It's been a while since we've done this...
Anyone that knows of anymore add them here and we'll have a more complete list...
here is the most up-to-date list of nicknames:
Sorted by lens (many have more than one nickname):
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM: Coke Bottle, 1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity"
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM: 1/3 of the "Baby L Set"
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6: Dogtoy
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM: Breadwinner Mark II, Red Brick, 1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity"
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM: Goldfinger
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM: Dust Trumpet
Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM: Breadwinner
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM: 1/3 of the "Holy Trinity"
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM: Nifty Fifty, Fiddy
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8: Granddad
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II: Thrifty Fifty, 1/3 of the "Baby L Set"
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM: Pocket Rocket II
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo: Magic Mole
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM: Milkbottle
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM: 1/3 of the "Baby L Set"
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM: BogRoll
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM: Canonball, 1/3 of the "Holy Trinity", Hand Grenade
Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8: Magic Drainpipe
Canon EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II: Pocket Rocket
Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM: Coffee Grinder
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM: Dust Trombone, Dust Pump
Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM: Hyper Pipelet, 1/3 of the "Holy Trinity"
Canon EF 200mm f/1.8 L: Eye of Sauron
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM: Prime-Pipe
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM: The Beast, Phat Boy
Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM: DO Plenty
Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM: The Stanley Cup
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM: Flightdelite
Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 L USM: The Cannon
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM: Popeye
Sigma 14mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical HSM: Twinkles
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC: Doall
Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF: Bargain Bucket/El Hombre
Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG APO RF HSM: Bigma
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF HSM: Fake Drainpipe
Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO Aspherical: Radar Gun
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF HSM: Bokeh Baby
Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG APO HSM IF: Sigmonster
Tokina AF 193 - 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5: Plastic Fantastic
Sorted by Name:
1/3 of the "Baby L Set": Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM
1/3 of the "Baby L Set": Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
1/3 of the "Baby L Set": Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM
Bargain Bucket: Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF
The Beast: Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Bigma: Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG APO RF HSM
BogRoll: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM
Bokeh Baby: Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF HSM
Breadwinner Mark II: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Breadwinner: Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM
The Cannon: Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 L USM
Canonball: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
Coffee Grinder: Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM
Coke Bottle: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
DO Plenty: Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM
Doall: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC
Dogtoy: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Dust Pump: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
Dust Trombone: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
Dust Trumpet: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
El Hombre: Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF
Eye of Sauron: Canon EF 200mm f/1.8 L
Fake Drainpipe: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF HSM
Fiddy: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Flightdelite: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Goldfinger: Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Hand Grenade: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
1/3 of the "Holy Trinity": Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM
1/3 of the "Holy Trinity": Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
1/3 of the "Holy Trinity": Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM
Hyper Pipelet: Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM
Magic Drainpipe: Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8
Magic Mole: Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo
Milkbottle: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Nifty Fifty: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Phat Boy: Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Plastic Fantastic: Tokina AF 193 - 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5
Pocket Rocket II: Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM
Pocket Rocket: Canon EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II
Popeye: Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM
Prime-Pipe: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM
Radar Gun: Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO Aspherical
Red Brick: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Sigmonster: Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG APO HSM IF
The Stanley Cup: Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Thrifty Fifty: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Twinkles: Sigma 14mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical HSM
1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity": Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity": Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity": Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
people in HK call
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM : small white (short form :SW)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM : small white IS (short form :SWIS)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM : small small white (short form :SSW)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM : small small white IS (short form :SSWIS)
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM : big white
sure...the name are in Cantonese and I try to convert them in English
