Shakespeare had said, "What's in a name?" You have the painful answer to that! That 'cute' pet name lovingly bestowed upon you by your parents has put you on a roller-coaster ride called embarrassment. The very mention of the name that shall not be named sparks an evil glint in the eyes of the listener and what follows is a lifetime of face-hiding. If life has trolled you with a silly nickname, you'll be all too familiar with these hardships:

9. When you find somebody else with a funny pet name, you bond over the shared social stigma!

10. You have given yourself a 'cool' new nickname, and work on popularizing it. Nikhil becomes Nick, Daljeet becomes DJ and so on.