Nicknames have haunted a person since childhood. At first, parents begin to call their baby some kind of specific affectionate word. Further children's groups. And the younger the person, the more offensive the nicknames. After all, children are not shy in choosing the words that they use as a name for one or another of their peers. Later, already in adulthood, a person also receives nicknames, but already affectionate, from his loved ones.
Psychologists assure: nicknames are extremely important for the development and formation of a person. They teach how to deal with the attacks of others, how to apply a sense of humor, how to accept a situation, and how to deal with resentment. All nicknames given to a person can be divided into certain 4 groups. The first includes those names that characterize the qualities of a person. They are given because they are very obvious. These include, for example, "bespectacled", "nerd", "bald", etc. There are no restrictions in this area. Any person's qualities can describe nicknames from this group - physical, intellectual, or those that reveal the properties of a person's character. Also, nicknames can be given by profession. These are such as "Aesculapius", "Boatswain", "Commander", etc. They are given in the case when the option with personal qualities does not fit - there are no features or they are too obvious and offensive. And in this way, to call a person - this, on the contrary, can be considered honorable. After all, his affiliation to a particular profession is indicated. This means respect for her. As an option, they give a nickname by some coincidence. For example, a child cannot recite a poem in front of the whole class and stumbles over the same word. This word automatically, with the light hand of classmates, becomes the nickname of this child for many years. And the name of his classmates after graduation may not remember. But their memory will certainly wake up at the mention of the nickname. For those who have been awarded such an unusual name, the word sometimes becomes a long-term nightmare that they would like to immediately forget about. Another category of nicknames given is defined as intrinsically motivated. Formed, as a rule, by analogy. So, for example, everyone knows the cartoon character Donald Duck. And if a person's name is Donald, then Duck will automatically adhere to him. And so he will be called regularly. In the same way, nicknames are formed by a simple change of letters. For example, in the last name or first name there is a letter that easily turns into another. And there it is transformed into another word. Psychologists assure that nicknames are given for a reason. Depending on which category was used when choosing a second name, the attitude towards a person also depends. Therefore, according to a person's nickname, one can easily judge what place he occupies in society.
