Nicknames!
I have always been a huge fan of nicknames. There are certain people who absolutely hate them and for good reasons. When I was five my uncle always sang that awful song.."Shelby coming round' the mountain when she comes..." I know its not exactly a nickname but it was our joke, and that joke really got on my nerves. In fact it still to this day gets on my nerves.
In high school nicknames were hurtful, even downright mean. I had one in high school that a boy started about me and it still hurts to think about it looking back...
In college my best friends somehow ended up calling me "shelabee" which sounds like the man that is in trouble now, Chelabi. So they will e-mail me now and tell me, hey Shelabee you're going to jail, I find it highly amusing.
My boyfriend is a nickname king. He has a nickname everyday for me, nothing gross like lovey dovey nicknames but just silly ones. It inspires me to find something different or cute about people in my daily contact who I can give a nickname to as well. I didn't always like the whole nickname thing but its really grown on me and I have found as long as its not mushy or gooey and is original it is a great great thing.