Australians pride ourselves on being fast on the wit and quicker on the lip.
Nowhere is this trait quite as self-evident as it is at football clubs, where nicknaming teammates becomes almost as much of a sport as the football itself.
Whether it be for a physical trait, a play on a player's name, or an incident of infamy, Australian rules football has a proud history of players nicknaming each other, adorning their mates with aliases creative and otherwise.
Here's a look at 21 of the very best that have risen to ubiquity over the journey.
7. Jack "Captain Blood" Dyer
Captain Jack Dyer won six best and fairests at Punt Road, with the gong now named after him. His is a legacy of success, and uncompromising physicality.
He amassed a rap sheet of on-field incidents, inspiring a cartoonist to draw him as a pirate, in the likeness of actor Errol Flynn's "Captain Blood" character.
The ruckman was initially slighted by the perceived connotation of unsportsmanlike conduct, but grew to embrace the moniker, as fans across the competition did too.
A truly fierce nickname, and one befitting a player who once feared he had ended the life of Melbourne's Frank Hanna, on-field.
The Flying Dutchman??? Paul Van Der Haar