He talked at a great rate now, slying Nicknaming the waiters and mimicking the people around-happy thrusts that made her smile but shiver a little, lest they should be heard or seen.
"Beyond"
John Galsworthy
As Nicknaming after animals, plants, and other objects, still goes on among ourselves, so among ourselves does there go on the descent of nicknames.
"Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I"
Herbert Spencer
When a nickname has become a tribal name, it thereby ceases to be individually distinctive; and, as already said, the process of Nicknaming inevitably continues.
"Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I"
Herbert Spencer