Friday, 2 December 2011

Sobriquet bits




Primary Names
                                                    Person
Father of the Nation
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Joe the Plumber
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, an American plumbing contractor.
Genghis Khan
Temüjin
The General
Irish Criminal Martin Cahill
El Cauclillo
Francisco Franco
Chacha
Jawaharlal Nehru
Loknayak
Jayaprakash Narayan
Maid of Orleans
Joan of Arc
Man of Peace
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Desert Fox
Erwin Rommel
Punjab Kesari
Lala Lajpat Rai
The Godfather of Soul
James Brown
Guruji
M S Gohlwalkar
Man of Destiny
Napolean Bonaparte
The Elephant Man
Joseph Merrick
The Edge
David Howell Evans, guitarist in the rock band U2
The Duke
John Wayne
Dubya
George W. Bush
Man of Blood and Iron
Otto Von Bismark
The Cincinnatus of the Americans
George Washington
The Fab Four
The Beatles
Grits
a media term for the Liberal Party of Canada
Jesse "The Mind" Ventura
Jesse Ventura, Professional Wrestler and Former Governor of Minnesota
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
Jesse Ventura, Professional Wrestler and Former Governor of Minnesota
Father of his country
George Washington
Honest Abe
Abraham Lincoln
His Airness
Michael Jordan
The Hick from French Lick
Larry Bird
Haryana Hurricane
Kapil Dev
Hanoi Jane
Jane Fonda
The Glimmer Twins
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Rolling Stones originals members, they co-write most of the hits.
The Gray Lady
The New York Times
Panditji
Jawaharlal Nehru
The Greatest
Muhammad Ali boxer[1]
The Great One
Wayne Gretzky, WHA/NHL hockey player
The Great Emancipator
Abraham Lincoln, The 16th President of the United States of America
The Great Communicator
Ronald Reagan, The 40th President of the United States of America
The Governator
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California
King Maker
Earl of Warwick
GOP (Grand Old Party)
Republican Party (United States)
The Golden Bear
Jack Nicklaus
The Great Commoner
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ("Pitt the Elder") or William Jennings Bryan
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Charles Edward Stuart
Canuck
Canadian, from Johnny Canuck
Caligula
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
The Bambino
George Herman Ruth, Jr., American baseball Player
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama
Broadway Joe
Joe Namath, AFL/NFL American Football player
The Bard
William Shakespeare
Brangelina
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Boom Boom Afridi
Shahid Afridi
Saint of the Gutters
mother Teresa
Bono
Paul Hewson
The Young Pretender
Charles Edward Stuart
Body Beautiful Beale
Edith Bouvier Beale
Bloody Mary
Mary I of England
Birdman
Chris Andersen
Bird
Charlie Parker
The Boston Strangler
Albert DeSalvo
The Boss
Bruce Springsteen
The Bird
Mark Fidrych, Baseball pitcher
Biggie Smalls
Christopher Wallace, American Hip-Hop and rap singer
Bonzo
John Bonham
Dr. Death
Jack Kevorkian proponent of assisted suicide
Iceman
George Gervin, Jerry Butler, ABA/NBA Basketball player; Kimi Räikkönen, Formula One racing driver, Chuck Liddell, UFC former light heavy weight champion
Kaviguru
Rabindranath Tagore
Ike Dwight
David Eisenhower
Deshbandhu
C. R. Das
Bard of Twickenham
Alexander Pope
Bard of Avon
William Shakespeare
Badshah Khan / Frontier Gandhi
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Adi Kavi
Valmeeki
Chemical Ali
Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Iraqi Information Minister during the 2003 US invasion; also known as Baghdad Bob
Nightingale of India
Sarojini Naidu
Angel of Death
Josef Mengele
The Doctor
Valentino Rossi
Digger
Australian soldier
Diamond Dave
David Lee Roth, Singer
DeathStar
DeskStar, a model of disk drives by IBM which had a remarkably high failure rate
Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose
Wizard of the North
Walter Scott
Grand Old Man of Britain
Willian Ewart Glandstone
der Alte (the old man)
Konrad Adenauer
Qaid-e-Azam
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore
Prince of Kolkata
Saurav Ganguly
Sandman
Howard Sims, dancer
Saint Jimmy
Billie Joe Armstrong
The Rock Chameleon
David Bowie
The Rock (person)
Dwayne Johnson
The Rat Pack
A group of American singers and entertainers from the late 1950s to the early 1970s
The Red Baron
Manfred von Richthofen, World War I, German flying ace
Old Rough and Ready
Zachary Taylor
Ike
Dwight David
Slash
Saul Hudson, guitarist.
Joltin' Joe
Joe Dimaggio, Baseball player; former husband of Marilyn Monroe
Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Pearl of the Orient
Philippines
Lokmanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
The Paris of the South
São Paulo and Buenos Aires
Deenabandhu
C F Andrews
The Rawalpindi Express
Shoaib Akhtar
The Teflon Don
mobster John Gotti
Yank (a short form of "Yankee")
originally used derogatorily by Southerners but now only heard outside the USA
Yardbird
jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker (Also shortened simply to "Bird")
X-22
backgammon champion Paul Magriel.
Uncle Sam
the U.S.A. or sometimes the government
Turd Blossom
name given by George W. Bush to Karl Rove
Tricky Dick
Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States
Trane
John Coltrane
Satchmo
Louis Armstrong
The Thin White Duke
David Bowie, Actor, Entertainer
The Say Hey Kid
Willie Mays, American, Major League baseball player and Hall of Famer
Super Star
Tamil Actor(Indian) Rajinikanth
The Sultan of Swat
Babe Ruth, Major league Baseball player and Hall of Famer
Sting
Gordon Sumner, British rock musician
Soapy Sam
Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford
Slowhand
Eric Clapton
Slick Willy
U.S. President Bill Clinton
Prince of the Humanists
Desiderius Erasmus
The Toxic Twins
Aerosmith members Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, referred to as such because of their massive drug intake during the 70's and 80's
Knick Killer
Reggie Miller
Larry Legend
Larry Bird
The Little Sparrow
Sezen Aksu
The King (of all Media)
Howard Stern
Little Richard
Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman, a prominent figure in rock n' roll.
The Lion of the Round Top
Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain, commander of the 20th Maine Regiment, American Civil War
The Killer
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Old Pretender
James Francis Edward Stuart
Madiba
Nelson Mandela
Frontier Gandhi
Abdul Gaffar Khan
Madge
Madonna
The King of Spin
Shane Warne
The King of Spain
Ashley Giles
The King of Pop
Michael Jackson
King James
LeBron James
The King (of Rock and Roll)
Elvis Presley
The King (of NASCAR)
Richard Petty
The King (of golf)
Arnold Palmer
The King (of baseball)
Felix Hernandez
Grand Old Man of India
Dadabhai Naoroji
Old Kinderhook (OK)
Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States
Old Hickory
Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States
Old Blue Eyes
Frank Sinatra, entertainer
Anna
C N Annadurai
Old St. Nick
Santa
Old Nick
Santa
Rajaji
C Rajagopalachari
The Man from Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Mr. Hockey
Gordie Howe
Mr. October- Reggie Jackson
Major League Baseball Player and Hall of Famer
Iron Duke
Duke of Wellington
The Mick
Mickey Mantle
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Kaká
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
The Myth
Bodybuilding great Sergio Oliva
The Material Girl
Madonna
Manitas de Plata
Flamenco guitarist Ricardo Baliardo


                                                           Places
Queen of Arabian Sea
Kochi, India
Queen of Adriatic
Venice, Italy
Land of the Kangaroo
Australia
Land of the Golden Fleece
Australia
Roof of World
Pamirs, Central Asia
Yellow River
Huang Ho (China)
Garden City of India
Bangalore
Quaker City
Philadelphia, USA
World's Loneliest Island
Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)
Sick Man of Europe
Turkey
Sorrow of China
River Hwang Ho
World's Bread Basket
Praires of N.America
Windy City
Chicago, USA
Sugar bowl of the World
Cuba
White Man's Grave
Guinea Coast
White City
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Venice of North
Stockholm, Sweden
Venice of East
Alleppey, India
Spice Garden of India
Kerala
Dark Continent
Africa
Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher
Great White Way
Broadway, New York, USA
Granite City
Aberdeen, Scotland
Gift of Nile
Egypt
Gateway of India
Mumbai
Gate of Tears
Bab-el-mandab, Jerusalem
Garden of India
Bangalore, India
Garden of England
Kent, England
Forbidden City
Lhasa, Tibet
Eternal City
Rome, Italy
Herring Pond
Atlantic Ocean
Emerald Island
Ireland
The City or The City by the Bay
San Francisco, California
Cockpit of Europe
Belgium
City of Sky-scrapers
New York, USA
City of Seven Hills
Rome, Italy
City of Palaces
Kolkata, India
City of Magnificent Distances
Washington D.C., USA
City of Golden Temple
Amristar, India
City of Golden Gate
San Francisco, USA
City of Dreaming Spires
Oxford, England
Britain of South
New Zealand
Blue Mountain
Niligiri Hills, India
Empire City
New York, USA
Land of Lilies
Canada
Playground of Europe
Switzerland
Pink City
Jaipur, India
Pillars of Hercules
Strait of Gibraltar
Pearl of Antilles
Cuba
Never Never Land
Prairies of N.Australia
Manchester of Japan
Osaka
Land of White Elephants
Thailand
Land of Thunderbolt
Bhutan
Land of Thousand Lakes
Finland
Land of Rising Sun
Japan
Hermit Kingdom
Korea
Land of Midnight Sun
Norway
Powder Keg of Europe
Balkans
Land of Kangaroo
Australia
Land of Golden Pagoda
Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Five Rivers
Punjab, India
Land of Cakes
Scotland
Lady with the Lamp
Florence Nightingale
Key of Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Island of Pearls
Bahrain
Island of Cloves
Madagascar
Land of Maple
Canada
Holy Land
Palestine
Land of Morning Calm
Korea
The Eternal City
Rome
The Mother-in-law of Europe
Denmark
Hogtown
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gotham
New York
God's Own Country
Kerala, New Zealand, Rhodesia or Yorkshire
Garrincha
Manoel Francisco dos Santos
Frisco
San Francisco, California
Columbia
The United States or The Americas
The Federal City
Washington D.C.
The Old Bailey
The Central Criminal Court in England
The Enchanted Isle
(from 'la isla del encanto') Puerto Rico
The Emerald City
Seattle, Washington, USA
The Emerald Isle
Ireland or Puerto Rico
The Dragon
China (as an economy)
Roof of the World
Pamirs
Chosin Few
US Marine survivors of Korean War Battle of Chosin Reservoir
The Fourth Estate
the press
Sin City
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Windy City
Chicago, Illinois, USA
White House
the executive branch of the government of the United States
Whitehall
the British government including Parliament but excluding the monarchy
Westminster
the British Parliament
Tinseltown
Hollywood, California, USA
Taiwan
Republic of China
The New Sinatra
Jay-Z
The Smoke
London
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
the Bank of England
The Rock (prison)
Alcatraz Prison
The Red Devils
Manchester United Football Club
The Queen of the Arabian Sea
Cochin
Perfidious Albion
Great Britain
Pensioneers
Chelsea football club
The Paris of the West
San Francisco, USA
The City of Palaces
Kolkata, India
The Steel City
Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania.
City of the Golden Gate
San Francisco
The Battlefield of Europe
Belgium
Auntie
Australian Broadcasting Corporation / British Broadcasting Corporation
the Antipodes
Australia and New Zealand
Diamond City in India
Surat, Gujarat
Humming Bird
Trinidad
Land of the Canals
Netherlands
World's Breadbasket
Prairies of N. America
City of Brotherly Love
Philadelphia
The Beeb
The British Broadcasting Corporation
Venice of the North
Stockholm
Queen of the Adriatic
Venice
Land of White Elephant
Thailand
Land of Canals
Netherlands
Port of five Seas
Moscow
Land of the Golden Pagoda
Burma (Myanmar)
Land of Windmills
Netherlands
Brass Fountain
PPSh-41
The City of Brotherly Love
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The City of Joy
Kolkata, India
The City of Light
Paris
Bengal's Sorrow
Damodar River, India
Chocolate City
Washington, D.C., so named because of its majority African-American population
C-3
the Collins Crystal Cave expedition
The Bayou City
Houston, Texas, USA
Brew City
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Beantown
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Blighty
Great Britain (used by British servicemen abroad and expatriates)
The Big Stick
Theodore Roosevelt's diplomatic policy
The Big Smoke
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Big Easy
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Big D
Dallas, Texas, USA
The Big Apple
New York City, New York, USA
Pearl of the Antilles
Cuba
Brisvegas
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia


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