What's In A Name?

So the other day I found myself trying to decode a missive from my friend in havana which held news pertaining to "malibu heat" "snow white" "cinderella" and "the other one". I then found myself thinking of my friends in terms of "NoLogic" "SpakkAttack" and "ginga" (ok, I would use the last one no matter what).



I have just had a conversation with my mother where I referred to the current crop of freaks and weirdos that I work amongst soley by their secret spy names. Thus we have "Office [bitch] Lady" "That Woman" "Secret Bitchface" and "The Real P.A." We also have "The Campest Man In The World" and "Hot Arms". I ask you, when did life become so coded? (Barthes, don't answer that)