DadCentric's List Of Least Popular Nicknames For Grandparents

 

Back in my day, everybody called their grandparents "Grandma" and "Grandpa". These days, it seems that kids have come up with all sorts of nicknames for their parents' parents: mine, for instance, refer to my wife's folks as "BeeBee" and "Buddy", and my parents are known as "Bubbe" and "Papa". Not bad, right? Those are tame in comparison to some of the ones I've heard: "MeeMaw", "Yaya", and "Pop Pop" are three that I could never say with a straight face. To be fair, most of the time it's the kids who come up with these names. Our crack staff of research interns scoured the nation to come up with this list of Least Popular Nicknames For Grandparents; when it comes time for you kids to bestow creative monikers on Grandma and Grandpa, keep this handy, to avoid any awkwardness or discomfort. (The complete list is after the jump.)

LEAST POPULAR NAMES FOR GRANDPARENTS:

• "Pruny"
• "WeeWee"
• "Gouty"
• "Old Scratch N' Sniff"
• "Gaga"
• "Cramps"
• "Shaky"
• "The One With The Oxygen Tank"
• "GumGum"
• "Sugar Pimp"
• "Kim-Jong"
• "Rheumy"