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.
2. Leigh "Lethal" Matthews
Another figure who was as aggressive and physical as he was exceptional, is Leigh Matthews.
Revered as the game's greatest ever player, "Lethal" was a violent force, with his hit on Neville Bruns - one that saw him become the first player charged by police for an incident on the football field - now living in infamy.
Four flags as a player, four as a coach, and plenty of feats never to be seen again. Winning the Coleman as a midfielder, a game in which he amassed 41 disposals and 11 majors in the same outing, and countless tactical innovations now a regular part of the modern game.
Winning was everything to Matthews. "Lethal" by name, and "Lethal" by nature.
The Flying Dutchman??? Paul Van Der Haar