Quotes about nicknamed (16 Quotes)


    Jabba resembled a giant tadpole, like the cinematic creature for whom he was nicknamed, the man was a hairless spheroid. As resident guardian angel of all NSA computer systems, Jabba marched from department to department, tweaking, soldering, and reaffirming his credo that prevention was the best medicine. No NSA computer had ever been infected under Jabba's reign; he intended to keep it that way.

    The coyly nicknamed explosive Key4 had been developed by Special Forces specifically for opening locked doors with minimal collateral damage. Consisting primarily of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine with a diethylhexyl plasticizer, it was essentially a piece of C-4 rolled into paper-thin sheets for insertion into doorjambs. In the case of the library's reading room, the explosive had worked perfectly.

    I always enjoyed seeing broadcasters Jack Buck and talking to Mike Shannon. I nicknamed him Jack 'Big Money' Buck. I thought he'd go to the bank before he got here to show me he had a whole wad of hundreds. I always asked to see his bankroll. I miss Jack a lot. I like talking baseball with those guys.

    Duke Ellington doesn't name himself. He's nicknamed by his friends because of the manner in which he dresses, the manner in which he presents himself. He embodies all of that aristocratic tradition that made Duke Ellington noticed as a member of some kind of aristocratic class.



    Balding backbencher Bob McMullan, nicknamed comb-over ... When someone looks through a window and thinks they see a lot of vipers and snakes, it's nearly always the case they're looking in a mirror and seeing a reflection of themselves.

    Shahid Sayed Akhtar used to prescribe medicines whenever we people got cold, fever and other minor ailments and therefore, he was nicknamed as 'doctor by us.




    He's nicknamed 'Big Game'. He had a big year on both ends of the floor. Three years straight he made all-league, and he's just a phenomenal player.

    I nicknamed him 'Combine,' ... He's a playmaker. I think he's going to be able to impact a game like Devin Hester does. Devin can change the momentum of a game. I think by the time it's all said and done, Willie will do the same thing.


    In an article in the Boston Globe Tuesday, journalist and author Ross Gelbspan writes, The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming . ... Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue.

    He is not nicknamed 'The Wall' for nothing but, having taken on opening, he may have exposed himself slightly. The new ball can get him out and he tends to play with his bat outside his body to a ball on line with off stump, which can result in an edge. He offers chances early on and they need to be held. For a player of his ability he tends to lose patience against spin.




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