[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity:He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”", "a familiar form of a proper name, as Jimfor Jamesand Pegfor Margaret."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to give a nickname to (a person, town, etc.); call by a nickname.", "Archaic.to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname."]}]