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What’s in a nickname when it comes to work?

December 31, 2025

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He’s a ‘brickie’ not a ‘bricko’. But then, for reasons not entirely clear, it’s ‘garbo’, not ‘garbie’. Photo: Infinity Lifespaces/Pexels

Babblers, cops and quacks: the sometimes dark – but often amusing – KATE BURRIDGE and HOWARD MANNS share the origins of nicknames…

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