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.
5. Peter "The Macedonian Marvel" Daicos
Known to the youth of today as the grey-haired bloke who goes off his rocker when either of his sons do well in a game of footy, but that's ignorant.
Peter Daicos practically redefined the word 'mercurial'.
He was kicking checksides, bananas, snaps, torpedoes and dribblers long, long before they became part of a forward's regular kitbag.
Freakish goalsense ability that was so outlandish it bordered on arrogance, and an approachable manner, Daicos became respected by even the most staunch of Collingwood's detractors for the way he could make the ball talk.
In a nod to his heritage, and something that made his late father Stamko sublimely proud, was Peter's nickname. The Macedonian Marvel. Tell me you can't picture that on a Hollywood poster.
The Flying Dutchman??? Paul Van Der Haar