nickname /(?)/

1. A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick.

imp. & p. p. Nicknamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming

1. To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

   You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke.

   I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality.