I give places nicknames all the time, something my Dad does too and so did my ex. My dad calls Mt. Hood The Hooter. I never understood it, nor my mother and my brothers. He called our Schnauzer Shit for Brains but her real name is Yawnie. He calls McDonalds McDoogles.
I call places:
Jack in the Box=Jack Off in the Box, Jack Ass in the box
Starbucks=Starfucks, starbicks
Fred Meyers=Freddie's
Wal-Mart=Wally-Mart, The Wall World, Wally World
Plaid Pantry=Plaid Panties Plade Pantry
Bi-Mart=Bisexual Mart
In Spokane:
Ferguson's Cafe=The Benny & Joon diner, Fergies, Ruthie's Diner
Peaceful Valley neighborhood=The Benny & Joon neighborhood
RiverFront Park=The Benny & Joon park
Benny's Automotive Service=Benny's Car Clinic (used to be that name anyway until the owner decided to change the name in late 2006)
Hillyard Neighborhood=Hill Yard
Mt. Vernon Apartment=Ruthie's building
And of course I give the city nicknames; The Benny & Joon town, Spookane, Mozart and the Whale town, and of course this:
People:
Johnny Depp=Sam
Mary Stuart Masterson=Joon, MSM
Aiden Quinn=Benny
Julianne Moore=Ruthie
Alex Plank=The Alex Man, The Plank Guy
Endersdragon=The Bry Man (his real name is Brian)
Devin=The Dev Man
Ozymandias=Ozy
In Benny & Joon:
Claudia=Deaf girl mute girl (she has no lines in the movie so as a joke I say she is deaf)
Mike=The Mike Man
Joon=The mentally ill
Pets:
Michelle=Mechelle( as pronounced in the Beatle song "Michelle"), Michelleski (my dad called her that too so I adopted that nickname)
Peppersalt(our former cat)=Pepsi, Pepper
Huckleberry Hound=Huck, Huckleberry, Huck a roo, Huckle
Maggie=Magers, the magers
Pepper=Pep
Yawnie=Yawners, the yawners, the yawn machine