Thursday, August 21, 2008

Pet peeve

People who form nicknames for others (or themselves) using the first syllable of the person's first name, followed by "ster." Example, Davester.

Secondary peeve for usage of the suffix "meister." It's all sooo early 90's.
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7 comments:

  1. Blogarita8/21/2008 3:15 PM

    So, how do you feel about Dave-a-reno?

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  2. Clippy Mat8/21/2008 8:18 PM

    LOL Dave-a-reno. :-)

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  3. Me!8/21/2008 9:24 PM

    I'm sooooo guilty of this! Even the "a-reeno" usage.

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  4. Violet8/22/2008 9:27 AM

    It's, like, retro.

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  5. Max8/22/2008 11:36 AM

    Reminds me of the pet peeve I have for anything that is proceded by the word Uber (Uberlicious, uber this, uber that...argghh).

    Max...

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  6. Jen8/22/2008 5:01 PM

    so can we still call Grant "Gransterama" when no one else is around??????

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  7. beana8/25/2008 5:19 PM

    hi dave (davemeister, daveareno, the davester and davey jones)

    just wanted to say hi.

    i like made up names- it protects the innocent.

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