The 25 Best Sneaker Nicknames

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Thousands of sneakers have released over your lifetime and it's impossible to go off of product codes and strict color makeups to ID each one. Thankfully, the streets is watching and people have blessed shoes with their own nicknames so it is easier to identify each sneaker. Eventually brands started taking notice and to help market a pair they would give a shoe a nickname as well instead of calling them "white/red/black." Some of the names have been bland, some have been too-forced, and some will stick with us for life. We decided to group together The 25 Best Sneaker Nicknames — let us know which ones ring out best.

Bred - Jordans

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Eggplant - Foampsoite

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Salmon Toes - Fieg

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Soldiers & Dopeboy Ice - Reebok

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Black Cat - Jordan 4

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Pigeon - Dunks

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South Beach - Lebron

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Beef & Broccoli - AF1

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Sneaker: Nike Air Force 1
Year Released: 2007 

Bobbito's Air Force 1s rate high with most sneakerheads but the name itself doesn't get enough props. Most terms are a bit over-forced but the baroque brown and army olive describes the sneaker perfectly—just another reason Bobbitto is the greatest.

Gold Digger - Nike Trainer

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Sneaker:
Nike Air Trainer 1
Year Released: 2005 

Before Huf started cooking up its own crack, they worked with Nike's SB division for some underrated concepts, including the "Gold Digger" Trainer 1. How did Kanye not rock these when promoting Late Registration? 

Jedi - Nike Dunk

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Twisted Prep - Nike Trainer

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Sneaker: Nike Air Trainer 1, Nike Dunk Low, Nike Blazer
Year Released
: 2003 

Being too preppy has never been cooler until Kanye and Pharrell came along and in 2003 and then Nike released pack of colorways deemed the "Twisted Prep" collection. The colors used have a standard boarding school feel but what really set them off is the argyle print on the insoles. Good luck trying to hunt the kicks down but if you do somehow get your hands on a pair consider your cool points to have gone up drastically. 

Tiffany - Dunks

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Orca - Nike

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Grape - Jordan V

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Grinch - Kobe 6

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Oreo - Jordan 6

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Cough Drop - Foamposite One

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Banned - Jordan I

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James Dean - Lebron 8

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Barf - Nike Dunk

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Flu Game - Jordan XII

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Air Jordan VII - Hares

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Sneaker: Air Jordan VII, Air Jordan I
Year Released: 1992, 2009

MJ's seventh signature sneaker was one of the best-performing sneakers of its time but the white and off-white colorway became the sneaker of choice for none other than Bugs Bunny. The "Hare Jordan" nickname has stuck with this colorway through retros and then some.

Dr. Js - Converse Pro Leather

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Space Jams - Jordan 11

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Uptown - AF1

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