Cultural References To Cockroaches - Use As Nickname

Use As Nickname

  • Boxing coach Freddie Roach was nicknamed La Cucaracha (The Cockroach) when he was still competing as a fighter.
  • Former England cricket captain-turned-media cricket analyst and commentator Michael Atherton was nicknamed as 'The Cockroach' by the former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh because he was extremely difficult to stamp out.
  • On the television series "The Cosby Show," the Cosby's son Theo has a best friend nicknamed "Cockroach."
  • It is also the colloquial term for a resident of New South Wales and their Rugby League team in the State of Origin.

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Famous quotes containing the word nickname:

    A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
    William Hazlitt (1778–1830)