Nocioni = Big Nuts

by sactown on Mar 2, 2009 5:33 AM PST Comment 24 comments

Once in awhile, speaking Italian comes in handy. Here's my contribution to the nickname brigade, through a literal Italian reading of Nocioni's name.

In Italian noce = nut (or walnut). The suffix -one makes the noun that it's attached to "big." Like a bacio is a kiss, and a bacione is a big kiss. So a nocione is thus a "big nut." And to pluralize, Italian does not append -s to the end of the noun. If the noun ends in an -e, then that -e becomes an -i to indicate the plural. Thus you have one nocione and two nocioni. There we have it, nocioni means "big nuts."

Andres "Big Nuts" Nocioni. Now he just has to drain a couple game winners to justify the nickname.

(This is a FanPost from a member of the Sactown Royalty community. The views expressed come from the member, and not Sactown Royalty staff.)

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THAT. IS. AWESOME.

He probably plays as hard as he does so he doesn’t go against his name.

However, isn’t Andrés Nocioni Argentinean?

They've done studies you know: 60% of the time, it works every time.

by submison on Mar 2, 2009 6:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

He’s an Argentine of Italian descent. About 1/5 of all Argentines are of Italian descent, the result of mass emigration from Italy in the early 1900s.

by sactown on Mar 2, 2009 6:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Makes sense

They've done studies you know: 60% of the time, it works every time.

by submison on Mar 2, 2009 7:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

As it turns out, he has an Italian citizenship as well as Argentine (common for Argies, from what I understand). Thx Wikipedia.

by sactown on Mar 2, 2009 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Chicago Fan

Who misses Nocioni…..

He’s got dual citizenship…..

by majoyenrac on Mar 16, 2009 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he can wear Cassell's shorts

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by section214 on Mar 2, 2009 8:18 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

LOL 214

Only you sir.

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by pookeyguru on Mar 2, 2009 9:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm glad it didn't come out as

‘Kiss my big nuts’ sounded like we were headed.that way for a minute

So imitate the action of the tiger!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
- lend the eye a terrible aspect,

Now set the teeth - and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Mar 2, 2009 11:00 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

That's a great nickname

The one I had for him: Andre “The Muscle” Nocioni. Nicknamed him “The Muscle” because he looks like the guy who would be the muscle doing the dirty work for the mob bosses.

smell the ashes

by iamstern'skippah! on Mar 2, 2009 12:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hahaha. Maybe he can go against Kevin Costner and the Untouchables?

There can only be one Noce!

by NoceOne on Mar 2, 2009 5:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

in chicago

at the time last year when eddy curry and antoine walker got robbed. we talked about someone trying to rob noce. we ended up with the conclusion that noce would end up robbing the theives. guy is too tough.

The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother! I call him Gamblor, and it's time to snatch your mother from his neon claws!!

by Yibs on Mar 8, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll call my Sister in Italy just to check your translation

(besides, she always complains I don’t call)

So imitate the action of the tiger!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
- lend the eye a terrible aspect,

Now set the teeth - and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Mar 2, 2009 2:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Already called her...

She’s VERY familiar with the term, says the translation is good.

by DustyG on Mar 2, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs

How's she doing?

So imitate the action of the tiger!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
- lend the eye a terrible aspect,

Now set the teeth - and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Mar 2, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's an equally great response IMO

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Mar 2, 2009 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It actually sums her up pretty well

family – what can you do?

So imitate the action of the tiger!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
- lend the eye a terrible aspect,

Now set the teeth - and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Mar 2, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Shoot them?

Give them LSD? Disown them? Sell them down the river to the Feds?

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Mar 2, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That is just too funny

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Mar 2, 2009 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs