirdo an interesting
collocation?<SPAN class=968293810-01042005><FONT face=Arial
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class=968293810-01042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Mac
replied:</FONT> </SPAN><BR>I think it's quite nice as a nick as a matter
of fact
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