Ive been around since beta, so as a result Ive heard many funny and insulting nicknames for the various raid- and instance bosses we have been fighting over the years.
But as is the way with such things the popularity of certain instances keeps changing as more and more new content is added and due to the influx of new players. Most of my current kin is Moria generation and later, many of them are ftp generation even. When I talk about HAM or rog or any of the other nicknames we had for Thaurlach or other bosses from the SoA era, most of em have no idea who Im referring to.
Thats why Im making this topic, to preserve all those great nicknames we came up with over the past years for the future generations of players. Ofc by all means add your own as well, the bigger the list gets the better. Im especially interested to learn if certain names are used on multiple servers or if each server has its own names to insult bosses with ^^
SoA era:
Thaurlach: HAM (always written with capital letters, don't ask me why lol), rog
Glathlirél: elf chick
Udunion: mini rog
Helgham: big Helgh, squid
Mordirith: Mordy
Amarthiel: iron lady
Moria era
Watcher: calamari, squid
Turtle: soup, Norman
Igash: Iggy
Kranklûk: Cranky
Gwathnor: fusion rog
Mistress: Jabba, Missy, little miss floppy, yo momma (this one was very popular for nicknames LOL)
Mirkwood era
Sword hall bosses: fire dude, batgirl, fatso
LT: cow or bird (both when referring to the fellbeast, our kin had no names for the LT itself oddly)
Gorothul: C-3PO (because he was always so polite with his 'yes my lord')
In their absense
Coldbear: talking bear
Ferndur: no nicknames that I know off, but standard someone would make a joke about having no dental in Saurons armies when we would reach his room.
Isengard era
Draigoch: chicken, KFC, beardy
Orthanc lightning troll: pikachu
Orthanc fire/frost giants: inflatable Dunlendings
Orthanc acid boss: Homer Simpson
Orthanc shadow orc: bonehead, I haz a bukot
Saruman: beardy (just like Draigoch yeah, nicknames can be very confusing sometimes ^^), grandpa, gramps
Troll in Roots of Fangorn instance: mini me troll
Undurz in edge of Fangorn instance: axemurderinductionboss
Saruman during the dramas in the outer wings - Michael Jackson/Jacko, he of many colors and the moonwalk.
"Even though I've been a stranger, full of irony and spite, Holding little but contempt for all things beautiful and bright, Something shines around you, and it seems to my delight, To give me, just a little sweetness...Just a little Light”
Funny, on Windfola, I never heard Morskor, the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur's fell-beast referred to as anything but the chicken. I always referred to him as being fried when my burglar tripped him with my burg. His was, by far, the best flop from a trip, only being approached by the spiders in Limlight Gorge these days.
Marisibelle Adalome
Woman Burglar of Bree
Marisibelle & Melissabelle [L85 Brgs], Rosilyn [L85 Cp] One is truly rich who has friends.
Funny, on Windfola, I never heard Morskor, the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur's fell-beast referred to as anything but the chicken. I always referred to him as being fried when my burglar tripped him with my burg. His was, by far, the best flop from a trip, only being approached by the spiders in Limlight Gorge these days.
He was always "The bird" for us.
Other than what has already been listed and those which are unacceptable for public viewing.
Dar Nârbugud
The troll bosses were Laurel & Hardy
The three Globasnaga Bosses were The Three Stooges
Mistress and the Blind One were The Beauty and The Beast
Vile Maw and Filikul
Oh, and The Watcher is Mr. Sid and Nornuan the Soup.
Interesting to see the difference in associations...