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   nick·name

   /ˈnikˌnām/

   noun

   • 1. a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name: "Mallender's fair complexion gave rise to his nickname “Ghost”"

   verb

   • 1. give a nickname to; call by a nickname: "his fraternity brothers nicknamed him “The Bird” because of his skydiving skills"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from an eke-name (eke meaning ‘addition’: see eke2), misinterpreted, by wrong division, as a neke name.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

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