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To have nicknames for my neighbours and ask what yours are for yours?

294 replies

Cantheowneroftheredcorsapleasemovetheircar · 30/08/2025 22:53

Apparently most people in the UK have nicknames for their neighbours that they use within their household.

Mine are -
Their names - J & M (next door)
Next door not J & M (I actually know their names but still call them this)
Barky dog people
Penguin people
Policeman's family
Old boy

What are yours, and perhaps more interestingly... what do you think your neighbours call you?

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Kbroughton · 31/08/2025 09:06

The Annoyingtons.

rainbowstardrops · 31/08/2025 09:22

The woman next door we just call by her actual name, although I’m not convinced it is her real name because after some thought Facebook stalking, she’s also been called something completely different. It’s very odd but she actually is quite odd to be fair.
Her partner is Druggie Boy - followed by a pointed finger towards their house because we have the original Druggie Boy the other side, so again, we point to which one we mean.
They have a family member who’s a builder and we call him Del Boy.

Original druggie boy has another bloke living there and he’s called Biker Boy. Although he has a car now and is usually referred to as Arrogant Wanker or similar.
Druggie Boy’s wife is Gobshite because she’s often shouting at the kids instead of talking to them and their three kids are the Feral Fuckers/The Ferals because I’ve never come across children quite like them. Well I have, just not as neighbours.
Old neighbours used to be The Weirdos because they were very weird.
I’d love to be able to afford a house away from them all!

Sebora · 31/08/2025 09:24

We have Mrs Moneybags over the road. She moved in about 6 months ago and is permanently having renovations done. There’s another guy who’s always walking his dogs who I call Paul cos he looks like Paul Hollywood, but turns out his name is actually Paul 😆

my dad walks EVERYWHERE. I’m sure the locals have nicknames for him. 😳

AzurePanda · 31/08/2025 09:28

Sex pest, the weeble.

IsThePopeCatholic · 31/08/2025 09:30

Colditz people (bright light in garden)

Curlyshabtree · 31/08/2025 09:44

We call one of ours Snoop Dog as he looks exactly like Snoop Dog! We’re lucky in that we know all of our neighbours but where don’t know their actual names we refer to them collectively as “The Romanians” “The Eritreans”.

FamingolosForDays · 31/08/2025 10:09

This thread is brilliant 🤣

We have Shouty Man with the lovely kids next door- but when I'm not in my own DC's company he's called "Cuntface". Acts like one, looks like one, is one. Is horrible to his own children (there is SS involvement and I feel quite protective of them)
We all heave a great sigh when Shouty Man is home.

Otherwise we have
Lovely (neighbours name)
Crap Karaoke
The Grow Farm
Him that eats no fruit veg
Jack and Jack's Mum
The barky dog
Barky Dog number 2
The Barmaid (works in the local)

Im probably known as the mad apple lady (huge apple tree in the garden and im constantly trying to foist apples on all the neighbours)

DiscoBob · 31/08/2025 10:21

R0ckandHardPlace · 30/08/2025 23:22

Pablo Escobar (convicted drug dealer) and his wife Mrs Hinch (very glam, has various cleaners into their Instagram house numerous times a week. They literally have their driveway jet washed once a fortnight).

Rita (short for ‘Lovely Rita meter maid’) Always complaining about parking. Not very lovely.

Twat and Mrs Twat. Live opposite, they’re a pair of twats.

Jeffrey Epstein. Definitely a swinger. Pineapple garden ornament and a hot tub the size of Belize. Has a ‘party’ at least once a month. Rita loses her shit about the visitors’ cars. He’s apparently married but I’ve never seen her.

Lance Armstrong. An absolute Elevenerifer who claims he invented the mountain bike.

We just call the nice neighbours by their actual names.

Haha, your street sounds pretty entertaining!

YouCanCallMeFliss · 31/08/2025 10:22

When I was growing up we had neighbours we called the Lardyheads as they always had greasy hair! Even my parents called them that which is kind of shocking now!!

CharlotteStreetW1 · 31/08/2025 10:29

The only one was a guy two doors down who would spend his early weekend mornings jetwashing all and any vehicles much to the annoyance of our intervening neighbour whose predecessor had had a water meter installed.

He was known as Psycho Water Man.

AnchorWHAT · 31/08/2025 10:31

Mainly by name but we do call one side the numptys next door, they started off friendly then objected to our extension and haven't spoken since. Sometimes also referred to as half a job bob as they used to do half their lawn then give up, they get a man in now. backing onto our garden woman is known as bloody hard work as one day many moons ago she insisted in climbing the fence ( pissed) and went round our garden saying how having a garden was bloody hard work…. Several times 😃 followed us into the house and insisted on reading a story to my then 4 year old in his room and tried to get me to leave them to it !!! Think when she sobered up she was embarrassed as a few weeks later I saw her in a shop and she ran away quickly with head down.

Fallulah · 31/08/2025 10:32

We had Theo NO! behind our old house, because that was the only thing we ever heard them say during lockdown.

At this house our immediate neighbours are lovely, but we have noisy trampoline family across the back, with their massive garden so that they can’t actually hear the trampoline from their house from 8am every weekend morning! 🤯

spongebunnyfatpants · 31/08/2025 10:45

Shrek and donkey (he looks like Shrek and she's loud and annoying).

The Leathermans (old couple, always sunbathing, their skin looks like leather).

Lord and Lady (thinks they're better than everyone else).

Heroverthere22 · 31/08/2025 10:48

NC as told loads in real life about this. We have a couple over the road who are always arguing, shouting and screaming at their kids etc had the police turn up with blue lights etc due to their arguments. Anyway, one time she had thrown him out, all very loud, my DS was watching out of his window and shouts down, ‘she’s packed all his stuff in Aldi bags’ (the colourful bag for life ones) so forever more they have been known as ‘Aldi bags’

ghostyslovesheets · 31/08/2025 10:52

Going round the cul de sac -
The Admiral and the gardener
new parents
the good lifers
flashing Ruth
1 kid party gang
the wankers
captain bob
mr odd
S&N my besties
yappy dog
pub singer
me
beautiful but dull garden people (aka the underpants mower)
You had 2 well behaved boy then you had a girl 😂😂😂😂 (she’s an adorable demon)

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 31/08/2025 10:55

Campervan cunts
The Drone
Mr and Mrs Chemistry Lecturer
Mr Nice Garden
Miserable Cow
Weirdo
The Rich Bastards
Gerry the motorbike
The Charlie cats
Tje Badger Man

Tipeetommeey · 31/08/2025 10:56

I call the man next door Twatty DP calls him dickhead. He’s a delight as you can imagine

SantanaBinLorry · 31/08/2025 11:01

Silent Dave, next door (or is he?)
The Clampets, next door but one
and The Accidents, short for The accidents waiting to happen... think bully dog and baby in paddling pool combo on the front lawn 😩😢

Sparklesandspandexgallore · 31/08/2025 11:04

Oh I used to live near Perfect Jim. I called him that to annoy my ex 😄

Allmarbleslost · 31/08/2025 11:05

Only for one of my neighbours. He goes by ATW (Adam The Wanker)

Nothingfallingdowntoday · 31/08/2025 11:10

New Norma (third partner, they all look the same as first wife named Norma)

The chuggers cbe. Charity (and don’t we all know it 😋) reference rather than drinking

BruceAndNosh · 31/08/2025 11:12

I know the names of everyone on our (short) street apart from Kebab Man.
The people behind our immediate neighbours are usually The Party People apart from when they actually have a party when they then become The 2am Wankers

Natsku · 31/08/2025 11:16

I feel a bit bad now, don't have any nicknames for my neighbours except the ones opposite who are called 'New Grandma' and 'New Grandpa' because that's what DS started calling them after he adopted them as extra grandparents.

Two homes ago, when I lived in a block of flats, the neighbours below us were called 'the noisy people', which is what DD called them because they would frequently have 3am drug fuelled karaoke parties, waking us all up.

minipie · 31/08/2025 11:19

Perfume Lady

<her name> Goldfish Bowl

Then there are two families just known as The Neighbours - very very noisy and get together a lot. If we say The Neighbours we all know who we mean.

Catpiece · 31/08/2025 11:24

Trappy. Strangler. Mattress burner. Dot woman. Useless. Thrash metal. Where’s Wally. The Screamer. Cunt kid. Big Moult.