How to come up with a nickname?

Nick - a kind of Internet name used in forums, social networks, chat rooms. What is a nickname? This is your second name, a kind of "dress", which is met (and seen off already in the mind, as the old-old saying goes). Very funny look nicks, consisting of numbers, - it clearly shows the plainness, scarcity of imagination and mind. Immediately remember the branding of dogs that receive a "tattoo" in the ear in the form of several digits. Dogs, of course, are wonderful animals, but still, according to the level of development, they are much lower than a reasonable person.

How to come up with a nickname to avoid unnecessary associations? First, decide what you want to reflect in your second name and imagine that you are communicating with someone who has the same nickname. For example, "Kesha" is associated with a funny parrot, "Lan" - graceful and mysterious, "Panther" - predator, always ready to jump, "Night guest" - a person clearly temporary and looking for adventures at night. You can dig in history, in mythology, even in fairy tales. You need to think about how to come up with a nickname memorable, reflecting your essence and having to communicate. Do not hurry. The sailors had a common belief: "As you call the ship, it will swim." Remember the movie in which the ship, named "Victory", suddenly dropped the first letters? That's how he sailed, justifying the remaining four ...

So, how to come up with a nickname?

1. Do not use signs. The symbols "~! *] # + $% (/" Will not be given beauty, but they will make you doubt your intellect. "In addition, the nickname will be difficult to read and hardly remembered.The exceptions include the sign" & ", identified with" and " And the connecting words (if the nickname is long).

2. By the way, about the length. Do not use more than twenty characters. The reason is all in the same bad memorization. In addition, too long nicknames are not always accepted by the systems.

3. Do not use symbols that are not on the keyboard: your interlocutor will see only empty squares.

4. If you stopped at the compound nickel, separate the words with spaces or write a new word with a capital letter: "BabaYaga", "forest", "quiet whirlpool".

5. Do not write personal names, phone numbers, etc. instead of nickname, this is, after all, your own safety. It is quite possible to combine the combination of parts of the surname, name or patronymic: Leonid Onisimov - Leon, Larisa Pavlovna - Lapa, etc.

6. We already talked about the figures. But there is a different situation: you came up with a nickname, and he's already busy. Some add a few digits to the nickname and get something like: "Leon2", "Lapa2012". Want to be always the second (the first one has already become up to you) - then the way is just yours, if not - think on.

7. Nicknames written on the English keyboard are well read: "GoodOk", "Migera", "LeOn". By the way, not every site or chat accepts Russian letters.

8. Do not use coarse or obscene words in nicknames : this will immediately alienate the interlocutor. In addition, you deliberately "run into the bath."

How to come up with a nickname for a girl? Keep in mind the above tips and avoid diminutive affection suffixes. Nicky like: "Lenochka", "Olenka", "Baby" will suit, perhaps, for schoolgirls. Do you still use kindergarten terminology? Very foolish look nicks: "Pussy", "Lapusya", "Ya_Tvoya" and the like. Expands public access a mile away. However, if this is your goal - if you please ...

And now - how to choose a nickname for guys. Avoid, for God's sake, the images of sex giants! Believe me: you do not have a positive response in the female heart, but you will provide suspicions of various kinds of deviations (even if you communicate in specialized sex chats). Beautiful nickname can be searched among the phenomena of nature, films, literary heroes: "Aurelio", "Ramzes", "OmeN", etc.

Some authors advise mixing in the nickname the female and the masculine. Do not follow these, at least, strange advice, unless you are a regular at the "blue" and "pink" clubs and chats.

Your nickname should reflect you like a mirror. Remember: in the virtual world they meet on the nickname ...