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"Mud City" – possibly the oldest nickname for the city, referring to the fact that the terrain of the city used to be a mud flat [22] "City by the Lake" – used as early as the 1890s [23] "The City that Works" – slogan from Richard J. Daley's tenure as mayor, describing Chicago as a blue-collar, hard-working city, which ran relatively ...
Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency. Billings. The Magic City [3] Montana's Trailhead [4] Montana's City [5] Star of the Big Sky Country [6] B-Town. A recently-trending, popular unofficial nickname for Billings is "B ...
Bandit Heeler is a main character in the Australian preschool animated television series Bluey, created by Joe Brumm.Employed as an archeologist, he enjoys playing with his daughters, Bluey and Bingo, and takes any role he plays in a game they devise seriously despite often being seen as reluctant and unwilling to partake in their games.
A pull-tab lotto ticket. A pull-tab is a gambling ticket for a pull-tab game. Other names for the game include Break-Opens, Nevada Tickets, Cherry Bells, Lucky 7s, Pickle Cards, Pickle Tickets, Instant Bingo, Bowl Games, or Popp-Opens.
Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numbers#List of British bingo nicknames for a centralized discusion as to whether Bingo names should be included in thiese articles. Arthur Rubin (alternate) 23:34, 3 June 2018 (UTC) Reply
Donald Trump became widely known during his 2016 presidential campaign, his subsequent presidency from 2017 to 2021, and his post-presidency for using nicknames to criticize, insult, or otherwise express commentary about media figures, politicians, and foreign leaders.
"Chicago of the South" "Convention City of Dixie Land" An 1859 industrial journal was among the first to note nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia: [1]. An orator claimed for it the signification of "a city among the hills" while a writer has declared that it was the opposite of "rus in urbe" ("country in the city") and proclaimed it "'the city in the woods".
In addition to formal demonyms, many nicknames are used for residents of the different regions of the United Kingdom. For example, natives and residents of Liverpool are formally referred to as Liverpudlians, but are most commonly referred to as Scousers (after their local dish). Some, but not all, of these nicknames may be derogatory.