pagli..like nepalithito76 said...if they are ur frens...well duh!!go tell them the truth u dun like it..and if they are ur frens they will stop...esp if they realise u are being serious and mean business hehe...if u choose keep it to urself..then well get prepared to whine more and more maybe ur whole life esp when they call u that ;oP hehe... i do call one of me fren bhote too :oD..not only me..me and me frens ..one whole big gang :oD hehe..and well never thot it might sound derogatory cos duh!!we never meant it to be derogatory i guess...(guess ur frens is thinkin like us hehe..) and well if ur thinkn of caste etc...well im same caste as him if that helps ;oP hehe....well from me expereince frens always do like to irritate(just like u like to irritate them and get in their nerves time to time..u dun?then well i guess im talkn about me ;oP hehe)...anyways..i too have a very dumb nick stuck to me for life :o| can u believe it...some ppl duno me real name..but know me thru me nickname :o|...yap pretty pisses u off sometimes ;oP hehe..but then again i too know some of the not too close frens only by their nicks :o|...dyam these nicknames gets pretty irritating esp if it sticks to u for life :o| hehe.. anyways..good luck..and yap...get it out and get it over it once and for all..hehe..plus..seems like u made some new frens there..so better start ur frenship in the right way re kya..with truth hehe...i guess...im too used to this dumb nick..so have to 'suffer' quietly for life :oS..but hehe thats smthing i have chosen ;oP...feels too weird to tell them to stop calln me that hehe..well if they stop calln me that..it be like telln them im not their fren anymore ;oP...well if only i had known such things would have happened..i would ahve told them long time back when i could change things..to stop calln me this nick ;oP hehe... so...well..good luck again :oD.. and good day :oD...