Spidey: A dialogue
Posted in rants & nostalgia by Jim Doom
DOOM DELUISE: I hate the nickname “Spidey.”
JIM DOOM: Same here.
If Spider-Man was my friend, I wouldn’t call him that.
DOOM DELUISE: I’d call him Spider-Man.
JIM DOOM: I might start to come up with nicknames after a while, but I definitely wouldn’t call him Spidey.
It just sounds condescending and emasculating.
DOOM DELUISE: Yes.
JIM DOOM: I might call him stuff like “Spiderama” or “Spideroonie” or “S-Man 2000” but not “Spidey.”
DOOM DELUISE: I like Spiderama.
The Spidester?
“Spidey,” when spoken, sounds ridiculous, but I definitely prefer it when typing. It saves a whole five keystrokes, and that damn hyphen always throws me off.