Does anybody have their own names for certain parts?

[Cirocco]

Rockomax Jumbo 64: big orange tank

Stratus-V Cylindrified Monopropellant Tank : that monoprop tank that looks way too much like the goo canister

LV-1: ant engine

rockomax 48-7S: OP little engine

LV-N: nukes or nuke engines

external fuel ducts: fuel pipes

every elevon ever: flaps. yes I know it's wrong, I don't care

communotrons: respectively called antenna, flat dish thing, round dish thing

all science parts: science stuff.

[Steambirds]

I just call the radial sciency parts "science stuff", except for the thermometer, which is exactly what I call it.

[InterCity]

I've developed a habit to call the biggest SRB available "Big Bertha". It used to be the Bigger SRB (can't remember the name now); now it's the KW rocketry's titan boo(oooooooooooooooooooooooooo)ster.

Everything else is "that [huge/big/small] [insert part group name here]". Except for the nuke. It will always be the nuke ;D

[GigaG]

More things (mostly in my head) - I call the massless science experiments "sensors" and sometimes think of the "1/8 Rockomax Tank" as the "Swimming Pool" due to its description (Thanks for reminding me Thomas988!)

[Janos1986]

I've developed a habit to call the biggest SRB available "Big Bertha".

Oh.

That was the name of one of my early SSTOs. Nice.

[Majorjim!]

I've heard the 48-7S engines called "mini mainsails".

[Voidryder]

My names include:

Forgotten parachutes = Freakin' parachutes

Forgotten batteries = Freakin' batteries

Forgotten Solar panels = Freakin' solar panels

Uncooperative SAS = Freakin' SAS

Early depleted Fuel Tank = Freakin' Fuel Tank

Unplanned Rapid Disassembly = Freakin normal

[AbortButton]

I call the LV-909s niners. That's pretty much it I guess.

[Yukon0009]

RT 10-Trashcan. Duh.

487S- Minisail.

Big SRB( SRB-KD25K)- SRB.

BACC- Rockoboom

LV-N- Nuke (duh)

LVT 30/45/909 I never bothered to give them nicknames.

[Felsmak]

I like to pronounce the name of the RAPIER in pseudo-French: hrapyeahr.

[KerbMav]

As it is childish Tuesday, I will say, that this thread title is naughty.

KSP actually got me back to think in LEGO mode - I do not use many of the parts actual names (in my head), more their form and function/properties.

So, whenever I want to refer to a certain part in a forum post, I have to consult the wiki first.

[Superfluous J]

I've always hated the name "cubic octagonal strut" because not only is it not a cube or an octagon, it's not even a strut. I call it the "little truss."

Most engines I call by a portion of their name "7s", "909", "45". Except the nuke. It's "the nuke"

[moogoob]

I call the 48-7S the "Tiny orange Rockomax" since I can never remember "48-7S".

[Janos1986]

I usually go with "this", "those", "that", "the bigger one", "the NUCULAR engine" etc.

I'm smart but I lack method, my teacher used to say.

Edited January 13, 2015 by Janos1986

[Solivagant]

I always call the Rockomax Poodle the "BBQ engine," because it refers to it being used as a barbecue in the description.

[Panzerbeard]

I still call the T45 "the wobbley one".

[Sampa]

My names always vary and are always on the spot.

[Cydonian Monk]

Kerbodyne KD25K? Totally call that a Kodiak.

[StrandedonEarth]

Let's see, there's the thingamajig, the doohickey, the whatchamacallit, the doodad, the thingamabob, the short thin round things, short fat round things, long fat round things, really fat long things...

[sdj64]

RT-10 "Trashcan" or "Short SRB"

LV-N "Nuke"

Kerbodyne SRB "Long SRB"

Modular girder segments "Truss / long truss"

Monopropellent fuel tanks "RCS tanks"

Reaction wheels/stabilizers "small/medium/large SAS wheel" (pronounced "sass")

Got a few others but mostly they're just shortened versions of the part's real name.

[Tery215]

I like to call the Mk. 3 cockpit the "dog face".

[Hyomoto]

It's like Legos. Sure, they probably all have official names but I need a grabber and a turner and one of the flat turners. I know most of the engines by the thrust they produce, for example, so I slap a 215 on there.

[rocket11]

I don't name them, I use them

[Deltervees]

Mk 2 bicoupler: space pants

47-7s: baby rockomax

Jumbo-64:big orange

engines: either the last part of the name or size, ex. t45 or short rockomax

[Vectura]

I just 'The Bacc Booster' (pronounced back).

It just has a ring to it.