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Just thinking I should call the OH "Velma"
For the above reason. (At least once / day)

What nicknames have you / work-colleges / pub mates got?

To be nice, don't give their real name.

My nickname was "Spunk drop" don't ask!!

We have called someone "Gobshite" he is incapable of telling the truth.

Also a friend has had a breast enlargement so her nickname is "Silicon Sammy"

Nos

More recently I've been known as AJ, when I was still in short trousers my Dad used to call me Snotface, at school it was usually Plesplops - it's a wonder I still know who I am.

It's John: I'm John, OK, got that?

My most common one was skippy because I was forever "recovering " things from skips.
Some nicknames seemed obvious , we had "Blakey" a site agent who looked like the character from "On the Buses" . Others less so . Another site agent was nicknamed "lamppost" . When someone enquired why he was told it was because you "get more sense out of a lamppost". On one job I heard a guy referred to as "moss side" which I assumed was because that was his origin but when I asked why he had that nickname I was told " we call him that because he's rough" .

haha bloke at the pub we call him electric lips coz hes always got something to say.

billy 2 coats was a decorater until he died. he always said everything would need 2 coats.

one of my mates is called the vicar because hes extremely traditional and conservative.

another bloke called bobby big knob. someone else called stupid adam. a lad i play football with is nicknamed jurgen. looks a bit like jurgen klopp.... some of the lads one week asked him which part of germany he was from

Since I took my riving knife and blade guard off my table saw I am known as Three Fingers Walt

I made that up

DWD

We used to called a mate "tubey" as we thought he looked like a test tube baby when it was all the news back in the 80's

The name stuck ever since

I used to be known as BB (baby bear) in the army as there was another guy with the same surname as me named Bear. My mate has a white eyebrow and was instantly named badger. My other mate was known as petrol bomb because when we were training for Northern Ireland he ran away during a simulated riot.

Some guys I've known for years and still don't know their proper names or at least I keep forgetting.

We called a bloke in my local 'Johnny red tie', he wore the same red tie for about 10 years.

There's a group of bathroom fitters I work with occasionally who make a point of coming up with the most politically-incorrect, offensive, nicknames they can for everyone on site. I get away *really* lightly with the name "big nose c**t", often shortened to "BNC" or even "Beyonce" (that was after I made the rookie mistake of protesting that I didn't think my nose was really all that big, after one of them took the mick about it).

I can't actually post most of them... The heating engineer is of Caribbean descent, and his nickname is related to something you used to find on a jar of Robinson's jam. The thing is, they're the nicest blokes you could hope to meet -- people you would really trust your life to in a dodgy situation. Site humour is a tricky thing to explain to anyone who hasn't experienced it. Bit of a dying art too, sadly, with all the political correctness we have these days.

Wobs is what most know me as. Short for Wobble Gob.

We also have a Blakey, as he used to drive a bus.

We had someone called Weeble, owing to the way she danced at nightclubs shortly after an ankle operation.

Mum - friend who was older than us, and owned a house before the rest of us did.

Yogi - Friend looked like Yogi Bear

Fluff - Friend who hardly ever shaved.

Once had a boss known as the Sheriff. The reasons were less than PC, but he thought it was because he had such authority.

Mate of mine used to call me "Big Dave" and my younger brother, who is taller than me, and not called "Dave"(Obviously) "Little Dave"

A bloke at an old work was called "Jaffa" after 3 months off due to a operation

Another was called "Camshaft" (He always complained about his camshaft rattling)