Is "carrot top" a good enough nickname for a redhead girl?

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Since cooperative girl costantly calls me "J" and made some playful comment about my height in the last weeks, I started paying back by calling her "carrot top" (pel di Carota) because of her red-orange hair and even asking her if she bathes in carrots since she smells the same lol.
It's all friendly banter and I think she likes it, maybe I should ante up the jokes on something else.

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Eventually I've settled on "Furia Cavallo del West" (Fury Horse of the West), a popular children's show whose character has red hair like her.

[Teyfet]

No, not "Carrot Top" - that comedian ruined that nickname.

Call her "Big Red" - it's especially accurate if she's taller.

Big Red is the name of my favorite cinnamon gum & a popular cream soda, so it implies she's not only a redhead but also that she's sweet & spicy.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

That sounds good, but something less cute and a little more snide?

[Teyfet]

Bonus: She'll probably be offended by the "Big" part - no woman wants to be called big - but it's more teasing than offensive (the way "used tampon" would be).

[Teyfet]

More offensive (but not overly offensive) options:

Chuckie (villainous redheaded boy doll from the Child's Play movies)

Fire Crotch

Poison Ivy (notorious, deadly Batman villain)

I still believe it would be unwise to be very cruel, if you want to keep the relationship.

[LesterJester]

My hair isn't as red as it used to be, but used to be similar to what's shown in the photo above.

Personally I never liked the term, since the top of carrots are green, but that never stopped kids using the term to make fun of me.

Of course as I got older, I no longer gave a shat. Guess it all depends on your relationship with the person.

[LesterJester]

Oh since moving to Australia, I learned apparently people here like to use the term 'Ranger' as in Orang-utan.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Oh, Australia!
Really want to visit it. Once a British prison, now it has all kind of colorful and lethal animals like Africa, but without the funny wars.

[RP_Blackburn]

Gingersnap
Snapdragon
Firefall
Marigold
Carrot Cake
Dragon Breath
Sunset
Pot O' Gold
Pumpkin
Phoenix
Foxtail
Goldfish
Weasly
Daphne
Mee Mee
Meredith

[siseñor]

somebody already coined that one ie the comedian loool

[jennifer_bloom]

I think fiery laser would be a good name for them

[Hogwheels]

Carrot Top makes me think of the famous, red headed comedian. Don't know if I'd want to be compared to him if I was a girl.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

The idea is to piss her off

[Hogwheels]

Oh, then I think you'll succeed

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

I hope so.
For now she laughs and is still too friendly

[Unit1]

I guess so.
But let her know in advance, that you are aromantic.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Awww, but that's my way of being romantic, making fun of her all the time.

[Unit1]

Still she needs to know, that you don't like being hugged AKA you want lots of space, space, space and nobody touching you. Get that into her understanding.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Already told her to keep her hands off me if she can help.
She wouldn't want a man to put his hands on her, so why she should do the same?

Anyway, it's nothing serious.
If I played practical pranks, tripped her down the stairs or made her cry at least once, then that'd be amore.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Jokes aside, I don't know.
I hope she gets pissed off enough and moves on to someone better.

[Unit1]

Dang, how do women fall for you... Guess they must be super-empathetic.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Stick and carrot work wonders I guess.

[Likes2drive]

Usually it’s an insult but if she doesn’t mind then it’s fine. Maybe she is high tempered red head . Or like in the Aqua man movie when he said “Red heads, Got to love them “ 😊

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

I can barely stand her but I like making her the butt of jokes as long as I can.

[Likes2drive]

Oh ok

[winterfox10]

The "Top" part implies that all of the hair is sitting at the top of her head. I have always thought of Carrot Top as a guy's nickname.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Should I just call her carrot?

[winterfox10]

"Carrot" is a pretty cute name. I like that more than Carrot Top.

[neverendingloops]

Fire truck.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/KVN_0qvuhhw

[Wytdrgn]

Does she giggle when you say it? If she isn't then she don't. See carrots aren't cute. Got it. Maybe you should find something about her to compliment. If your going to stick with the hair then maybe call her "red" or"ginger". But I could be wrong. Your on the scene, I have faith you'll make the right call.

[Iknowbestgirls]

Naaww c'mon you can come up with something better than that.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

I was also thinking "Carrie", " used tampon" or "Ginny Weasley"

[Iknowbestgirls]

Ohh they are jones I thought you wanted like a cutee nickname for her or something aha

[mobiusforniner]

Leave the red alone man. Why piss them off? They get mad easily and become loose canons, lobbing their cannon balls everywhere and causing other unsuspecting souls to become collateral damage.

Im married to one. So I know

[Lιʅʅყ]

Red, ginger, carrot, weasley are all ones I get so I guess so

[sheikalana]

Why not call her my her name?

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Calling her by her name would probably give her too much confidence with me

[sheikalana]

Call her strawberry blonde or ginger ninja lol.

[WesBrewer]

I know a redhead and she becomes a hot-head when people call her carrot top, lol, and her eyes are green so it fits even more.

[Sevenpointfive]

how do you address the goddess from hell? if you get the chance. i think you'll be speechless

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

She's not a goddess...

[Sevenpointfive]

i guess lucifer never had one, but many goddesses were red headed

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Maybe... but she is and will remain a simple carrot top

[Sevenpointfive]

i don't think so. even though the red dawn is synonymous with a period she has the locks of orange sorbet

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Okay but I'm looking for ways to actively piss her off

[Sevenpointfive]

tell her no one even wants to eat the middle part of a candy corn because it's orange. orange isn't even a fruit anymore. they only make tangerines now and cuties

[slatyb]

It’s lame, a boring cliche. Just “Red” seems better.

[bolverk]

If you're working together be very careful, one wrong word or a 'joke' taken the wrong way will end up in a HR nightmare for you.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

I am the HR lol

[Bindoon]

It is rather derogatory, much like identifying people according to their color, race, sexuality or some other feature rather than by name. How it is said makes a difference from light hearted friendly tones to more harsh dismissive ones.

[Massageman]

Maybe just say "Red"?

[Massageman]

"Carrot Top" just reminds me too much of the image of the stand-up comedian of the same name.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

I mostly wanted to find the way to piss her off

[Massageman]

maybe "bitchy-bloodhead"?

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

Something like that, but no matter how mean I am, the more fun she seems to have.

[Massageman]

OK. . so she's just "toying" with you. She knows how to irritate you. Maybe simply ignoring her might bother her.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

I was thinking about kicking her out of the project, write a formal complain to her coordinator and ruin her course.

[Massageman]

OUCH!

[HikerDude]

I called my redheaded ex Booty-ca after the Celtic warrior queen Boudica.

[rustymopp]

No, she's probably had so much abuse and bullying about her hair growing up,
Come up with something nice to call her
Or if you can't just use her name

[dragoblack]

I perfer "my blazing sun","shining garnet/ruby", "fiery goddess", "light of my life", "my beautiful eternal sunset"