"The ________ One" WTF is that all about?

[MMA]

Anyone else find it a little annoying when a fighter's nickname is __________ and people call him "the _______ one?"

For example, right now there's a banner on my screen calling Askren "the funky one."

It's just "funky." Right?


Goldy used to do this shit all the time. It's not "the ruthless one," or "the notorious one." It's "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler. It's Conor "Notorious" McGregor or maybe "the notorious" Conor McGregor. Why do people insist on putting this weird "one" in there?

Kind of a triviality, I know, but I just wanted to see if anyone else notices this and thinks it's dumb like I do. I will say, I think all the nicknames are dumb to begin with lol

 

[Jermei]

@TheRuthlessOne

 

[dickcheney]

The platinum one...I like it

 

[dickcheney]

The the chosen one one

 

[Failwani]

Yes I lay awake at night rustled by this.

 

[mikehunt]

This thread bites the big one.

 

[SportsDoc]

Because this "sport" is based off of memorable personalities, rather than team loyalty or a 100+ year history.

Like Street Fighter

 

[Chomsky Honk]

"The CroCop One"
"The The Answer One"

I hate that shit

 

[SimonNova]

At any rate, here's a shred of ONE

 

[SRN]

The Last Emperor one.

 

[dickcheney]

The pitbull one hundred

 

[DaPunkMinowaMan]

 

[Couch Ninja]

What a weird thing to complain about. I think it sounds cool, definitely don't mind it... Are you this picky about blow jobs too or is it just fighters' nicknames?

 

[det_regnar_på_vår_kärlek]

You're right, TS, that's some weak ass bitch shit.

 

[Valhoven]

This thread bites the big one.

You mean, this thread bites big?

 

[MMA]

What a weird thing to complain about. I think it sounds cool, definitely don't mind it... Are you this picky about blow jobs too or is it just fighters' nicknames?

Odd question. Are you interested in blowing me??

 

[MMA]

You're right, TS, that's some weak ass bitch shit.

Thank you, made my day

Spoiler

made my year actually

 

[g*r*b]

Eh, it's just a little bit of change-up for the sake of variety, like hitting the thesaurus and finding a synonym for a word you don't want to be repeating umpteen times in a paragraph. It's not too far removed from the impulse that makes people come up with nicknames in the first place...which is probably why you find them "dumb to begin with". But you're not going to stop humans playing around with words for novelty's sake — and you'd be eliminating 98% of all slang if you did.

 

[TheSecretOne]

I did it first. All those other The_____ones are just imitators. Pardon the reference.

 

[Warehouse]

You suggest that this is just a minor grievance, but I actually think this is a greater debacle than the establishment of a credible fighter's union.