Do you re-name things?

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This can be anything from household objects to tools to plants or animals.

I'll start with one of mine; Adjustable/shifting spanner= variable nut ruiner

And some from friends/family;

Air compressor=Edward
Vacuum cleaner= J. Edgar

yes and not just items but emotions also get renamed for over 20 yrs.
had one name for entire series of emotions . often explained or used in specific context.
rubber cement was called gorilla snot.

Yeah, my family has a few of those, and I have some of my own, few examples:

Whizzbanger = Hand-held blender.
Twangdoodlebox = guitar
Slapflop = laptop computer
Destructions = instructions

Always assumed it’s fairly common

I take it that your vacuum cleaner is a Hoover.

No but Hoover is a common slang term for a vacuum cleaner in the UK. Can you guess the other logical connection? It involves Royalty.

And another from me; Craptop=laptop

When I was a kid I'd often rename my toys but they did have names I usually returned to after a while. I've always been somewhat preoccupied with names and would rename them when I came across new names that became fads for me.
This is something I also see in my video games. My naming of characters and Pokemon are influenced by what I'm into at the time and what is on my mind.

I can't recall naming other objects than my childhood toys.

My turtles went through more than one name due to uncertainty of their gender.

Hmmm...

"Edward the Compressor"

Named after "Edward the Confessor"?

^^^^ spot on.

Another from a friend; Nobbly Follicle=mobile/cell phone

Got me!

To an American like me "nobby" would be understood to mean "having knobs sticking out of it".

But in Britspeak it means "posh", or "priviledged", or "respectable". I had to look it up.

Nobbly would be "done in a nobby manner".

"Follicles" means having to do with hair.

Do you Brits have cell phones called "suave air"???

Only thing I can think of.

^^^ It will make you groan a little but friend has long hair and phones used to have extending aerials... I think you can guess what happened! It's one way of being forced to have a haircut anyway.

In the video game I play there are pets and companions with default names that I usually change. Sometimes I come up with something "clever".

A couple more from me;

I have a kitchen implement which can cut multiple slices at once so this is reffered to as the "tomato modifier"

It gets worse... the cheese grate is called Alfred.....

Tricky around the net post tennis shot-a Nadal/Istomin (Rafael Nadal and Denis Istomin are famous for that shot)

Personal Grand Slam-Outstanding personal achievement or improvement (Based on the title of a speech I did about Denis Istomin)

PWD (Purring With Delight)-a term I use when I really love something. Based on the contented sound a cat makes.

Nurpies-dry cat food (from the "nurp, nurp, nurp crunching sound a cat makes when eating dry food). Can also refer to packing peanuts or similar items.

I named my thing King Kong.

Rubber cement always used to be called "fake boogers."

Tennis player nicknames:

Federer is Fed or the GOAT (Greatest of All Time). He has as many Majors (20) as the number of years my cat, Samantha, lived.

Nadal is Rafa

David Ferrer is Ferru, the Pit Bull and the Cat

Novak Djokovic is the Djoker

Juan Carlos Ferrero is Juanqui

Janko Tipsarevic is Tipsy (also means slightly drunk) and Jankele.

Denis Istomin is Deni.

Istomin-spiration is what I get from reading Denis' story.

Ive heard of "hair extensions".

Am I on the right track?