Many years ago when I was a kid, nicknames were rarely used, so I didn't get one (except that sweet Americanized teen girl who used to call me Andy), but when my sons were teenagers, nicknames were mandatory. My older son Mariano (who got the nickname Mortem for his abilities in football) had a friend whose nickname was SORETE (pronounced so as in SO, re as in RED, te as in TENDER). In the Buenos Aires slang, it means bung, or... ok, a piece of shit.We laughed very much at this name and when we asked Mariano why his friend was called so, he told us that it was simply funny.

One day this friend ringed at our door, and my wife went to the door, a little sleepy, and shouted "MARIANOOO.." - "who's it Mom ??" - "SOOOREEETEEE !!". The boy kept smiling while we all were running desperately for a place to hide in.

Un abrazo - Andrés