I believe, Commander, that you too have acquired the nickname.
Smith acquired his nickname in a junior high school Spanish class.
Three different regiments in the Union army acquired the nickname.
Thus it was even more appropriate that he acquired the nickname of "Homer."
Most people from this town have acquired nicknames over the years, which travel on through generations.
Baseball teams began to acquire nicknames early in the development of the sport.
Since then many complex interchanges around the world have acquired the nickname.
They would congregate at that particular street corner, which is how it acquired its nickname.
The same decade saw Moore acquire his nickname, based upon a whistle he made while playing the piano.
He began playing trumpet in high school where he acquired his nickname, Blue.