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Baseball historian Bill James has noted that in the '30s, with the Depression, nicknames got really nasty (star players nicknamed Ducky Wucky, Dizzy, Schnozz, Old Aches and Pains and Twinkletoes among many others). Is there any indication that this was reflecting something larger in the culture?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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