The Many Names of Gino Carteciano

I’ve been staying away from memes since I can’t say NO to them. It’s like a sickness, really. Whenever people tag me, I’m like “GODDAMMIT!!!” and then I’m like “YAY HEEHEE!” I even dedicated a category on this blog for quizzes and memes. Don’t judge me! Or at least don’t let me know you’re judging me.

Anyway, The Jew tagged me. I’m supposed to share the different names that different people call me. And here we are. Here are the names I go by:

GINO AND ITS NUMEROUS VARIATIONS

With only four letters in my first name, you’d think people would just stick with classic “Gino”. But nooo. Some of my uncles and cousins, and a number of my friends too, call me “Onigs” just to be cute. Still, some people seem to find “Gino” too long. They call me “Gins”. And would you believe that a couple of friends call me “G”? I know, right? Other variations include “Ginewww”, “Naugh”, “Nogi”, “Ghino” and “Ginnie”, which is exclusive to my best friend, Leah. So far. She calls me “Bes” too. Also, my parents shout “REGINOOOO!!!” when they’re furious.

TOMTOM

I don’t know why, but one of my uncles used to call me this when I was still in grade school. I hated it.

DAFFY

My high school friends gave me this name. I won’t elaborate.

DON GINO

I was the first among my high school friends to bring a car during gatherings. I guess that made me look like the rich kid. Hence, “Don Gino”. Feh.

CUPCAKE, HONEYBUNCH, SWEET, HON, AND BEH

These, unfortunately, are terms of endearment. The first two were meant as a joke involving two high school lady friends. The rest were what my ex-girlfriends used to call me. Now, they just refer to me as “That Asshole”. Women.

BOSS

This is what my friend Mela and I call each other. It’s a silly high school thing.

KUYA

I have three younger sisters, and obviously, they call me “Kuya” (big brother). Sometimes, when they’re trying to be cute, they call me “Brother”. A lot of younger female friends also call me “Kuya” as a form of respect. I’ve been told that I have this “big brother aura”, so even ladies that are only one or two years younger than me use “Kuya”. If you ask me, it’s just their clever way of saying “I’m not interested and I only see you as brother material, so stay away from me, you freak!”

PACIFICO TATLONGHARI JR.

Only cops call me this. It’s my fake “HOLY SHIT I HOPE I DON’T GET ARRESTED” name.

GINOBEBS

Female dormmates in college started calling me this. I don’t know why. Then the gays at the dorm picked it up and before my freshman year was done, even the boys were calling me “Ginobebs” or “Ginobebe” or “Ginobabes” or “Ginobaby”.

DAD, DADDY, PAPSIE, BIG DADDY G

These are exclusive to specific people from my academic organization, UPLB MASS. Joan calls me “Dad”, Krissa calls me “Daddy”, Jelai calls me “Papsie”, and several of my brothas from another motha call me “Big Daddy G”. I love them to bits like they’re my real siblings. Awww.

NINONG

This is something exclusive to UPLB MASS too. We have a sponsorship system when there are new recruits, and it’s been a tradition to call your sponsors “Ninong” (godfather) or “Ninang” (godmother). I sponsored seven members, and they all call me “Ninong”. Also, my real godchildren call me this too. I think. I’m not sure. I rarely see them.

DARK EMPEROR OF EARTH

So far, I’m the only one who calls me by this name. It’ll catch on. I just know it.

JOLLIGHEE

This is a new one. Three weeks ago, I went to UPLB to have a few (OK, a lot of) drinks. I met some new friends and before we went home, I was dubbed “Jollighee”. Long story.

PROWLER, HOWLETT, DRUNKEN McBEER OF THE CLAN McBEER, DR. BLOODFANG McKICKFACE, BIGBADWOLF, AND BIGBADDIE

These are my online handles. I use “Prowler” and “Howlett” in text-based MMORPGs. I use “Drunken McBeer of the Clan McBeer” and “Dr. Bloodfang McKickface” whenever and wherever I feel like it, like on my Plurk profile. When I started blogging, I initially used “BigBadWolf”. Eventually, I changed it to “BigBaddie”. Initially, “BigBaddie” stuck. I settled with that name for a couple of years, and then people decided to drop the “Big”.

BADDIE

I guess it started with Yupielbi.org, a UPLB community site I administrate. I didn’t hide my real name so I was expecting people online to refer to me as “Gino”. They started calling me “Baddie”. And then they started calling me that in real life. I found it strange at first, but I guess I got used to it. In time, people started to use variations of this like “Baddieboy”, “Baddieng” and “Baddette” (perpetrated by those assholes from The Man Blog), “Baddiebabe” (*hugs Sorbiebabie*), and “Baddiekins” (*hugs Apes*).

GINOBEAR

Queen of Awesome Anne AND Philippine Blog Award Winner Bim call me this. The latter creeps the hell out of me.

VAGINO

You clever, clever people you. I hate you all.

I’m sure a missed a couple of names, but if I already forgot them, that means they’re either too stupid or too embarassing. So. Since the instructions of the meme didn’t specify horrible consequences for those who will break the precious chain, I’m not going to tag anyone. *guitar solo then thunder and lightning then EXPLOSIONS*

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