I wonder why Edit: interesting, this seems to be mainly an English phenomenon, a lot of examples but they are all from other languages. The exception being Biggs, although I've never met a Biggs.

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago

Tangentially related... nicknames for tall. I have always like "stretch". And of course calling a big man tiny is just great.

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