Today there are many interesting shows related to knowledge of the Russian language. And they can be carried out in the most unexpected places. For example, the organizers of a show in large-size clothing stores can give the following task: “How to call a tall man the most original word?” Or come up with the most nicknames for such a person. The most interesting thing is that tall people mostly have little complex about their unusualness, they often even flatter them.
Glory to the children's writer
Sergei Mikhalkov introduced in children’s literature the highest, kind positive hero - Uncle Stepa, a policeman. With his light hand, the expression "Uncle Styopa" came to mean a tall man. And not offensive, and emphasizes the hallmark of a person. From here came the phrase: "Uncle, get a sparrow!" The nickname “kalancha” is probably also familiar to many from children's poems about a policeman. So if you are wondering what to call a tall man, bravely open a book with Mikhalkov’s poems.
Commonly Used Nicknames
Since it is possible to call a tall man not only kindly, one should also recall such offensive nicknames as: a big dog, a bruiser, a dylda, a whopper, a railroad rafter, a rafter, an ambal, a giant, a long, “two meters dead wood”, a giraffe or giraffe, two-meter, giant, large, basketball player, staerose pole, giant. But often in speech antonyms are used in order to further emphasize the distinguishing feature of a tall person. For example, the nickname "Dwarf" or "Gnome", "Baby" or "Thumbelina" sometimes sticks to a person so that it becomes his middle name.
Phraseologisms
And what do older people call a tall person? It turns out that the very bright name of a tall man is hidden in the phrase “verst Kolomenskaya”. The dictionary of phraseological units reveals the meaning of this expression. In the village of Kolomenskoye, which is located in the suburbs, the residence of Alexei Mikhailovich, the Russian Tsar, was located in the past. That’s why the road there was distinguished by busy traffic, it was wide - the main road in the state. It was there that the highest milestones first appeared, hitherto not seen anywhere else. “Kolomenskaya verst” is the name of a tall man, but not at all in honor of the fact that the versts in Kolomenskoye were longer than anywhere else, but precisely because of these unique milestones.
Goliath
In inventing what to call a tall man, savvy people recall the names of the largest people. And even though most often we get not quite correct information from the past, but so-called legends, these expressions are often used in speech. For example, the myth (or truth?) About Goliath gave rise to the eponymous nickname. And in fact, from time to time implausible stories appear in the press about what the skeletons of giants of fantastic sizes find. And whether he was in reality or this is another journalistic “duck” - the readers themselves have to guess. I just can't believe that in 1956 a 5.18 meter long skeleton was dug in the Philippines! This means that during life, a person could reach 5.40 meters. His front tooth was supposedly 5 centimeters wide and 150 millimeters long …
