Four nicknames only me.
Nicknames are cool, we all have that names that we gave ourself or someone gave us because the way we do things or our physique or anything that makes us unique, I have a friend that have International as his nickname everybody called him that even his parents Know about the names this makes him popular in school and his home town.
But nicknames was not my thing, I don't like nicknames I'm okay answering Blessing but some people still like to call me some names which don't I like and the name don't last, when I was a kid my siblings and my dad friends use to called me Ifiako ntokokpo meaning my legs is small and tiny I hate this names like mad,
this man when ever he comes the first thing he'll say is were is Ifiako when my brothers and sisters here about this they will all laugh and this was not okay with me cause the name was so bad and I'll not go outside , that's why I always Lock myself inside when the man comes to our house, I don't let him seeing me.
In my primary school levels I was called eto ikpat meaning counting sticks cause I always when to school with my counting sticks so that I can use it to counts when we have mathematics, some people don't always come to school with theirs but I was a sure plug for it, I go out with it during break time and I don't keep it inside my locker so someone will not come and steal it.
After primary school, I started secondary school , that first year I was called by my real name since that day the vice principal came to our class announce that my grades is phynominal that I have all the 13 subject we offer A(s) that this is unbelievable, then someone in the back shouted brain box that's the beginning of brain box even the principal knew about this names and some funny teachers use to tease me with the name I became the brain box of the school, I tried to change it during my finals In the school some of my colleagues gave their self some fine fine nicknames I tried to gave myself one, but It didn't stand people still prefer brain box.
Another nicknames I was given to me was when I started higher institution guess the name davido, the name of a Nigeria popular musician AkA OBO they called me davido simply because my my name is David, this one I couldn't stop it
that's how I became Davido.
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