Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 22:04     Subject: Re:Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Anonymous wrote:A truly preppy nickname would be one that was unrelated like Pip or Tipper or her surname middle name.


This is the correct answer. The richest woman I know is nn "Scotch." Think Bunny Williams, etc. (Bunny was nn for birth name of Bruce Boxley Blackwell).
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 22:00     Subject: Re:Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Peg has a new sexualized meaning so don't use that one.


Sexualized how? It's a beautiful name. I was just talking to my husband about how much he likes Peg. We try to see Peg at least once a week.


To peg is when a women uses a dildo on a man…..
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 21:56     Subject: Re:Preppy nicknames for Margaret
I knew a super preppy Margaret whose family called her Marge. Everyone else called her Margaret.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 21:53     Subject: Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Anonymous wrote:Gretta, Meggie, Meg, Peggy, Meggie,



My name is Margaret and I would refuse to answer to any of the above. If her name is Margaret then call her Margaret!
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:48     Subject: Re:Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Anonymous wrote:Molly - most preppy also the most common name for a dog so not a fan personally.
Meg
Madge
Marge
Mags
Meta
Meggie
Rita
Greta
Gretel
Margie (which morphed into gigi)



Molly is like the opposite of preppy.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:47     Subject: Re:Preppy nicknames for Margaret
A truly preppy nickname would be one that was unrelated like Pip or Tipper or her surname middle name.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:44     Subject: Re:Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Monet (pronounced like bonnet, not the painter). My godchild’s sister couldn’t say Margaret and it stuck.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:43     Subject: Re:Preppy nicknames for Margaret
I knew a Margaret who went by Mimi. I got the impression she came from a pretty well to do background.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:38     Subject: Re:Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Anonymous wrote:Peg has a new sexualized meaning so don't use that one.


Sexualized how? It's a beautiful name. I was just talking to my husband about how much he likes Peg. We try to see Peg at least once a week.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:37     Subject: Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Maggie or Peggy.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:33     Subject: Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Anonymous wrote:The preppy families I know use ridiculous nicknames. For Margaret they’d be “Pegsy” or “Margie” (pronounced like Maggie with an R). Peg Peg.


I went to Wellesley with someone named Muffin. .
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:12     Subject: Preppy nicknames for Margaret
All of these sound terrible.

At least the poor kid can go by Margaret.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 20:02     Subject: Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Mae seems to be the current popular one
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 19:35     Subject: Preppy nicknames for Margaret
I would do Daisy or Margie with a hard "g."
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2021 19:34     Subject: Preppy nicknames for Margaret
Peggy or Midge