Word of the Day: Juju
The Dictionary.com word of the day that showed up on my iGoogle page has special meaning to me!
(Side note: iGoogle is a personalized Google page that you can use to have a bunch of different websites or applications displayed on one page… Get it if you don’t have it. It’s awesome!)
Anyway, this particular word of the day, “juju,” caught my eye because it is the nickname that my dad gave me when I was little. He still calls me Juju to this day!
Seeing my nickname on my iGoogle page got me thinking about other nicknames I’ve had throughout the years. My past and present nicknames include:
- Juju
- Jules
- JB (my initials)
- Juboo
- Juju-Bee
- Ju
- Lil’ Squirt (Ryan is “Big Squirt” and Sadie is “Dog Squirt”)
The Squirts (Wait... That Doesn't Sound Right...)
I know I have some other nicknames I’m forgetting, but those are definitely the most common.
Lunch
Lunch today was a little unusual.
I was intrigued by a box of Turtle Island Foods coconut curry marinated tempeh strips.
Coconut Curry Tempeh
I tried tempeh for the first time on pizza back in May when I met Meghann and I really enjoyed it. The texture really appeals to me and when I saw that the tempeh strips were on sale, I was sold.
Though the strips are meant to be sautéed and used in a stir fry, I used them in a simple sandwich.
Tempeh Strips
I topped an untoasted whole wheat English muffin with the strips and served it alongside a sliced green pepper and roasted, salted pistachios.
Green Pepp-ahhh
Oh Oh Oh... Pistachios... Oh Oh Oh
Monday Lunch
Now that I’ve tricked my taste buds into liking curry, I absolutely loved these tempeh strips.
They were very flavorful and pretty filling, too! One serving of the strips has 13 grams of protein. Not too shabby!
Tempeh, you may be devoured more often. Watch out! 😀
Question of the Afternoon
What is your nickname? (10 points to those of you with truly ridiculous nicknames! 🙂 )
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well my name is Naomi and thats IMOAN backwards which made for a fun college experience which is when Van Wilder Came out (there is a woman in that movie named naomi and its a big joke thats her name backwards) sooo people called me that in college…my nickname 100% is NUMS 🙂
I am laughing so hard from “The Squirts” — wait, that didn’t sound good either!!!!! 🙂
Nickname: Holly Dolly, Holls Dude, Hi Yintno
Aside from the usual Clare Bear, Cbrad, Clarey, my nickname is STOONBALL! My dad started calling me it when I was little because my middle name is Dunstan. That turned into Dunstoon..stoon…stoonball!
I used to hate it but it’s grown on me:)
Juju was a nickname my dad gave me when I was little! He would also sing the song, “Julie, Julie, Julie do you love me…”. My other nicknames are Farms/Farmer (My last name), Jewlzer, Jewlz, JuJu-bean etc. I think it is so funny that you posted this today because just yesterday I was saying how weird it is that our names are both Julie and how similar we seem to be! I am also going to pick up some of that shampoo/conditioner you use sometime today since my hair is seriously sooo thin!!! I’m excited to try it out. : ) I have been reading your blog for a couple months now and love it! Have a great day!
i LOVE that song!!! “julie, julie, julie, do you caaaaare?”
My cousin calls me Step On Me (from an episode of Full House where Stephanie Tanner got called that at school). She’s been calling me that for 20 years, lol.
My nicknames included:
Blondy most of the time (very blond hair),
Irenus (my middle name is Irene-and I hated it at the time).
However the worst of all was flower girl due to my friend seeing my flower underwear when we were dressing out in 6th grade for gym. Ughh! Good thing that nickname didn’t last long!
J
Jes
Jesse
Cockica (before my brother could pronounce Jessica)
Kitty (the hubs!)
Red (the hair)
Auntie 🙂
Scabs. My brother has called me that since I was 8 or so, and refuses to call me anything else unless we’re in public. I also get Gab, Gabs and Gabby all the time!!
I love tempeh…especially that brand and flavor…so good!! As for nicknames…I don’t really have any. Keith always calls me Kell and that is actually how my name is saved in his phone. Whenever he actually uses me entire name, Kelly, I know I am in touble!!
i’ve never had tempeh, but i’d really like to try it. 🙂
i have so many nicknames it’s ridiculous:
shareezy (like weezy..lil wayne)
sha nay nay
sha ra ra oo la la (meant to be sang like the lady gaga song “bad romance”)
shanana nut
sharizzle
sharelleuh
sharelle-o
sharellie bo bellie
they are all crazy. i even made a youtube video for some of them… http://www.youtube.com/user/recycledpaperplanes#p/u/11/RH_SL0MW2rE
don’t make fun i was young… lol
My dad calls me Penelope Pickle. And I have no idea where he got it from, lol.
I love your nickname “Juju-Bee”! That’s so cute!
My nicknames consist of:
Ave
Aves
Chubaka (don’t ask)
Ovary (oh, high school)
and now that’s been shortened to “Ove” which several people still call me. Very mature.
Pocket, was my nickname back in the day. It was given to me by my baby sitters husband
i’ve had a lot of random nicknames but the most common one right now is what my husband calls me: prudence. it originated when i was a little girl in sunday school class. my parents were visiting my aunt & uncle’s church and i went to the kids room and apparently told the teacher that i was prudence. so the papers recorded that as my name and when my parents came to pick me up, they asked for sarah and were told that there’s no sarah here… oh do you mean prudence over there? ha, my sister loves to tell that story- and she wasn’t even born! so my husband calls me prudence or some variation (pru, prusicles, pru-a-saurus rex, etc.)
oh mercy–
-nornelia
-estoonkla
-nornelia de las excelentelias
-tusta
-tusta de mi nusta
(all given to me by my poppa bear. all kind-of embarrassing. )
-V.V.
-Borgi (BORE-gee, what my brothers call me)
-Borg (short for borgi…haha)
-da bageenya (omg, don’t ask… this and the next one are also variations of borgi…)
-da bacher-cher
-Lamb-bone (what my granny calls me)
-Her Majesty. or Highness.
ironically enough, even though my name is virginia and my “assigned” nicknames are ginny/ ginger NO ONE has EVER called me those….i’ve only had made-up nicknames….minus “my official royalty titles. those are 100% REAL 😉
My nickname is B.Po and my best friends are K.Mo, M.Stine and E.Mills. 1st letter of our 1st name and then parts of our last name. Then our group nickname is team pref!
I have a few, but my top 2 are “Coco” and “Cuppy” – Cuppy is what I used to call myself when I was just a little tyke, since I apparently couldn’t pronounce “Courtney” 🙂
I’ve got some normals – Chrissy or Chris, then in high school it was occasionally C.Mo, Cammie, or Snowflake (that was only by my ex). And when I was a baby my dad called me Pebbles (like from the flintstones) but that fizzled out for some reason.
me and my boyfriend are each “snuggie”… even my family is always asking for “the snug”! soo ridiculous– but its unique, we’re the only ‘snugs’ i know!
Oh, my. I have a few.
Becca (obvious one)
Bec
BecBec
BB
The last two one of my best friends made up.
Umm… My sister wasn’t able to pronounce “Becca” when she was little, so I was “Bubba.” 🙂
She and I were also Pinky and Stinky. Ironic, because she hates the color pink. Lol!
My dad also used to call my sister and I Fred and Barney, after the Flinstones characters. Other random ones, too.
Bookworm, Munchkin, Sweetie (that’s Mom’s name for me), and Babycakes. Which I find awkward, but I let him use it anyway. 😛
Mel, melis,lis,lissy, but my sister calls me smelly, not quite sure why to be honest!
Julie
Just had to comment on this blog post today. I follow your blog and love reading your recipes you come up with. And my initials are JB as well, not to mention my name is Juli. All the nicknames you listed are names i’m called too lol. Thanks for the fun post! Congrats on getting married soon 🙂
hahaha switch jules with jude and ignore the last one and i’ve had alllll of those nicknames at one point or another oh and
judee booty lol
I know you don’t like squirrels but my nickname is Squirrel! haha.
My dad used to call me “toot toot” and my sister calls me “poot”…even though I am 27, I can’t seem to shake the nickname poot. lol
I’ve never had a nickname really stick and it’s always kind of bothered me. My volleyball teammates always called me LuLu for some reason, but that’s about it. JuJu is a cute one!
My dad calls me these names in sequence:
La rachelle lavotia low-vey rachel claire
Low vey is actually the word “love” but in second grade I wore a shirt that said LO on the top and VE under it, which created low-vey.
and my brother calls me rachellie!
My dad also graciously named one of my middle school friends Hey Hey Julia after the Robert Palmer song. Onnly my daddy 🙂
I’ve never tried tempeh! I’m intrigued…
My family calls me Ray while the hubs calls me honey bunny and he’s honey pie…somewhere in our 10 year dating history these stuck! And the irony’s not lost on me that my nickname for him has the word ‘pie’ in it!
my nickname is Frita.
My husband speaks spanish fluently, when we started dating I was trying to be cute and called him “Papafrito”…thinking it was cute like the spanish “papi”…well I ended up calling him a frenchfry. After a good long hour laugh at my expense i kept calling him Papfrito and he dubbed me as Mamafrita. 13 years later we dropped the mama and papa and now we are just Frito & Frita. =0)
aw! i love it!
lolly-lu…Benny calls me lots of names…bubbles is my favorite because it is so inaccurate. Remember when I used to call you Lil J? 🙂 I think I got that from Lil Wayne or something.
Cute post!
I have a lot of nicknames:
Almost everyone calls me Vane
My sister calls me Banana, or Vanessa Mayonessa (mayonessa is spanish for mayonaise)
My mom calls me Vanienie.
My hubby calls me Chiquita (“little one”) or Niqa. Niqa is made up because he used to call me Niña, which is little girl in spanish but when he texted me the ñ wouldn’t translate and it’d revert to a q and it just stuck.
Pet Training is more about love, endurance and esteem than it is about what kind of choker you use. NO choker should ever be torture.
My nicknames were/are
Dar
Der
Dar Bear
Dar Dar
Derriyre (didn’t love this one)
Little D (my Dad gave me this one)
VegaDarian (I’m a vegan)