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Things you call your neighbours

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WhackingPhoenix · 16/07/2022 17:55

Met our new neighbours properly for the first time today and they told us they’ve called us ‘Mr and Mrs Metalhead’ for weeks because they didn’t know our names Blush we were actually listening to ABBA today whilst gardening which confused/amused them! Perhaps we’re now Mr and Mrs ABBA instead.

It made me think of all the names I’ve given neighbours in the past: we’ve had ‘Angela with the hair’ (her name turned out to be Carole), ‘Big Dog Man’, ‘Small Dog Lady’, ‘Purple Lady’, ‘Shouty Man’ and simply ‘Keith’ (who may not have been called Keith at all)

What do you call your nameless neighbours? Grin

OP posts:
DaftyLass · 16/07/2022 18:22

The nodding guy (never speaks, but nods hello to everyone)
Dry cleaning bag lady (she wears one over her clothes)
T shirt Lady(she went outside wearing just a t shirt)
Her with the cats (she walks them on leashes)
The shitty driver lady (nearly hit me twice pulling out of her parking space)

PinkButtercups · 16/07/2022 18:24

Dodgy D
Cunty McCuntface because he's a cunt.

Monkeybutt1 · 16/07/2022 18:28

We have Strangeways, they don't speak to anyone and The Ferals, their kids are often in the garden until late screaming and arguing

TitsHerbert · 16/07/2022 18:30

We have:
Harry Handrail (don't know is name)
Johnny look up at the moon
Joe the Blow
The Golightlys (they are LOUD)

mathanxiety · 16/07/2022 18:30

Drunk Guy Who Talks To Himself In The Wee Hours.
Mr & Mrs Party People Who Like Johnny Cash.
Reclusive Aryan Architecty Type.
Mr A-hole Who Dumps Snow Into The Alley And Blocks The Parking Spots.

Ameanstreakamilewide · 16/07/2022 18:31

WhackingPhoenix · 16/07/2022 17:55

Met our new neighbours properly for the first time today and they told us they’ve called us ‘Mr and Mrs Metalhead’ for weeks because they didn’t know our names Blush we were actually listening to ABBA today whilst gardening which confused/amused them! Perhaps we’re now Mr and Mrs ABBA instead.

It made me think of all the names I’ve given neighbours in the past: we’ve had ‘Angela with the hair’ (her name turned out to be Carole), ‘Big Dog Man’, ‘Small Dog Lady’, ‘Purple Lady’, ‘Shouty Man’ and simply ‘Keith’ (who may not have been called Keith at all)

What do you call your nameless neighbours? Grin

My NDN was called (by my husband) 'fella', 'bruv', 'mate' for about 4 years.

Until, one day, i was hanging out the washing in the garden, and heard her call her husband by his name.

I wonder if they noticed!

mummyofthreemunchkins · 16/07/2022 18:32

We have drummer guy, bald guy, twattish parking woman, her opposite, Jack's mum, stuck up cow, druggie Bob and Paul next door (can't just call him Paul for some reason 😂) never a dull moment round our parts 🙄🙄😂😂

UndertheEagle · 16/07/2022 18:32

We have;
Dumb and Dumber
Chopper Dave
Trump Towers ( big fancy over the top blingy house)
Me and Mrs MAMIL

Ameanstreakamilewide · 16/07/2022 18:34

BruceAndNosh · 16/07/2022 18:18

Kebab man
Donald (deffo his name) and Mrs Donald (deffo NOT her name)
Tennis Tony
Here Puss Puss

I need to hear more about Tennis Tony!

TibetanTerrah · 16/07/2022 18:34

Today? After her pulling yet another batshit stunt another neighbour and I have just started calling her The Cunt.

TroysMammy · 16/07/2022 18:38

I know nearly all of my neighbour's names but I'm not sure of one neighbour's name. They have a dog whose name I know so they are referred to as Barney's owners. Another one whose name I also know is referred to as the cunt but if speaking to a neighbour about him I say "that spiteful pig at the end".

Nutininutter · 16/07/2022 18:39

@Ameanstreakamilewide tennis tony! 😂 I also need to know more!

We have ‘old juggling man’ he randomly juggles in his front garden - we fucking love it!

Heistonabike · 16/07/2022 18:39

Noisy shagger neighbours - Self explanatory

Air bnbers - Illegally Air bnbing their council flat

The crackheads - Again, Self explanatory

The Beast from Bodmin - Absolutely lovely elderly neighbour next door. Her late dh gave her that name!

takeitandleaveit · 16/07/2022 18:40

The only ones I can think of off hand are:

The Gruesome Twosome
The Twat with the Pressure Washer

Mochudubh · 16/07/2022 18:40

I used to have an allotment neighbour I referred to as Flatworm Dave as he was obsessed with flatworms and never tired of discussing the subject.

FreezyFreezy · 16/07/2022 18:40

Them next door/over the road/up a bit
Mr. Million Cars

starfishmummy · 16/07/2022 18:41

The idiot Gardener. Goes out to mow her lawn with eye protectors and ear defenders and while I commend her approach to safety it is all rather negated by her wearing flip flops.

floppybit · 16/07/2022 18:42

Howard Marks Scary Mary, mad Gill, the clampits

notyetpregnant · 16/07/2022 18:43

Gin, as in Gin and tonic.

This started following a late night incident involving a drunk driver hitting neighbours cars in the middle of the night.

Police were called and several neighbours were out in the street. I looked out of the window to see neighbour offering out cans while carrying a gin glass. The sight of it really made us laugh at the time and we have referred to him as Gin ever since.

quiteinfuriating · 16/07/2022 18:43

As a child, parents called a neighbour 'The Bankrobber' because no one knew what he did for a living. This is back in the 80s where everyone worked 9-5 but he didn't

FawnFrenchieMum · 16/07/2022 18:43

We have ‘boobies’ as not long after moving in, she stood in her bedroom window naked, obviously thought in the three story house no one could see but straight in our eye line from our sofa!

Lesbicans for the two ladies (probably get shot for this one)

Crazy cat lady - lives alone with lots of cats

dickhead van man - after a falling out over parking

Thefriendlymoth · 16/07/2022 18:43

I know most of my immediate neighbours names but for a while my next door neighbours adult daughter and her son came to live with them. I’m sure we were introduced but I forgot her name then left it too long to to ask again 😂Our kids were similar ages so they played together a lot and I spoke to her almost daily during the summer hols 😳 I was hoping a Christmas card from them would clear it up and was holding out on writing ours until they sent one but they wrote “from all at number 46” so she was just *son’s names mum.

Panicmode1 · 16/07/2022 18:44

We went to a dinner party once and met a couple there we didn't know...the wife said "OMG you are walking man!" to my husband.

We were baffled until she explained that she used to see him walking with a pram every night. (My youngest had severe colic/reflux as a baby and DH would get home from work, put some earphones in and walk the baby around the local area in the pram until DS fell asleep, and he did this every night for about 3 months, hence the moniker 🤣)

buttermut · 16/07/2022 18:44

Mick Jagger (Micky Jay for short) and Lady Marion...

BlanketsBanned · 16/07/2022 18:44

Pervert
Bin monster
Hillbillies
Twat in a hat