Every team (at least in the US) has a nickname (i.e, Lakers, Maple Leafs, Cubs). What is the funniest nickname you have ever heard?

How about Scuderia Ferrari in F1??? The "Turdsmears"

Forza Williams!!

Wilmer Lopez: "Pato"
Walter Centeno: "Paté"
Ronald Gomez: "La bala Gomez"
Erick LOnis: "El abuelo"
Luis Marín: "Carne Molida"

One of the U California schools (is it Santa Barbara?) mascot is the Banana Slug.

The opportunity for off-color humor abounds with the University of South Carolina "Game . .. .. .. .. ." - particularly if they are up against the "Trojans" of southern cal

The banana slug is the mascot of U.C.S.C (University of California Santa Cruz)

John Travolta is wearing their T-Shirt in some scenes in Pulp Fiction

Veron is "La brujita"
brujita is a diminutive for Witch, I dont know if that word exists in English.

I don't know how funny it is but for years the Canadian Football League had 2 teams with the same name.Roughriders..I think they may spell it slightly different.anyways..Ottawa and Saskatchewan.Very odd in a league of no more than 10 teams.Any size league for that matter.
But Ottawa folded and a new Ottawa Renegades team has now emerged

There is a teeam in Scotland whose nicknames is the Paralytics.

Check Out These Unusual Nicknames:goodjob:


High School Nicknames

Angry Antelopes :mad: --- Whiteface High School; Texas
Atom Smashers --- Savannah Johnson High School; Georgia
Auctioneers --- Mullins High School; South Carolina
Awesome Blossoms --- Blooming Prairie High School; Minn.
Chinks --- Pekin High School; Illinois
Cornjerkers --- Hoopeston High School; Illinois
Criminals --- Yuma, Arizona High School
Deaf Hoosiers --- Indiana School for the Deaf
Fighting . .. .. .. .. . --- Cocke County High School; Tennessee
Fighting Farmers --- Lewisville, Texas High School
Flaming Hearts --- Effingham High School; Illinois
Giant-Killers :ninja: --- Vulcan High School; Michigan
Golden Beavers ---Western Beaver High School; PA and Beaver Dam School; WI
Gremlins --- Wichita Plainview High School; Kansas and Houghton High School; Michigan
Immigrants --- New York Lower East Side Prep
Ironheads --- Eufaula High School; Oklahoma
Mad Frogs --- Menno, South Dakota
Maniacs --- Orofino High School; Idaho
Martians --- Goodrich High School; Michigan
Mighty Honkers --- Yuba City High School; California
Nimrods --- Watersmeet Township, Michigan School
Pretzels --- Freeport High School; Illinois
Satans :satan: --- Devils Lake High School; North Dakota
Screaming Penguins --- Bellingham Explorations School; WA
Strutting Jaguars --- Athens Drive High School; N. Carolina
Swedes --- Gothenburg High School; Nebraska


College Nicknames :grad:

Banana Slugs --- U of California-Santa Cruz
Battlin' Beavers --- Blackburn College
Billikens --- St. Louis University
Blue Hens --- University of Delaware
Boll Weevils --- University of Arkansas-Monticello
Chokers --- Grays Harbor College; Washington
Eutectic --- St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Fighting Artichokes --- Scottsdale Community College
Gamecocks --- Jacksonville State University and University of South Carolina
Hardrockers[pimp] --- South Dakota School of Mines
Hokies --- Virginia Tech
Humpback Whales --- University of Alaska-Southeast
Hustlin' Quakers --- Earlham College
Ichabods --- Washburn College
Nads --- Rhode Island School of Design
Ooks --- North Alberta Technical College
Poets --- Whittier College
Purple Aces --- Univ. of Evansville
Ragin' Cajuns --- Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette
Red Eyed Panthers --- Atlanta Metropolitan Coll.
Salukis --- Southern Illinois University
Savages --- Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Skating Dutchmen --- Union Coll. NY (Hockey)
Spiders --- Univ. of Richmond VA
Vandals:viking: --- University of Idaho


Professional Sport Nicknames

Barnstormers --- Iowa Arena Football
Beef:yeah: --- Omaha Arena Football
Fightin' Pike --- Minnesota Arena Football
Lugnuts --- Lansing, Michigan (Minor League Baseball)
Saltdogs --- Lincoln, Nebraska (Minor League Baseball)
Sand Gnats --- Savannah (Minor League Baseball)
ScareCrows --- Topeka (Hockey)

Hey Chris, your list is missing a name! the Zizzers! My old High school! Every list of odd nicknames for schools has had it. Don't ask what it is, but that's part of it's mystic, we really don't know.. We just symbolize it w/ a lighting bolt.

Originally posted by Myartar
Hey Chris, your list is missing a name! the Zizzers! My old High school! Every list of odd nicknames for schools has had it. Don't ask what it is, but that's part of it's mystic, we really don't know.. We just symbolize it w/ a lighting bolt.

Sorry I missed the Zizzers, but I'm sure that there are many other strange names out there.:confused:

Nobody here included the 69ers! I got no idea what sport they play (Gridiron perhaps) nor where they come from. But hey..it's a 69!

American Football...I am pretty sure they are based in San Francisco.

Just look at the Rugby League team names...the Bradford Bulls :confused:

The Leeds Rhinos :confused:

The Halifax Safari Park :p

We've got the:
- Bay of Plenty Steamers (Rugby)
- Southern Sting (Netball)
- All Blacks (Rugby)
- All Whites (Soccer)
- Black Caps (Cricket)
- Black Stix (Hockey)
- Tall Blacks (Basketball)
- Black Ferns (Womens Rugby)

are we obsessed with black?