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[Alphaeus]

Yesterday, somewhere out by the big hoop in Tourmaline Desert, I briefly lost control of my Mad Dog when one of my teammates referred to a pair of enemy Urbanmechs (who, admittedly, were dicing us up) as "those damn nippleheads." LMFAO. For a crucial thirty seconds. Got hung up in the metal skeleton wall on the quiet side of the hoop. Been playing for four years and never heard the nickname "nippleheads" until yesterday. As I regained control and dedicated full chassis to losing gloriously, I noticed several others commenting on the "nippleheads" nickname. Apparently it's a new one, which made me realize that we don't tend to broadcast 'mech nicknames out here on the forums. So it might be good to just get a list going, partly so noobs know what we mean, partly for the humor of it all. So here's the beginning of a list:

Nipplehead (apparently this is a thing now): An Urbanmech
Big K: A Kodiak or a King Crab; if someone says something to "Big K" and you're driving a Kodiak or a King Crab, there's a chance they're talking to you, not calling another player by name.
Big A: An Atlas; see "Big K" above.
Fatlas: Another name for an Atlas; derogatory.
Big D: A Direwolf; see "Big K" above.
Mary Poppins: Any 'mech packing ECM or three-plus AMSes. Likely referents include the Kitfox and the Nova, which are commonly-used three-AMS chassix.
Turtle: Any low-crouched heavy light/light medium. For example, a Nova, a Cougar, or an Adder.
Billboard: A very large, very wide 'mech. For example, a Fafnir, a Blood Asp, a Highlander, an Awesome, a Mauler, a Warhammer IIC, a Corsair, or, alternatively, certain heavies, including the Summoner, Cataphract, Hellbringer, and Warhammer.
Jag: An Ebon Jaguar.
Timbie: A Timberwolf (RIP).
Fridge: A Hunchback or Hunchback IIC.
Minifridge: A Myst Lynx or an Ice Ferret.
Hellbie: A Hellbringer--NOT a Hellfire or a Hellspawn.
Bushie: A Bushwacker.
Splatapult: <no explanation needed>
Faffie: <Really??>
Onan: An Orion.
Annie: An Annihilator.
Turkey: A Nightstar.
Vickie: A Victor.

What else you guys got?

[My Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ]

[Redacted]: A Zeus

Edited by draiocht, 11 October 2019 - 01:05 PM.
inappropriate language

[Jackal Noble]

You missed quite a few, and I'm sure others will fill that in.
Cute fox, OnionIIC, Onion, Whammy, Ice-Fridge, Timberturd, Urbie, just Faf, Skylander . Jag is more akin to Jagermech, I'm far more prone to hear EBJ (ebeejay) for the Ebon.

[Nimiki]

Flapjack - Blackjack
Onion - Orion
Fapnir - Fafnir
Roflman - Rifleman
Arctic Cheater - Arctic Cheetah (back in the day when it first came out, their hitboxes were whack)
Fatlas - Atlas
Dee Dubs/Dire Whale - Dire Wolf
Racwacker - Bushwacker w/RAC's
Sadcat - Shadowcat
Woehammer IIC - Warhammer IIC (Subpar performance)
Lolcust - Locust
Trollmando - Commando (especially with ECM/Stealth)
Cute Fox - Kit Fox
Gargles - Gargoyle
Nopeva - Nova (before resizing patch)
Thanny - Thanatos
Scarecrow - Stormcrow
Bad Dog - Mad Dog
Peacedove - Warhawk (wonky hitboxes and limited viable builds)

And many others I'm sure.

[KHETTI]

Some from MW4 era.....
Direwolf- Landpig
Gladiator-Gladbag
Shadowcat-Scat
Thanatos-Thanny
Warhawk-Masa
There's tons more but i forget them right now.

[Nightbird]

Flying Dild - Jenner IIC

Edited by Nightbird, 11 October 2019 - 12:50 PM.

[MW Waldorf Statler]

Quote

Splatapult: <no explanation needed>
Faffie: <Really??>

Splatapult =Catapult with SRMs
Faffie=Fafnir

maddie_Timberwolf/Madcat
Maro=Marodeur

Edited by MW Waldorf Statler, 11 October 2019 - 02:26 PM.

[R79TCom1 Night Lanner]

BattleHamster is a commonly used nickname for the BattleMaster during tabletop BattleTech games in my area.

[LordNothing]

bone jag = ebon jaguar
dire kitten = adder, possibly also a cougar
fish sticks/fish paste/chum = piranha
care bear - kodiak (brawl build)
bearon - any other kodiak
bruce - any missile or heavy ballistic jenner
cait - any other jenner
old boom boom - any 8-gun dire build (uv or using uv omnipods)
beer fridge - ice ferret
fireburd - any ppc warhawk
boom hammer - any dual 20 class ac or heavy gauss warhammer.
onion - any orion or orion iic
gargles - gargoyle
dumpster of doom - any urbie with an ac20
recycling bin - any urbie with missiles
trash can - any other urbie
itchy - any crab
scratchy - any king crab
doom crow - any storm crow, or in a pre-clan context a raven with an ac20
fapnir - fafnir
squirrel bait - any assault mech built specifically to kill lights (such as using streaks or pulse)
goggie - mad dog
dead tuber walking - any trashtier mech, usually piloted by someone i don't recognize.

i also use common shortenings like bushie, timby, helby, etc

[Novakaine]

Krusties - Kind Crabs
Little Krusties - Crabs
EbayJags - Ebon Jaguar
Dire-Whales - Dire Wolf "It looks like a damn whale not a wolf"
Doom Nipples - Fafnir
Transathos - Thanathos "Just cause it's funny."
Slammers - Warhammer's from one of my favorite Sci-Fi novels.

[JediPanther]

trash=any 35 t mech.
cat=any catapult
bug=locust/fle
skullface=atlas

[Alphaeus]

See? I knew you peeps would come through! I'm particularly fond of "Doom Nipples" @Novakaine, and LordNothing's ingenious "itchy"/"scratchy" distinction. So choice.

If you've got any more, keep it going!

[Bowelhacker]

Didn't read all the above but surely Trenchbucket for Trebuchet is an OG example.

[Horseman]

Also worth noting that some weapon boats are named by combining a prefix indicating primary weapon type and a short nick for the mech in question
Splat- SRMs (typically), sometimes I've heard it used for MRMs
Boom- Large ballistics, usually multiple
Dakka- medium ballistics (AC5s, AC10s), typically Ultras but Rotaries also qualify
Lurm- Duh.
Streak- Duh.
Gauss- Duh.

This is how "Splatcat", "Streak Dog", "Boom Hammer" etc got coined.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

What, no mention of Goose Waffles yet? For shame.

"Thud" for Thunderbolt

"Wham" for Warhammer