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People have been sharing the best nicknames they ever heard – 27 hall of famers

It all began when the good people of @NoContextBrits – ‘A celebration of all things British. Contains sarcasm, irony and context’ – had this question for their followers on Twitter.

And it prompted no end of fabulous replies. Here are our favourites.

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