Reply To: Calling Someone "Blondie"

Farbycoff: Someone who uses what are commonly considered as pejorative or derogatory “nicknames” probably shouldn’t be a magid shiur or is in need of some sensitivity training by the rosh yeshiva. Its not a matter of “political correctness” or being governed by “liberal” or goiyeshe “norms”…its common sense that we shouldn’t characterize people by their physical attributes, positive or negative. What would you say if a bochur called his tall rebbe “Strech” or an obese rebbe “the groise reb”??